Stephen M. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Assist collections team with forecasting for quarter to ensure cash flow for upper management goals• Assist with collections on bigger AR accounts if needed by comparing AR/AP history, terms, & collections process as a vendor and customer. • Work with various banks and determine need to open/close lines of accounts as needed by other departments for long-term projects, including LockBoxes, check scanners, international accounts, etc.• Work with banks on setting up merchant credit accounts as well for any projects requiring use of credit cards & be the point of contact for developers with company & financial contact for bank. • Review & maintain Letters of Credit & assist in opening/closing with Operations Controller.• Post cash for all RhythmOne in Microsoft Dynamics GP• Negotiate contracts during any company acquisition (i.e. D&Bi)• Support all global treasury and cash management operations• Produce a daily net cash position and actual position in order to ensure funding of vendor and publisher payments and payroll (UK, US, CA) • Complete & maintain banking resolutions, authorized signer documents, and bank mandates• Support administration and ensure compliance for Electronic Banking Systems & PCI• Issue final approval based on cash balances for AP invoices for bi-monthly check runs• Reduce fraud risk by implementing positive pay as part of AP cash run process• Manage 52 bank accounts & credit card merchant accounts• Provide weekly reporting of collections vs monthly forecast to Finance team and CFO• Created company-wide daily cash position report for Board of Directors, CEO, and CFO which encompasses worldwide cash receipts & disbursements among all entities• Review all acquired bank accounts and work with banks to consolidate or close accounts based on need and overall cash activity• Assist in half-year & full-year audits with billing, G/L, and credit collections teams• File yearly FBAR with IRS

San Francisco Bay Area

Collections• Process and set up new accounts, analyze customer financial condition and authorize customer credit lines• Resolve all accounting (reconciliation) and administrative (billing) issues that may impede collections• Proactively communicate the status of receivables balances to management, including preparation and delivery of periodic reports, and escalation of problem accounts.• Document all collection efforts using Collection Manager in Great Plains, and other tools as necessary to maintain current files on all delinquent accounts.• Establish strong working relationships with the sales team to support collection efforts on key accounts.• Identify potential problem accounts for collection leverage (credit holds)• Participate in process improvement projects, and support other management directives as prescribedCash Applications• Responsible for managing incoming wires, direct deposits, lockbox receipts, and credit card transactions on a daily basis for Blinkx, inc. and various subsidiary companies and posting accordingly.• Work directly with Collectors, Sales, Accountants and Customers in order to effectively execute a timely process of cash posting.• Process cash as both manual data entry as well as integrating data in mass-downloads into the accounting software.• Maintain up-to-date and accurate spreadsheets tracking cash receipts by a company in order to complete the month end reconciliation.• Responsible for the daily monitoring of all bank balances and activity and comparing it to various sales reports.

San Francisco Bay Area

Collections• Process and set up new accounts, analyze customer financial condition and authorize customer credit lines• Resolve all accounting (reconciliation) and administrative (billing) issues that may impede collections• Proactively communicate status of receivables balances to management, including preparation and delivery of periodic reports, and escalation of problem accounts.• Document all collection efforts using Collection Manager in Great Plains, and other tools as necessary to maintain current files on all delinquent accounts.• Establish strong working relationships with sales team to support collection efforts on key accounts.• Identify potential problem accounts for collection leverage (credit holds)• Participate in process improvement projects, and support other management directives as prescribedCash Applications• Responsible for managing incoming wires, direct deposits, lockbox receipts and credit card transactions on a daily basis for blinkx, inc. and various subsidiary companies and posting accordingly.• Work directly with Collectors, Sales, Accountants and Customers in order to effectively execute a timely process of cash posting.• Process cash as both manual data entry as well as integrating data in mass downloads into the accounting software.• Maintain up-to-date and accurate spreadsheets tracking cash receipts by company in order to complete month end reconciliation.• Responsible for the daily monitoring of all bank balances and activity and comparing it to various sales reports.

Monterey, California

• Reconcile credit card/paypal submission deposits of over $200,000 with daily deposits reported by accountant• Issue refund checks weekly• Process Month End close and internal account write offs• Reconcile credit card and PayPal submission reports with deposit reports to determine variances• Research large prepaid transactions to determine if order is fraudulent• Research invoices that have been witheld from daily invoice mailing file• Process W9 forms and vendor applications from new and existing customers• Review new/existing accounts for possible credit limit increases or decreases based on history• Handle collections on company's biggest credit accounts• Process specialized billing for corporate accounts, including but not limited to batch mailing, consolidated billing, and issuing electronic billing files.• Approve invoices forward to Accounts Payable department to issue payment

Monterey, California

• Handle 40+ inbound calls daily, selling products or assisting in returns• Use Minisoft 92 system for tracking orders or gather information and products• Managed five corporate account with special shipping requirements and discounts• Handle 20+ emails to resolve catalog requests, short shipped orders, or missed discounts• Work with multiple departments to resolve any shipping delays

Monterey, California

• Created keywords for live products on Shop.com website for efficient search results• Issued weekly reports to third party who would apply keywords upon review• Apply keywords for certain items based upon season

Bachelor Of Science, Genetics

High School Diploma, General Education

Activities and Societies: Associated Student Body