Kerry Berman Email & Phone Number

Analyze and compare rates merchants currently pay to rates under Best Card and present findings to prospective merchants.Show merchants the optimal way they should process transactions.Negotiate contracts for signature and transition merchants to Best Card.Answer questions and resolve issues as needed for merchants.

Englewood, Co

•Align all financial activity with the regulations of the GAAP for a new medical practice•Manage day-to-day accounting operations and ensure that there is a redundant process backup in place for every critical operation•Create new internal accounting corporate policies and maintain existing policies•Monitor emerging technology to determine ways to automate the accounting process without sacrificing accuracy and accountability•Develop monthly and quarterly accounting reports for the management and executive teams•Implement and monitor the month, quarter and year-end closeout accounting schedules

Served as the single point of contact for project scheduling and changes under the Director of Accounting.Defined project deliverables and monitored status of tasks. Analyzed billing and collection rates at each market served. interpreted terms of contracts and ensured contract terms and conditions were followed.Calculated wages and overhead involved for all levels of employees.Issued variance reports so management was able to have ‘real time’ information so they could act. Developed and implemented an inventory system of equipment owned at the Media Center (studio) division of Comcast.Identified and Audited Equipment on hand.Identified and contacted customers with payable balances over 90 days.Reduced Accounts Receivable balances more than 60%.Managed Accounts Payable department for employee on leave for 8 weeks.

•Reduced monthly close process time by 7 days for the nation wide revenue and subscriber Oracle database. The 1M+ record database was used as an official source of record for the company. •Initiated monthly 50+person conference call between 13 regional offices around the nation. Call designed to standardize issue resolutions, help with accounting reconciliation, and resolve user concerns.•Coordinated tracking method of system design enhancements requested by database users and owners of 6 downstream company databases.•Managed a staff that created user training manuals and training sessions on the use of the database. Manuals and training sessions using Web-X helped create more efficient methods in the use of the database and the related reporting tools.•Directed the set up of standardized financial reports used by the corporate accounting department and the 13 regional offices. Reports assisted users by providing them with an easier means of analyzing and reconciling their revenue and subscriber numbers.•Established a department web site where users were able to see monthly mapping table updates, view a department calendar, pose questions and gain access to reporting tools. Web site helped reduce the communication burden between the regional offices.•Resolved several employee performance issues by mentoring employees to determine causes of low performance. Efforts turned around a problem employee into a great employee.