William Lipchak
Email: abphal@r.postjobfree.com
Address: **** ****** ****** *****
City: Mechanicsville
State: VA
Zip: 23111
Country: USA
Phone: 804-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $100,000
Willing to Relocate
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Job History / Details:
William E. Lipchak
6439 Little Sorrel Drive
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Home: 804-***-****
abphal@r.postjobfree.com
Over 30 years experience in Credit & Collections, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, and Invoicing. Strong background in implementing change, establishing policies & procedures, and staff development. Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
SERVICE PARTNERS LLC Richmond, VA 2002- 2012
National Credit Manager and Accounts Receivable Manager and Regional Credit Manager:
*Developed a set of operational best practices, policies and procedures leading to operational consistency throughout multi-company remote credit operations
*Responsible for development and execution of management reports to keep Corporate Executives, General Managers and Credit Managers up to date on all Credit and AR results
*Built a process for account setup, collections and dispute resolution that was adopted for all national accounts
*Managed all third party collection agencies, contract negotiations and development of service level agreements
*Effectively reduced third party agencies from 11 to 4 while increasing overall collections
*Managed attorney relationships for collection services as well as litigation
*Created a system to log and manage all bankruptcy filings and their related status
*Responsible for building the only department within the organization to function as one unit (18 Subsidiaries and 57 locations nationwide)
*Met monthly with CFO and Controller to review distribution company AR focusing on all accounts 60+ past due as well as potential bad debts
*Monitored Potential Bad Debt Reserve to GL Bad Debt Accrual
*Responsible for coordination of employee workload as well as general staff management to ensure consistent credit division coverage
HMS HOST Bethesda, MD 2000-2002
(Operator of Food/ Beverage, Merchandise, and Duty Free stores in Airports, Malls and Travel Plazas across the US)
Cash Brand Champion
*Responsible for development of cash room policies and procedures as well as the development of training manuals
*Ran a project to remodel the out of date cash rooms in existing locations as well as the development a design to be used for build from scratch leading to increased productivity through a more efficient layout
*Initiated National Account Pricing Program to reduce operating costs and improve delivery time and invoice processing
*Managed vendor relationships and Service Level Agreements for all vendors working on the National Account Pricing Program
This End Up Furniture Company Richmond, VA 1999-2000
Assistant Treasurer
*Responsible for Retail and Contract Accounts Receivable, Cash Management and Banking relationships, Private Label Credit Card Program and Third Party Collection programs.
AMF Bowling Products, Inc. Mechanicsville, VA 1997-1999
Manager Worldwide Credit, Collections & Accounts Receivable
*Managed Collection and A/R staffs for all domestic and international sales
Capital One Financial Corporation Richmond, VA 1996-1997
Senior Manager - Risk Operations
*Responsible for a staff of 72 Associates, including four managers, two floor supervisors and 68 collectors.
UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation Co) Richmond, VA. 1995-1996
Director Credit & Collections
*Coordinated collection action for credit staff, managed third party outsourcing program and all third party payment programs
FedEx Ground (formerly Roadway Package System) . Pittsburgh, PA 1985-1995
PPG Industries Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 1979-1985
Bayer USA, Pittsburgh, PA 1978-1979
Dun & Bradstreet Incorporated Pittsburgh, PA 1975-1978
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration- Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania
Continuing Education:
Export Financing Seminar-American Export Training Institute;
Leadership and Communication-Capital One;
Associate Relations Training-Capital One;
Advanced Collector Skills-Willis Associates;
Leadership Training-Overnite Transportation Company;
Performance Management Training-Overnite Transportation Company;
Targeted Selection- Development Dimensions International;
Interaction Management-Development Dimensions International;
Situational Leadership-Leadership Studies, Inc;
Frontline Leadership-Roadway Package System Inc;
Public Speaking- PPG Industries Inc.