Experience

Pick-n-Pull, a division of Schnitzer Steel Industries

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Accounts Receivable Analyst

  • Nov 2008 - Present

  • Received check batches, special deposits from several stores, and wire deposits for US and Canada daily.• Reconciled and prepared check receipts for cash application based on research and remittances provided and applied approximately $8-$10 million monthly within Oracle and Citrix systems.• Managed over/short payment report and notified customers of outstanding balances while maintaining overall bad debt.• Ran Oracle cash receipts report weekly to ensure application accuracy while handling the unapplied/unresolved receipts to assure minimal dollars are left on accounts.• Administered BOL detail report in Citrix twice a week for management team on car body counts for 54 CA and NV stores.• Created credit invoices in Oracle and applied as needed.• Generated vehicle reports in Citrix and invoiced in Oracle roughly $500k weekly for the State BAR/BAAQMD Cash For Junk Cars retired vehicle program and Fed-Ex invoices to the state for payment.• Managed International export payments for SOX audit compliance and prepared month end journal entry reports and spreadsheets for: A/R balance allocation, BAR/BAAQMD accrual and allocation, International payments, A/R bank deposits, unapplied/unresolved receipts, Core Center Analysis for four locations, export sales and Techemet analysis.• Assigned clean-up of outstanding A/R balances for eight Canada stores of over $50k to $4k which entailed managing monthly statements, collections, cash posting and invoicing in Checkmate.

• Accounts Receivable Specialist/Collections Specialist

  • Nov 2008 - Feb 2009

  • Managed A/R aging and collected on past due accounts within assigned territory for Greenleaf Auto Recyclers, a division of Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers.• Applied daily cash receipts from the lockboxes for 5 regions and ensured all payments were applied to proper accounts based on remittance as well as completed adjustments, write offs and refunds within the Pinnacle system.• Assisted with preparation of monthly statements for mailing.• Created credit invoices as requested by sales teams and site managers within the U.S. as well as managed and maintained the credit memo report on a daily basis.• Distributed daily aging reports via Excel 2003-2007/Datamart to management and A/R teams.• Trainer/Mentor for A/R team on unallocated cash and reconciliation issues.• UAC Project Analyst for unallocated funds and helped facilitate closure and cleanup of A/R database due to LKQ buyout of Greenleaf.



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Collections Analyst

  • Sep 1993 - Nov 2008

  • Collected both Complex and Standard Accounts Receivables portfolio of up to $17 million for multiple HP business segments including Services, Support and Product while maintaining key business metric. • Identified, negotiated and implemented solutions to improve customer payment velocity by identifying customer delinquency issues and process improvements such as EFT conversions. • Root cause analysis while engaging HP Direct Operations Managers, Global Sales Managers, customer and accounting teams to drive problem identification and resolution that lead to process improvements and eliminated reoccurring collection/billing issues through a global account management approach. • Trainer/Superuser across collection teams for new hires on internal department processes, procedures and systems, i.e.: GetPaid, Vista, JDEdwards, Excel, Filenet, HPSIC, ICC, PinPoint, Redbook Light, Sandy, SAPRM, SAP 3/1. • Worked with US A/R team on a daily basis to ensure EFT payments are posted to the correct invoices for DHL, Ford, UPS and Applied Materials accounts. • Sole collector for the PolyServe acquisition of $2.6 million in A/R and prevented this portfolio to transition to the collection teams. • Participated in the implementation and support of: GetPaid collections web tool, ARI Integration, SAP 3.1 and SAPRM migrations, Collections Information Center Website, Refund process re-evaluation. • Resolver/Customer Resolution Analyst role to assist Collections Specialists, cross-functional business partners and customers on researching and reconciling customer accounts. • Subject Matter Expert (SME) and team lead to help bridge skill gaps and assist management to identify development opportunities within the team. • Focal point for account transition of the Collections Dept. business move from California to Guadalajara, Mexico.