Robert Scheuermann Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Greenwich, Ct, Us

Currently Credit & Collections Manager Consultant/A/R Accountant/Accounts Receivable Project Manager

Brisbane, Ca, Us

Responsible for credit, collections, billing and cash application. Monthly cash projections & timely ERP reporting. Ensure Quarter & Year end SOX controls are met. Manage team of three ensuring all departmental objectives are met. Performance reviews on bi-yearly basis of team members.

Austin, Texas, Us

Manage 16 direct reports whom are located in four different US cities and in India that works as a cohesive team to meet company A/R working capital requirements. Manage all human resource requirements for team and provide coaching and counseling where needed.Responsible for weekly cash projections and reporting.Perform bad debt analysis and solutions.Wrote current A/R policy and procedures.

• Manage 5 employees to ensure 100% portfolio management occurs and team meets departmental objectives.• Personnel responsibilities including hiring, on-board training, coaching, routine development and career guidance, as well as recognize achievements and disciplinary action as needed. Conduct annual reviews.• Review and approve all applications for credit worthiness and assign credits lines as warranted.• Document and recommend credit policies for approval by credit manager.• Meet with individual team members monthly to review top 25 accounts and suggest go forward plan if necessary. • Manage COD portfolio for all 73 branches by working closely with warehouse managers, customer service reps and sales to ensure payments are made at time of purchase and customers are paying within terms.• Accomplishments: Created working aging’s to ensure team members are utilizing production time efficiently. Reduced over 60 aging from 11.2% to 8.5% by reengineering aging and working with individual team members to ensure meeting assigned metric goals. Standardized COD procedures and expectations that reduced company credit exposure and losses. Trained all team members on best practices for utilizing Microsoft office applications and provided training on excel.

 Manage 7 employees to ensure 100% portfolio management occurs and team meets departmental objectives. Ensure all new and existing customers have proper credit limits and are reviewed bi-yearly and orders are released on a timely basis. Direct interfacing with customers on collection matters and dispute resolution. Overseeing customer billing. Personnel responsibilities including hiring, on-board training, coaching, routine development and career guidance, as well as recognize achievements and disciplinary action as needed. Conduct annual reviews. Ensure all credit policies and procedures follow SOX rules and regulations. Balance GL to Local Ledger ensuring A/R accounts are in balance. Perform end of month closings for two companies.

Schlieren, Zurich, Ch

Personnel responsibilities including hiring, on-board training, coaching, routine development and career guidance, as well as recognize achievements and disciplinary action as needed. Conduct annual reviews. Sound understanding of current systems (Including EDI) and work flows and monitor collector work-list, aging and notes to ensure prompt and appropriate execution of collection policy, activity and documentation. Ensure orders on hold are reviewed and appropriate action taken in timely manner. Review write-offs and credit approval authorization up to $300k. Communicate and enforce department and company policies and procedures, goals and objectives. Partner with internal and external customers by acting as a key point of contact; assist with general questions and escalation processes. Ongoing communication with manager to provide regular updates on productivity, tracking and performance metrics, business issues and staff development. Encourage the use of continuous improvement methods within and beyond the team to identify procedural gaps and inefficiencies, recommend strategic solutions and assist with implementing changes. Active participation with spearheading special projects as assigned.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

Managing 700 accounts avg. $20mm.

 Portfolio consists of 700 active accounts avg. $20MM monthly. Placed collection calls and e-mails on all accounts. Reconciled customer accounts and provided collection-related reports to management. Analyze accounts receivable information to determine priority of collection activities for the purpose ofMaximizing cash flows, minimizing AR delinquency and improving DSO. Documented collection activities in Get Paid. Managed and maintained $26.5MM credit lines. Maintained a 35.6% DSO below target metric of 38 Days. Exceed all credit department goals which include bad debt, invoices over 30 days, and cash on account by 60%, 10%, and 15%, respectively. Worked with Operations Manager on streamlining customer order process to ensure timely payments. Prepare MMR (Monthly Management Reports) that consist of DSO reporting and Current Aging Report for all Territories. Review in depth, all pertinent credit and financial information including financial statements, reporting services, credit publications, and rating agency reports including DNB and Experian. Prepare summary, present facts and offer options concerning credit worthiness. Developed and implemented current collection script for all collection calls. Maintain control over credit facilities, noting payment progress, watching for any developing problems and conveying distressed accounts to Sales Managers. Retain a delegation of authority up to $100K; however, approved all credit applications up to $250K when Credit Manager was not present. Prepare ad hoc reports for upper

Business Administration And Management, General

Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General