Valette Torrez
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Email:
******@*****.***
Business Extensive background in collections, administrative and project
management.
Experience Proven ability in analysis and reporting. Successful track
record in reducing days sales outstanding (DSO) and improving
cash flow.
Work
Experience Our Town, Pinellas Park, Florida 08/05 - 10/08
Position: Accounts Receivable Manager / Collection Manager
Responsible for corporate accounts and identifying discrepancies
between financial records and contracts. Analyzed Accounts
receivable aging and executed collections plan to recover
outstanding balances (average aging balance $300,000), including
inbound and outbound calls. Processed new agreements, EFT and
credit card payments. Developed Sales Department process
verifying new credit cards and check payments for new accounts.
Recommended to management accounts for write off, processed
approved transactions. Developed policy for returned deposits.
JP Morgan Chase, Tampa, Florida 01/04 - 07/05
Position: Collector
Member of 10 person collection team. Responsible outbound
collections call of outstanding accounts totaling $3,000,000.
Duties included skip tracing using credit reports on customers
prior to charge off. Collection efforts resulted in 35% of
customer accounts settled through consecutive monthly payments.
Surface Technologies, St. Petersburg, Florida 04/99 - 11/03
Position: Accounts Receivable Manager / CSR Liaison / Credit
Manager
Responsible to record sales invoices, review accounts receivable
aging and collect on outstanding customer accounts. Duties
included setup and maintenance of customer files, check prospect
references, and recommended approval or denial of credit to
Branch Managers. Review contracts. Opened dialog with Sales
Department on credit terms. Called customers directly to obtain
payment schedule and updated customer file. Create and processed
credit memos'.
Other Experience:
Talent Tree Staffing, Tampa, Florida 4/98 - 4/99
Position: Contract Employee
Manpower, Sandford, Maine 2/97 - 9/97
Position: Temporary Positions
L.L. Bean, Freeport, Maine 10/96 - 1/97, 10/97 - 1/98
Position: Packer
Bonney Temporary Services, Sandford, Maine 8/96 - 12/96
Position: Quality Control
Ideas for Medicine, Inc., Clearwater, Florida 12/92 -
4/96
Position: Team Leader
Baxter Healthcare, Corp., Pinellas Park, Florida 5/92 -
12/92
Position: Quality Control Inspector
E-Systems, Inc., Saint Petersburg, Florida 1/89 - 11/91
Position: Inspection / Production
Special Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word. Functional use of
Great Plains and MYOB AccountEdge.
Skills Capable of utilizing accounting systems with minimal
training.
Educational Forest Lake Academy. Maitland, Florida.
Background
References: References are available and will be furnished upon request.