Accounts Receivable & Billing Specialist

Linda Koerner

Amelia, OH 513-***-**** ****************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-koerner-42b17a198/

Profile

Friendly and engaging team player seeking a career where I can bring my knowledge and success in the Accounting and Controller industry to a new level; take on exciting new challenges and continue to expand my knowledge in the field. I am a proven multi-tasker and an extremely detail oriented professional, collaborating with colleagues internally and working with customers externally.

My summary of qualifications includes but are not limited to: Domestic and International Customer Support, Order Entry and Billing/Invoicing, A/R Application, Journal Entries, General Ledger, and Credit Extensions.

Experience

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE / COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST ACTIVE INTEREST MEDIA (AIM) / FIRECROWN 1/2020 - PRESENT

Experienced AR and Collections Specialist wearing multiple hats. Work closely with both AR/Finance on AR, billing, aging and other financial responsibilities, while also working cross-functionally with the sales teams and publication leadership to maintain and track forecasting and revenue recognition. Adherent to strict deadlines for publishing. Collaborate and provide trustworthy knowledge with both colleagues and external customers. Experience includes:

·Building relationships with customers’ Accounts Payable department to help with collections and reconciliation

·Experience with cash applications

·Order entry and invoicing processing

·Coordinating and running the monthly Aging reports with management and sales representatives to ensure customers are in good standing

·Helping to resolve customer disputes

·Controlling forecasting files for multiple publications

·Balancing revenue recognition monthly for billing

·Running multiple reports in excel, using advanced pivot tables

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE CORNERSTONE SPECIALTY WOOD PRODUCTS 10/2017 – 11/2019

·AR experience including Processing both AP and AR invoices, colleting on delinquent accounts, using cash applications for US and International customers, processing customer credit applications and payment terms, maintaining customer accounts within the ERP system (including updating company profiles and obtaining resale certifications)

·Notarized documents

·Backup responsibilities to operations and administrative team; take on special ad hoc projects when needed

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ADVICS NORTH AMERICA 11/2016 – 10/2017

·AR experience including Processing both AP and AR invoices, using cash applications for US customers, updating and maintaining customer accounts

·Resolved over $4M in missing billings during tenure

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE GATESAIR 1/2015 – 10/2016

·AR experience including collecting on delinquent accounts, updating and maintaining customer accounts and checking customers creditworthiness with D&Bs

ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & FINANCE EXPERIENCE:

·IQC: 7/2014 – 12 /2015 – AR, processing Journal Entries, reconciling General Ledger accounts, AP and AR invoicing, collections and credit

·Hickman, Williams: 9/2012 – 5/2014 – AR, cash applications, AP expenses, balancing AR books including General Ledger and Journal Entries, ordering of supplies

·First Group America: 1/2008 – 9/2012 – AR Specialist, collections, maintained database for weekly reports, process development and enablement

·Account Temps (Sun Chemical): 7/2007 – 11/2007 – AR, billings reconciliation

·Stone Center: 8/1998 – 7/2007 – AR/Credit Management, overseeing bookkeeping, reconciliation, processing liens

Skills & Abilities

·Accounting & Budgeting

·Highly proficient in MS Excel (including pivot tables)

·Technical skills: Epicor, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Harris/AS 400, JD Edwards, Peachtree DOS, Counter Point, etc.

·Detail oriented and able to multi-task and focus on competing priorities

·Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint

·Experienced in Invoice Processing

·Fun and energetic

·Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

·Collaborate and work cross-functionally

Accolades

·Nominated monthly, and received 10+ CS awards over 18 months at First Group America (2008-20012)

Education

B.S. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (APPLIED SCIENCE) JUNE 2023 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

A.A. IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCES JUNE 2009 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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