AMIT PARIKH
Little Ferry, New Jersey *****
ac70e4@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SHISEIDO AMERICAS CORPORATION
April 2018 – October 2018, Accounts Receivable Coordinator (Contract)
Processed incoming daily cash receipts including lockbox checks, ACH wires transfers and posted to an appropriate customer’s accounts in JD Edwards and logged each transaction into the spread sheet for the A/R records
Processed credit card payments received from the customers and from the secured database on file credit card records for the customers with a payment plan and processed credit card payments for the invoices due on their account
Processed and printed a daily hold report in JD Edwards for the list of the customer’s orders on hold and forwarded and notified Accounts Executives via email. Also, reviewed and researched the customer’s accounts for the past due balances and notified the customers accordingly
Researched and resolved the deductions made by the customers on their invoice payments and identified and categorized such as either Advertising demo, damaged, or as indicated by the customer and notified the customer service and the deductions department of any items in dispute for the further research
Processed credit card payments received from the customers and from the secured database on file credit card records for the customers with a payment plan and processed credit card payments for the invoices due on their account
Processed and printed a daily hold report in JD Edwards for the list of the customer’s orders on hold and forwarded and notified Accounts Executives via email. Also, reviewed and researched the customer’s accounts for the past due balances and notified the customers accordingly
Researched and resolved the deductions made by the customers on their invoice payments and identified and categorized such as either Advertising demo, damaged, or as indicated by the customer and notified the customer service and the deductions department of any items in dispute for the further research as required
KIND SNACKS INC, New York, NY
July 2017-September 2017; February 2018 – March 2018, Cash Application Specialist (Contract)
Verified each incoming customer payment receipts by doing research payments to ensure an accurate payment posting to an appropriate customer accounts and
Logged in to the various customer’s company portals to research deduction codes and applied valid deductions to the eligible customer accounts accordingly
Coordinated with Trade Department personnel for any issues related to the customer payment repays and requested to make it invalid in JD Edwards System in order to avoid any duplicate payments
Prepared and uploaded a huge customer payment receipts from the customer portals into pre-formulated excel templates to be transferred onto the JDE system for an accurate payment posting to the customer accounts
Entered payment receipts from the customers via Wires, ACH, and Credit cards into JDE for the domestic and Canadian currencies and processed the Batch and Cash Reports
TORAY INTERNATIONAL AMERICA INC, New York NY
December 2015 – March 2016, Cash Application Specialist (Contract)
Printed out the daily Cash and Credit Reports for the Lock Box, in coming Wire Transfer, ACH Transfer and Credit Card payments from domestic and international sources and reviewed and coded each and every credit items on the report for accuracy.
Performed Cash Application in SAP for US $, EURO and JPY currencies using the appropriate customer codes
Processed and printed the daily Cash Reports and filed in to an appropriate cash folder
VANBARTON GROUP LLC, New York NY
May 2015 – December 2015, Cash Application Specialist (Contract)
Retrieved the daily Lockbox Online and processed an incoming cash receipts and posted to an appropriate tenant’s accounts
Reviewed, analyzed and reconciled the Government’s and the Commercial Tenant’s Accounts and made a necessary correction
Prepared daily bank deposits and scanned checks for the remote bank deposits
Processed a monthly Rent Bill Statements and mailed out and emailed to both Residential and Commercial Tenants
JOHNSON & JOHNSON HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS INC, Piscataway, NJ
April 2012 – April 2014, Cash Application and Credit Card Processing Specialist (Contract)
Performed daily cash application, processed credit card payments, and processed and printed daily cash reports
Researched exception items and recorded cash collected from the lockbox
Analyzed system reports for accuracy and daily communicated with banks to resolve discrepancies
SPECTRUM PROPERTIES, New Jersey
January 2010 – April 2012, Accounts Receivable Clerk and Admin Assistant (Parttime)
Organized and prepared incoming tenant’s rental checks for bank deposits
Performed cash application and processed daily cash report and maintained filing of tenant records
Monitored tenant accounts and posted miscellaneous charges wherever as necessary
Reviewed tenant records and updated records as needed for the accuracies
Entered new tenant leases into the system and notified tenant about their account status
Assisted tenants regarding their account charges and helped resolve tenants account issues
NEWARK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, New Jersey
November 2008 – March 2009, Accounts Receivable Clerk (Contract)
• Performed daily cash applications and prepared an incoming check for the bank deposits
• Processed and printed daily cash reports and reconciled the reports for the accuracy
• Sorted out invoices and performed filing into appropriate folders
• Assisted in a month end closing and assisted the Auditors
MUSCULOSKELETAL TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION, New Jersey
July 2008 – August 2008, Accounts Receivable Clerk (Contract)
Received Lockbox and entered the batches into the system and processed daily batch report
Adjusted charge backs, overpayments, short paid invoices and processed write off adjustments
Reconciled financial report and submitted to the Accounts Manager for review
Performed a filing of invoices and assisted in a month end closing
INFORMATION BUILDERS INC., Midtown Manhattan, New York
April 2007 – May 2008, Cash Application Clerk (Fulltime Permanent)
Performed daily lockbox and cash receipt applications and processed daily cash reports
Prepared daily checks and dispatched for the bank deposit
Communicated with banks to resolve discrepancies and maintained accuracy on a daily basis
Researched the payment information from different exchange categories such as Underpay, Overpay, Short-Tax, Royalty, Unidentified, Not Billed and applied cash accordingly
Reconciled monthly cash reports to make sure the totals are in agreement for the month end closing
Performed a daily filing of invoices and daily cash reports and organized folders in appropriate orders
THE KAMSON PROPERTIES, New Jersey
November 2004 – November 2006, Accounts Receivable Clerk (Fulltime Permanent)
Handled a daily cash receipts and lockbox and performed cash applications
Processed cash receipts and printed daily cash deposits, scanned checks and sent for the bank deposit
Attended tenants phone calls and assisted them in resolving their billing issues
Assisted Administration Assistants and Property Managers in resolving tenant related issues
Performed a filing of daily cash reports and organized tenants billing folders
Assisted in month end, quarter end and year end closings
EDUCATION
Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey
In progress, AS Professional Studies, Business Management, Accounting
Professional Development
Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey
Certificate in Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2016
J&J e-University, Piscataway, New Jersey
Certificate in SAP 2014
Certificate in Open A/R 2014
Certificate in CCM (Credit Card Management) 2014
SOFTWARE
MS Word, MS Excel, MS Windows 10, MS Outlook, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, JD Edwards, SAP, Yardi