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1. Geraldine Strother
5605 Gainor Road Philadelphia, PA 19131 215-971-0460 GStrother01@gmail.com
SUMMARY: Successfultwelve plus years track record of progressive A/R, billing, and accounting support
experience. Detail-oriented, dependable,energetic, team player with a high level of accuracy in a fast paced
environment, and talent for quickly mastering policies, processes and technologies.
EMPLOYMENT:
Philadelphia Insurance Companies -Tokio Marine Group May 2015-Present
Account Receivable Rep II
·Reconcile/monitor billing, receivables, and collections for entire Mid-Atlantic region.
·Meet daily/weekly/monthly deadlines for Aging reports, suspense,billing reports, etc.
·Interact with field reps/agents,and VP’s to resolve contractual billing errors.
·Review/approve refunds to clients on overpaid/overbilled accounts.
·Follow up with clients/corporations on past due balances, return checks, billing or pay discrepancies.
·Review/approve accounts for special bill plans for large currency accounts.
·Resolve cash application errors.
·Interact with field reps to obtain authorizations for account reinstatements.
·Analyze reports and forms for, billing accuracy, and collection goals.
·Maintain record keeping per SOX compliance.
Catapult Learning May 2014-May 2015
A/R Analyst-Collections Specialist
·Responsible for entire AR process from posting cash to G/L, analyzing AR Aging and collecting from clients.
·Download/Monitor/Analyze AR report from PeopleSoft, and convert to Excel based format weekly.
·Created Pivot tables, and chart graph from AR report in Excel.
·Report AR balances, collection efforts, and results to CFO, Treasurer, and accountants in bi-weekly meetings.
·Download daily banking for lockboxes, and wire deposits.
·Responsible for all cash application of cash receipts from all lockboxes, ACH, and wire deposits in PeopleSoft.
·Processed Month End Close for AR/AP.
·Work with Regional Directors, and clients to collect on past due/unpaid balances ,and short payments.
·Collect an average of $650k monthly thru phone calls to clients.
·Interact with billing team to resolve contractualbilling errors, and clear billed errors from Aging report.
·Support Treasurer with forecasting monthly cash for past due accounts.
·Investigate/Resolve billing errors, credits, and post unapplied payments.
·Create/maintain collection action notes for past due accounts.
·Build relationships with clients to be able to collect and develop payment schedules on severely past due balances.
Zero Chaos/BNY Mellon May 2013 – May 2014
Billing Analyst
·Process quarterly/periodic billing for investment accounts and inception billing on new accounts
·Update pricing for client accounts per contract
·Research/Reconcile accounts for billing accuracy
·Generate payment control reports to identify past due payments/generate manual invoices thru Excel
·Generate reports from automated billing systemidentify missing payments or billing errors
·Perform V-Look ups to identify duplicate reporting on accounts/clients
·Research/Release/Update/Correct billing errors for daily and periodic billing investment accounts
2. Geraldine Strother
5605 Gainor Road Philadelphia, PA 19131 215-971-0460 GStrother01@gmail.com
Princeton One/Towers Watson Financial Services Feb 2012 – May 2013
Billing Analyst
·Analyzed and generated over 300 invoices monthly for clients and corporations thru Oracle database
·Worked with account managers/consultants to resolve billing/contractual discrepancies
·Assisted with project mapping
·Maintained billing processes forSOX compliance
·Prioritized tasks to meet deadlines
·Mentor/trained new hire billing analysts
·Reconciled collection accounts thru Oracle database and Microsoft Excel
Atlantis Petroleum, Accounting Specialist Feb 2007 – Oct 2011
· Served as key point of contact for vendors to resolve billing errors, and other key issues
·Was responsible for all processes ofvendorA/R accounts-fromreconciliations to ensuring billing accuracy and
updating pricing/rates in the fuel accounting system(Fuel Smart)
·Streamlined reconciliation process
·Supervised and trained persons assisting with A/R processes
·Reconciled fuel/supplier invoices and resolved backlog invoice disputes
·Exported/Imported data from one accounting systeminto Great Plains ensuring all data is in correct accounting
period and balanced
·Worked directly under controller/accounting manager for revenue reporting
·Cleared vendor cards in Great Plains, and processed vendorupdates in Great Plains
·Performed internal audit for Fuel Inventory for dealer locations
·Processed bank drafts for billed invoices and credit card transactions
·Perform monthly close reports in Fuel smart accounting system
·Resolved Fuel Inventory errors/issues
·Processed/Posted credit cards/credit memos, re-drafted NSF returns
·Billed/Invoiced clients manually, and thru accounting system
·Ran cash requirements report in Great Plains
·Ran queries in Access to import in Excel
·Assisted Staff Accountant with A/P Processes
·Posted journal entries; review G/L accounts in Great Plains for correct accounting period
ACSYS /Wawa Corporate, Associate/Fuel Accountant Jun 2005 – Feb 2007
·Reconciled fuel invoices and resolve invoice backlogged issues
·Conducted internal audit of Fuel Inventory Accounts
·Researched billing errors and provide resolution
·Responsible for verifying accuracy of invoices and keying data into Fuel System
·Served as key point of contact for high volume fuel vendors
·Processed vendor updates by entering data into SAP
EDUCATION:
University of Phoenix
·Received 40 credits toward Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Community College of Philadelphia
·Received 31 credits toward Associates degree.
TECHNICIAL SKILLS:
Oracle, PeopleSoft, LEDGER MODULES, MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and
Outlook), Great Plains, SAP, and other company owned financial programs.