Terry Messick Email & Phone Number

Gaiam, Inc. is a leading producer and marketer of lifestyle media and fitness accessories Accounts Receivable Specialist Responsible for an account base of over 600 accounts worth in excess of 10 million. Maintained Annual DSO at 58.354• Knowledge of all shipping carries to resolve call tags, RMA’s and proof of deliveries • Processed and posted all returned goods within account base such as Target, Avon, Wal-mart, and Whole Foods• Responsible for all charge-back research and reconciliation resulting in a savings in excess of 5 million on a quarterly basis • Utilized custom reports to identify pricing and billing error – then reconcile• Sole operator of Credit Card Advantage system to process all payments and credits• Worked with all purchase orders at order entry level terms and legal conditions • Tabulated Crystal-Great Planes Billing & Credit reports• Partnered with IT to develop new reports to integrate with existing company reports to retrieve financial data for Senior Level Management• Extensive knowledge of legal laws that surround 30, 60, 90 day standards• Knowledge of company compliance involving SOX, SAS 70, and DOT compliance• Expertise in credits, collections, bankruptcy, and outside collections agency compliance• Identified errors in payments and credits posted• Extensive knowledge of all general collections

Colorado’s leading provider of luxury appliances Credit and Collection SpecialistResponsible for entire account base and all correspondence via verbal and written communication.• Established and increased credit accounts for new and existing vendors• Determined credit lines by analyzing company credit reports, pay history reports, and previous high credit balances• Managed weekly production of collection forecasts, providing accurate results to Director level and above in Accounting• Contacted clients to negotiate payment on past due accounts resulting in 80% collection on clients called• Initiated property leans, credit holds, and product shipment suspension until past due accounts were resolved

PharMerica is the nation's most-respected leading institutional pharmacy Billing and Collection Specialist Collaborated with 200 plus medical facilities to provide resolution on billing and collection issues• Med-D reconciliation (monthly and quarterly)• Cash Application and subsequent reconciliations• Bad Debt Review and reserve assessments• Run the PHREV queries to ensure the accuracy of the revenue and cash at EOM• Create Ad hoc queries for AS400 and BRIO when needed• Assist with the compilation of the AR Review documents * Cash to Revenue, AR Analysis, Specific Reserves