Setup the church on new software program called Church Windows. Entered all accounts payable, payroll, setup chart of accounts, bank reconciliations, journal entries if needed, and produced financial statements.I also have been elected to the church vestry in charge of finance and stewardship.

Train, manage, evaluate and motivate existing staff of 7.Establish credit and collections policy.Financial statement analysis and DNB credit reports.Took on notice to owner responsibilities when department of 6 was eliminated.Run reports to find cash application errors and give to assigned collector to resolve.Approve all refund and credit memo requests.Monthly reporting to senior management.Responsible for legal work such as demand letters, small claims, liens, Bond claims and working with collection agencies.

Restructured the credit and collection departmentEstablished credit and collection policies and procedures.Train, manage, evaluate and motivate collection staff of 2.Oversee cash application process. Cash applications sent notification daily of posting issues to resolve.Approved all refund requests.Financial statement analysis and DNB credit reports.Monthly reporting to senior management.Manage accounts with collection agencies and attorney

Restructured department, trained, managed, evaluated and motivated a staff of 6 credit and collection professionals.Put credit procedures in place to improve credit approval process. Review and set credit limits on information submitted by credit staff. Financial statement analysis and DNB.Ran reports daily looking for cash applications errors to assign them to a collector to resolve.Approved all refund and credit memo requests. Handled coding of accounts for escheatment process.Created notice-to-owner processes to secure construction accounts. Managed receivables (business and residential) of $5 million to $50 million as districts were added. Keeping DSO according to our set terms.Manage accounts with collection agencies and attorney.Headed the 2002 consolidation of 16 districts within a 60-day deadline: increased monthly receivables to est. $50 million; increased staff to 14. Awarded 2003 Outstanding Performance award (DSO and bad debt) and promoted to Market Area Credit/Collections Manager. Completed the 2004 consolidation of all credit and collections to Phoenix, Arizona within 60 days deadline. Promoted to State of Florida Credit and Collection Liaison.

Responsible for the design and implementation of new credit and collections department. Established credit policy and collection procedures. Responsible for credit approval and receivables of estimated 7.5 million. Training of existing staff to meet goals. Worked with sales staff to increase communication and minimize bad debt. Sales increased by 48%. Reduction in fraud. Worked in shipping dept to help reduce employee theft. Accomplishments were mentioned in industry newsletters.

Redesign of existing credit and collections department to decrease the DSO and reduce bad debt. Trained staff to meet these company goals.Put notice to owner processes in place to secure accounts.Managed an estimated 5 million monthly receivable.Worked with sales staff and conducted monthly meetings with them to increase sales with a better customer base. Visited customers with sales reps when possible.Our region won the Credit Excellence Award for 1993 to 1996 for the lowest DSO and bad debt.