Customer Service Accounts Payable
Resume:
Debra Hernandez
Bronx, New York
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EXPERIENCE:
****- **** ********* ******* *** – Accounts Receivable Specialist
• Responsible for Accounts Receivable for various offices.
• Apply cash receipts to open invoices - research and allocate a high volume of incoming checks, wires, ACH and retainer payments.
• Scan check deposits to bank and maintenance of Cash Receipt files.
• Responsible for re-allocation of cash and write offs.
• Process client credit card payments (American Express/ Visa/ MasterCard) - using USAePay.
• Assist Collection team with Aged Accounts Receivables and client contact to collect past due balances.
• Back up for Escrow Department - Record in coming payments (wires and checks) and distribution of payments (wires and checks) for settlements and closings.
• Open and close escrow accounts with banks, as well as record monthly interest earned.
• Backup for Expense Report Department – Review and approve expense reports.
• Provide customer service as needed.
• Extensive communication and relationships with Attorneys, Administrative Assistances, Billing, Collection and Accounts Payable Departments, Clients and Bank Representatives.
2006 - 2010 DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP - Cash Receipt Coordinator
• Responsible for identifying and allocating all incoming wires, checks and lockbox deposits for the New York and all regional offices.
• Handle re-allocation of cash and write offs.
• Book payments to firm employee personal accounts.
• Process client credit card payments (American Express/Visa).
• Prepare morning and end of day financial reports to management.
• Extensive communication with Attorneys, Secretaries, Billing, Collection, and Accounts Payable Departments and Bank Representatives.
2000 – 2006 CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP - Escrow/Accounts Receivable Staff Accountant
• Responsible for identifying and recording all credits to depository and escrow accounts - includes wires and checks.
• Responsible for employee personal accounts, maintenance of suspense and unallocated accounts.
• Preparation of check request and approvals for refunds.
• Process bank charge write offs and re-allocation of cash.
• Preparation of disbursing escrow funds, record monthly interest to escrow sub accounts.
• Responsible for month end closing procedures.
• Book semi monthly payroll transfers between accounts.
• Extensive communication with Attorneys,Secretaries, Clients, Billing, Collection, General Ledger and Accounts Payable departments, and Bank Representatives.
1989 – 2000 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DEICKER, LLP
Escrow/Accounts Receivable Coordinator
• Handle daily escrow activity for a non-interest bearing account.
• Record and identify receipt of incoming wire transfers and checks deposited into escrow account.
• Transmit outgoing wire transfers.
• Disburse letter of credit batches, settlements and third party checks to pay fee bills.
• Distribute daily escrow report, and update monthly escrow transactions to operating system.
• Report monthly escrow financial status to accounting management.
• Record, identified and posted all checks received in payment of account receivable bills and general ledger payments.
• Preparation of follow up letters to attorneys regarding outstanding balances.
• Prepare daily bank deposits, reconciled daily and monthly cash reports.
• Process all credit/debit adjustments and write-offs.
• Extensive communication with Attorneys, Secretaries, Clients, Billing, Collection and Accounts Payable Departments and Bank Representatives.
EDUCATION: Monroe College - A.A.S. Degree in Accounting.
SKILLS: CMS/Aderant, Elite, TMC-Reflections, ICVerify, CMS-Version 4.2, Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel, AS400, Progress Escrow Accounting System, CitiDirect on line banking, Citibank remote deposit.
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