Microsoft Office Management
Resume:
Belinda Collins
Chicago, IL ***51
773-***-**** Cell
773-***-**** Home
***********@*******.***
Objective: Accounting professional with over 15 yrs. experience in month-end close, AP/AR management, financial reporting, bank reconciliation, general ledger work, journal entries, and others. Industry experience includes: legal; document specialist; professional services; real estate; automotive, and food manufacturing. Software background includes: Blacksmith, Citrix, JDEdwards, MRI, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Promo-serve, QuickBooks, Tolas, SAP, Skyline and Yardi
Education
Associate of Arts in Business Administration
American Intercontinental University Hoffman Estates, IL
Date of completion: 5/9/2009
Experience
Mar 2014- Jul 2015 Jamestown Realty LP Atlanta, GA
Cash Applications Coordinator- A/R Specialist
Check daily lockboxes (20-30) and emails for entry of cash into MRI system
Responsible for processing all cash transactions
Management of portfolio of tenant accounts
Identify cash and apply to appropriate tenant accounts
Entry of monthly manual adjustments (CAM) including prior year adjustments
Constant reconciliation of tenant/customers aging balances
Monitor monthly Unapplied Cash
Monitor credits on accounts 3 times monthly
Jan 2014 – Mar 2014
Temporary Employee Various Search Firms Chicago, IL
Brilliant Financial Search- Cashier with Village of Oak Park
Addison Search- AR Specialist with Ferrara Pan
Jan 2012- Dec 2013
Accounts Receivable Specialist Jones Lang LaSalle Westmont, IL
Check daily lockboxes (20) and emails for entry into MRI, Yardi and JDE
Responsible for processing all cash transactions
Management of portfolio of tenant accounts
Identify cash and apply to appropriate tenant accounts
Entry of monthly manual adjustments (CAM) including prior year adjustments
Run monthly Rent-Up (Reoccurring billing) and Late fees and other reporting as needed
Monitor monthly Unapplied Cash, Check counts and MTA counts
Monitor credits on accounts 3 times monthly
Jan 2011- Mar 2012 Various Search Firms Chicago, IL
Various contract positions with staffing agencies throughout the Chicago area
Cash Applications Specialist with Travel-Click (Kelly Financial Services) 8/2011-11/2011
Dec 2008 – Sept 2010 IAB Solutions, LLC Lake Forest, IL
Accounts Receivable Analyst
Responsibilities included the clearing of $500K in deductions every 60 days for Solo cup
Management of portfolio of tenant accounts
Research and provide deduction backup and/or data analysis needed for further processing of credits or chargeback of deduction via SAP
The issuing of credits to perspective food manufacturing clients
The investigation of cash on accounts (misapplied cash) and poa’s recovering over $3M within a 4 month period
Included in the system conversions from Oracle and Baan to SAP and then to Blacksmith
April 2006- Aug 2007 Blue Diamond Parts, LLC (Navistar) Melrose Park, IL
Financial Analyst
Responsibilities consisted of cash applications (which included the allocation of misapplied cash)
Responsible for processing all cash transactions
Management of portfolio of tenant accounts
Researched unapplied/misapplied cash by matching POA’s to vendor invoice via SAP
Month-end close duties (running ATB and other sub-ledger reports)
Responsible for warm collection calls to clients with DSO over 61 days.
September 2003- Present Self-Employed Chicago, IL
Independent Loan Closer
Performed refinance loans
Equity loans and equity lines of credit closings
Reverse mortgage loan closings
March 2003- Sept 2004 American Invsco Chicago, IL
Account Coordinator
System entry of all vendor invoices for payment, submitted payroll, distributed checks to vendors and employees
Responsible for updated vendor information on file (lien waivers, insurance, license, etc.)
Managed parking, ran adequate reports as needed for rent rolls and units sold
Set-up recurring payments for condo sales tax and assessment payments
Completed all bank deposits
Collected and inputted rents, and vendor set-ups into accounting system
March 2002- March 2003 Jasculca/Terman Chicago, IL
A/R Specialist
Handled all incoming payments to JT from various clients and vendors (This included compiling monthly fee and expense invoices for clients and monitoring all payments)
Management of portfolio of tenant accounts
Contact clients and address past due accounts and slow payment issues
Performed credit memo adjustments
Responsible for monthly client billing
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School Clubs / Volunteer Activity
Member of the National Notary Association since 2003
References Available Upon Request
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