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Provided Finance and Credit expertise to private companies in the debt settlement arena. Worked with senior management to provide monthly revenue reporting and metrics. Setup billing and payment system to track and compensate their attorney network. Setup reporting in SAS System (BillPay) to track new orders, revenue by creditor, days to settle and percent of debt in relation to settlement amounts.

Aliso Viejo, Ca

Pacific World is the fifth largest cosmetics and the largest nail care company for mass retailers in the U.S. Managed team of 3 Collectors and 1 Cash Application Specialist. Credit: Responsible for the collection and maintenance of North American and International accounts. DSO Improvement: Improved the Current aging bucket from 85% to 90% through retraining collection staff, partnering with Sales and greater account visibility through weekly aging reports. Created aging reports for senior management designed for risk analysis of key customers. Accounts Receivable: posting of daily cash & EDI receipts, bank statement reconciliation and month end reconciliation to General Ledger.

Experian is the leading global information services company. Managed team of 8 Strategic collectors and 2 Credit Analysts with the responsibility for a monthly portfolio of $132M. The strategic group was responsible for managing Fortune 100 clients. Reduced over 90 Day balance by $10M from 7.89% to 2.41% through retraining collection staff, effective negotiation and problem resolution involving both our internal and external partners. Partnered with Sales to develop procedures to quickly identify issues preventing payment in order to nurture healthy customer relations to produce satisfactory resolutions thus saving company approximately $1.5M. Created monthly finance reports for 11 Business Units showing their top debtors, reserve recommendations and account commentary. Key member of the monthly Bad Debt & Sales Allowance meeting to determine each Business Unit reserve requirements. Worked with senior management and external audit team to ensure that credit activities are compliant with GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley audits.

BakerCorp is the largest tank rental company in the world. Supervised staff of six credit and accounts receivable professionals, including four direct report collectors. Reduced DSO from 70+ to 55, thereby producing a savings of $18 million. Reduced bad debt by 15%, saving the company approximately $500,000 per year through effective negotiation and problem resolution. Negotiated with customers in financial distress to resolve their past due balances, thus preserving the customer’s good reputation while saving over $100,000 annually in attorney fees. Created a series of direct reports detailing high balance, high risk customers and procedures to control receivables and maintain the account relationship. Saved the company more than $100,000 annually through the selective use of collection agencies. Partnered with bank to create international letters of credit.

M.A, Psychology

Ba, Psychology