➤ Reporting to the CFO and developing, implementing, and enforcing credit/collections policies and procedures.➤ Managing the domestic and international account AR/collections portfolio of approximately $25M in monthly revenue.➤ Resolving and tracking changes, problems, incidents, and requests with appropriate documentation and reporting.➤ Overseeing collections, litigation, chargebacks management, and cash applications for $300M in annual sales volume.➤ Coordinating, prioritizing, assigning, and reviewing work while monitoring the status of work in progress.➤ Providing guidance and leadership managing 14 direct reports including on-/off-site credit, collection, and treasury staff.➤ Managing credit and treasury functions for the region while following procedures to ensure timely, accurate reporting.➤ Ensuring controls are in place to safeguard company assets and properly manage customer credit levels and risk.➤ Managing and monitoring receivables and collections strategies to drive DSO performance and mitigate financial risk.➤ Hiring, training, mentoring, and developing credit, collection, and treasury team members and evaluating performance.➤ Working closely with the sales team and accounting department to determine, analyze, and report bad debt risk/reserve.➤ Driving change processes and procedures for the Treasury Services Team while training junior technical staff.➤ Developing, coordinating, and administering procedures to reduce bad debt and managing third-party collections.➤ Overseeing treasury operations and ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet operational and capital requirements.➤ Planning and executing intercompany fund transfers and performing interest payment schedule calculations.➤ Managing bank relationships, driving the global cashflow forecast process, and providing cashflow analysis as needed.➤ Analyzing variances between budget and actuals to understand differences and cashflow as well as improve projections.

➤ Produced quarterly financial statements while maintaining financial compliance and an adequate control environment.➤ Ensured accurate and timely reporting while maintaining compliance with accounting standards and regulations.➤ Reviewed all balance sheet items monthly including bank reconciliations, prepaids, accruals, and reconciliations.➤ Ensured an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end IFRS close processed through Oracle Hyperion.➤ Prepared and reviewed financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.➤ Ensured accuracy, consistency, and compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).➤ Implemented and monitored control measures to mitigate financial risks and ensure the accuracy of financial records.➤ Established and maintained effective internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure compliance with financial policies.➤ Assisted with providing documentation required by external auditors for satisfactory conclusion of company audits.➤ Managed an accounting staff of 2 direct reports, provided training and ongoing guidance, and monitored performance.

➤ Managed the domestic account AR/collections monthly portfolio of $13M with a yearly sales volume of $25M.➤ Led and supported efforts to improve portfolio growth, risk management, operational efficiency, and profitability.➤ Managed credit, collection and treasury staff of 5 direct reports and provided guidance to achieve group objectives.➤ Led enterprise planning while supporting cross-company initiatives and coordinating scorecard/metrics processes.➤ Managed credit and treasury function for the market as well as led team in managing customer credit levels and risk.➤ Implemented the re-write of the company credit application for compliance with domestic and international customers.➤ Followed guidelines/procedures to ensure timely and accurate reporting for collections, litigation, and cash applications.➤ Ensured controls were in place to safeguard company assets and to ensure customer accounts were accurately reflected.➤ Led and supported efforts to improve portfolio growth, risk management, operational efficiency, and profitability.➤ Successfully managed and monitored receivables and collections strategies resulting in a 60-day DSO reduction.➤ Tracked collection metrics, collateral recapture, and recovery rates to improve the collections and recovery strategy.➤ Collaborated with the local credit agency to develop and implement credit and collections policies and procedures.➤ Implemented new banking tools to generate automatic protests for delinquent accounts for early notification of issues.➤ Trained, mentored, and developed credit, collection, and treasury team members and managed third-party collections.

➤ Reported to the global credit manager and collaborated with subsidiaries to monitor the local A/R exposure and risk.➤ Ensured key functional metrics were achieved while serving as the first/main escalation point for unresolved issues.➤ Contacted and built relationships with key customers as required to perform resolution of major disputes issues.➤ Collected, processed, and consolidated monthly financial information to prepare Group A/R consolidated reporting.➤ Set and followed up on assigned DSO targets as well as assisted in the successful transition from AS400 to SAP AFS.

➤ Reported to Consolidated Financial Statements manager to ensure standards were applied on a globally consistent basis.➤ Coordinated corporate quarter-end closing, financial statements, and reporting as well as for the group’s subsidiaries.➤ Reviewed quarterly financial statements submitted by entities and investigated any discrepancies with the local team.➤ Led continuous improvement opportunities and developed forms, tasks, and checks to expedite the reporting process.➤ Directed and facilitated reporting automation of the consolidation flow of financial reporting though Oracle Hyperion.

➤ Credit Analyst – Safilo SpA, Padova, Italy – 2005 to 2010➤ Treasury Analyst – Soget SpA (Euronics) – 2000 to 2005