BARBARA ANN BRAZE **** **st Street Kenosha, WI 262-***-**** **********@*****.***
RELATED PROFICIENCIES:
Twelve years experience as an Account Clerk I, performing payrolls for the city and county of Kenosha and other related accounting duties.
Knowledge of office equipment including but not limited to computers, various adding machines, copiers, scanners and fax machines. Proficient in: Microsoft Word, Excel, the Internet, Windows and SAP systems, IC Verify, Ceridian Dayforce, Paymode X, Paymetric Credit Card System
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Credit & Collections Specialist – The Boelter Companies, N22 W23685 Ridgeview Parkway W Waukesha, WI 53188-1013
Position was eliminated because of covid
11/05/2001 – 03/19/2020
• Oversee the accounts of 30 sales people past due accounts
• Post checks on accounts and credit card payments
• Research claims
• Release blocked orders off of credit hold and run monthly statements
• Handle all information with the 2 credit groups
• Process credit checks and reference
• Process credit card authorizations on all orders, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly
• Set up new accounts
• Do all tax credits and re-bills
• Any special projects that come in
• Key in invoices into customers websites for payment and utilized SAP accounting software on a daily basis
Internal Audit Associate - SuperValu Inc. P.O. Box 581908 - Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 53158-0908
Terminated while on medical leave - now out of business
09/15/1997 - 12/28/2000
• Performed post audits on all accounts payable vendor accounts.
• Came up with ideas to streamline job.
• Wrote correspondence to customers with questions on deductions taken.
• Created charge-backs to customer (ex: Hersey Chocolate, Purina).
• Created spreadsheets for yearly totals, and filing duties.
• EDI coordinator - called on vendors to have them transmit their invoices through the computer.
• Edited all changes to vendor files (Duns # changes, Broker changes, and Fax number change
Billing Clerk - K & R Transportation, 3059 W. Washington Street - Waukegan, Illinois 60085
Left for better job and more money now out of business
10/04/1994 – 08/24/1997
• Burgess, Anderson, and Tate weekly billing and returns.
• Texas monthly billing, Puerto Rico weekly billing, International weekly billing all for Abbott Laboratories.
• Accounts Payable for International billing and for K & R Transportation accounts.
• Back up on Small Package weekly billing, GPS weekly billing, and phone operator/receptionist.
• Telemarketing for Sales Department.
Account Clerk I - City of Kenosha, 625 - 52nd Street - Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140
Resigned
08/23/1982 – 07/22/1994
• Began as a keypunch operator performing all jobs that pertained to the City and County Data Processing Departments until 1985.
• Promoted to the position of Account Clerk I. Did accounts receivables and daily cash controls.
• Served as Payroll Clerk for over 1000 employees.
• Prepared all payrolls, keyed all information for payrolls into the computer, ran and balanced all payroll reports, printed and signed all checks and all other jobs related to payroll. Did garnishments, credit union changes, union due changes and all other deductions for payroll. Did mass updates for all unions at the beginning of the year.
• Reconciled Payroll Accounts on a quarterly basis and wrote up journal entries. On call as back up for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Daily Cash Control, Journal Entries, helped with Budget process, took care of all office equipment, and all other jobs in the Finance Department.
• Plowed snow during emergency snowstorms. I have a CDL drivers license, BCDPN endorsement
EDUCATION:
• Gateway Technical College - Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Graduated top of class, and 6 weeks ahead of the class
• Completed 12 weeks of Keypunch Program
• Mary D. Bradford High School - Kenosha, Wisconsin - Diploma
• Graduated 394th out of 525
• On the job training program
PERSONAL:
• Willing to work from home
• Not willing to travel
• CDL driver’s license – have had it since they started with the CDL license
• Plowed snow in Dump Trucks, Salters, and Unimogs.
• Also worked part-time driving limousine