Pat Hingert Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

I arrived from an overseas holiday at the end of September 2008 and took up a temporary position with Australian Motoring Services and was made permanent after two months. The role required the total management of the debtor’s ledger, liaising directly with Clients, Senior Management and Account Managers, requiring the skill of resolving varying aspects of.

Melbourne, Australia

• Elders Limited had a major restructure to the business that involved the relocation of the Finance division of the Victorian State Office to South Australia. Due to this transition my position at Elders became.
• Coached, monitored and developed 60 Regional Branch Managers to collect the debts attributable to their cost centre (working on rural relationships to increase collection rates)
• Liaised with up to 250 key stakeholders within the Elders rural staff community to increase the success of debt collection.
• Minimised write-offs to less than 0.005% of the total debtors ledger as a result of excellent collections despite severe drought affecting farmers capacity to pay.
• Researched the credit worthiness of potential clients through ASIC, Dunn and Bradstreet, Trade referees, bank opinions and branch manager feedback.
• Reduced the processing of credit applications from 14 days to 2 days (approx. 2,500 – 3000 per annum).

Melbourne, Australia

• Business Travel International (BTI), now known as HRG Australia, is a global Corporate Travel Management Company. As a market leader, they provide Corporate Travel Management, Expense Management, Consulting and Events.
• Transformed an ineffectual credit system into a well structured demand driven credit management program.
• Responsible for the overall running of all Debtors accounts, customising statements in Excel to suit individual clients requirements, application of payments, reconciliation of accounts and collection of outstanding.
• Management of 4 Staff and maintaining the National Debtors ledger with an average daily turnover of $2 million dollars per day.
• Reducing the Debtors days outstanding from 45 days to between 32 and 34 days.
• Provide daily Management reports on incoming Debtor payments and Banking.

Melbourne, Australia

• Europcar is a global car rental company with locations all around Australia. Servicing both leisure and large corporate contracts it has alliances with Virgin Blue and Accor Hotels.Key Achievements
• Responsible for the overall application of payments, reconciliation of accounts and collection of outstanding debts.
• Management of 11 Staff and maintaining the National Debtors ledger
• Reducing the Debtors days outstanding from 76 days to 37 days in two years.
• Undertook a special project as directed by Chief Financial Officer in winding up the Government ledger on the cessation of the Government contract with Europcar.
• Provide an efficient service so customers gain an overall perception of Europcar as a quality driven Company.

Melbourne, Australia

• Mayne Logistics no longer exists as a company since a de-merger in 2002 where Linfox acquired the Transport component of the organisation.Key Achievements.
• Management of 3 Team Leaders and 48 staff. Maintained the National Debtors ledger reducing the Debtors days outstanding, implementing firm targets for debtor reduction and minimising department overheads by.
• Responsible for the overall application of cash payments, reconciliation of accounts and collection of outstanding debts.

Melbourne, Australia

• Ansett Australia ceased to exist in October 2001. My career at Ansett spanned 36 years and many varied jobs within the Finance Department. Key Achievements
• Management of the collection performance of staff including daily and weekly appraisals of direct reports.
• Management of Banking Section, coordinating the daily workflow, providing support and assistance when required and signing off on maintenance of monthly bank account reconciliations.
• Review discussion and development of Accounts Receivable policies with the Manager Accounts Receivable to improve and upgrade changes to suit market trends and customer needs.
• Successfully negotiated with delinquent a recovery schedule on outstanding balances resulting in 100% recovery.
• Credit assessment and approval of new commercial accounts. Closing accounts and instigating legal action where necessary.