Saraya Capers Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Fl, Us

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Greater New York City Area

• Post cash receipts to customer accounts for payments made by lockbox and wires in a timely manner.• Perform account reconciliations and work with Collections to resolve discrepancies in payment applications; assist in reconciling unapplied cash and adjusting customer accounts accordingly.• Support Assistant Controller with preparation of journal entries.• Compile data and prepare month end reports for Controller and Senior Accountants.• Resolve month end reporting differences in order to balance the current period’s A/R to the G/L.• Take the lead in collecting and reviewing client documents for audits.• Work with upper management to transition to new financial software.• Assist Cash Management group with Treasury, wire transactions and cash allocations; provide bank funding details to CEO, CFO and VP of FP&A.

•Maintain an up-to-date billing system.•Train and supervise Accounts Receivable billing team.•Establish and implement new processes to help improve the Accounts Receivable team productivity.•Maintain customer files and records.•Prepare, verify and send invoices to the customers.•Post cash receipts when needed and process credit card payments for customer sales orders.•Ensure all orders are in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and accounting requirements.•Conduct weekly review of invoice samples per SOX requirements to ensure accurate billing.•Process credit and debit memos as well as invoice adjustments.•Work closely with Collections to manage customer accounts on a daily basis to ensure timely payment and resolve issues.•Ensure that daily lockbox deposits, credit cards and wire payments are posted to the AR system accurately.•Handle month-end close process and reporting.•Defer revenue when necessary based on order shipment or services completion.•Work with Business Finance team to review sales orders with special revenue recognition terms and milestone contract billing to ensure that invoices are processed accurately.•Ensure that entries relating to intercompany cash transfers and billing are posted accurately.•Work closely with the Internal and External auditors.•Ensure SOX compliance for internal controls are defined for the accounts receivable process•Assist in researching and resolving invoice and cash receipts discrepancies.•Process customer refunds and write-offs.•Follow up on customer inquiries and requests, including providing invoice copies, researching payment information, and sending current statements.•Provide regular updates to management on status of billing and collection issues.•Post invoice transactions and payments to sub-ledger.•Work with the Information Technology Department to manage system upgrades, program errors.•Weekly and monthly ensure AR reporting for G/L accounts is accurate.