Terry Messick Email & Phone Number

Senior Accounts Receivable SpecialistResponsible for an entire account base of over 3,000 accounts worth in excess of 15 million.• Responsible for all A/R collections, credits, debits, research, reconciliations andcustomer relation between sales rep and vendor.• Responsible for managing received documents and delivery to proper team memberinsuring payments are processed correctly.• Compiled weekly and monthly reports directly for senior management• Prepared quarterly reports for sales reps• Processed all manual invoicing credits, debits, new customer setup and credit lines forwholesale customers.• Processed cash posting for all wholesale accounts• Quality control of several multimillion-dollar accounts including:1. Processing purchase orders in excess of $2mm2. Track international shipments from port to port3. Obtaining TELEX release from U.S. customs4. Responsible for sending all international shipping documents5. Main liaison on international shipments between buyer, manufacturer and customerensuring all payments were collected.6. Worked closely with the shipping department and warehouses within the companykeeping track of product received to ensure proper billing and payment7. Responsible for sending out all manual invoices and processing manual credits anddebits.• Helped create new liquidation project start to finish, setting up and managing customeraccounts including credit lines, payments, shipping, collections and invoicing,resulting in sales of $10mm in aged inventory.• Worked with insurance company to manage certificate of insurance for sales reps tostay in compliance with vendors.• Calibrated with insurance company to create new certificate of insurance, train andmanage sales reps on compliance for Community Philanthropy Ventures.

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