• Collections of customer’s accounts on the accounts receivable aging.• Invoicing of the completed projects and proposals to the customers for payment.• Coordinate the Backlog reporting with Project Coordinators for timely invoicing to our customers.

• Responsible for the due-diligence credit review of the new and established customers.• Establish and maintenance of the credit lines of said customers.• Organize alternate credit-means for customers via credit insurance, tooling, end-user billings, assignment of funding, and other means.• Continuous working with Sales to generate a more proactive reporting of the customer’s credit-worthiness.• Reconciliation of accounts to show customers item(s) on account are owed and payable.• Coordination of placing accounts with outside collections, or legal action.

Collections, reconciliations, negotiations

· Reduced past-due receivables from approximately 20% to less than 1%. · Identified order entry and billing errors, resulting in more accurate billing and faster collections. · Designed and revised company's credit applications and invoices. · Served as coordinator for North American affiliated group companies for external training (i.e., Dun and Bradstreet). · Reviewed new reporting and credit analysis tools and critiqued such products for senior management. · Designed company's paperless credit inquiry system, improving work-flow between customer service, sales, logistics, and credit departments. Dramatically reduced turn-around resolution time from weeks, to days on customer's payment deductions and other payment disputes. · Revised and implemented credit procedures and forecasting, resulting in no new bankruptcy exposures since March, 2007. · Coordinated with IT department to electronically send invoices to customers (EDI, and other interfaces).

· Responsible for the timely collection of the accounts receivable aging. · Researched customer's financial, bank, trade records and pay history to establish credit line. · Generated various reports for co-workers and managers (i.e., DSO, 90-day projections). · Recommended further action for very delinquent accounts (i.e., write-offs, outside collections). · Negotiated pay plans for some delinquent accounts. · Assisted on month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reports.

· Responsible for the timely collection of the accounts receivable aging. · Researched customer's financial, bank, trade records and pay history to establish credit line. · Generated various reports for co-workers and managers (i.e., DSO, 90-day projections). · Recommended further action for very delinquent accounts (i.e., write-offs, outside collections). · Negotiated pay plans for some delinquent accounts. · Assisted on month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reports.

· Responsible for finding the most economical utility rates (electric, water, sewer, garbage, etc.) for customers. · Researched the different rate schedules available, calculating differences vs. customer's current schedule, using customer's previous 12 months of utility bills. · Generated reports to customers, showing utility savings for the next 36 months. · Generated various department performance reports to managers.

· Credit and collections supervisor for ten collections clerks in four locations in the US. · Responsible for the timely collection of the accounts receivable aging. · Researched customer's financial, bank, trade records and pay history to establish credit line. · Generated various reports for co-workers and managers (i.e., DSO, 90-day projections). · Recommended further action for very delinquent accounts (i.e., write-offs, outside collections). · Negotiated pay plans for some delinquent accounts. · Assisted on month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reports.