Manager Service

BESSY M. ARAMBU-BAZZI

Objective: To have a position where I can use my skills and hardworking ability to benefit my employer and be of service to others. To use my diversified abilities acquired to advance with the company.

Experience 06/01/10 –06-24-2011 Salson Logistics, 888 Doremus Avenue, Newark, NJ 07114

Accounts Receivable & Collections

• Arrange for debt repayment or establish repayment schedules, based on customers' financial situations.

• Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits to solicit payment.

• Advise customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment.

• Persuade customers to pay amounts due on credit accounts, damage claims, or non-payable checks, or to return merchandise.

• Confer with customers by telephone or in person to determine reasons for overdue payments and to review the terms of sales, service, or credit contracts.

• Locate and monitor overdue accounts, using computers and a variety of automated systems.

• Answer customer questions regarding problems with their accounts.

• Record information about financial status of customers and status of collection efforts.

• Trace delinquent customers to new addresses by inquiring at post offices, telephone companies, credit bureaus, or through the questioning of neighbors.

• Sort and file correspondence, and perform miscellaneous clerical duties such as answering correspondence and writing reports.

03/26/08 – 11/07/08 LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC. 5901 Westside Avenue, North Bergen, NJ 07047

Billing Collector (Temporary Assignment)

• Received payments and posted amounts paid to customer accounts.

• Located and monitored overdue accounts, using computers and a variety of automated systems.

• Recorded information about financial status of customer and status of collection efforts.

• Located and notified customer of delinquent accounts by mail, telephoned or e-mailed.

• Conferred with customers by telephone to determine reasons for overdue payments and to review the terms of sales, service or credit contracts.

• Advised customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment.

• Persuaded customers to pay amounts due on credit accounts, damage claims, or non-payable checks, or to return merchandise.

• Sorted and filed correspondence, and performed miscellaneous clerical duties such as answering correspondence and writing reports.

• Performed various administrative functions for assigned accounts, such as recording address changes and purging the records of deceased customers.

• Arranged for debt repayment or establish repayment schedules, based on customer’s financial situations, negotiated credit extensions when necessary.

• Traced delinquent customers to new addresses by inquiring at post offices, telephone companies, credit bureaus, or through the questioning of neighbors.

• Notified credit department, order merchandise repossession or service disconnection, and turn over account records to attorneys when customer fails to respond to collection attempt.

08/28/06-10/26/07 SCHEMA, INC. 218 Route 17 North 4th Floor, Rochelle Park, NJ

Office Manager

• Oversaw day-to-day office operations and provided administrative support to Senior Management as needed on various projects and tasks.

• Travel arrangements for the entire company (flight, car, hotel, etc.) Reconciliation and processing of all travel related bills and expenses (CO UATP, EZ Car Service and VTS, OKT). Processing of all company and travel expense reporting. Monthly Bill Approval (Corporate Credit Card etc.)

• Answered/screened all incoming /outgoing calls and direct callers to appropriate personnel. Handle all teleconference / meeting request.

• Sorted/distributed daily incoming/outgoing mail including faxes and weekly regional and international mailings.

• Operated/maintained service for office equipment; i.e. photocopiers, fax machines, printers and computers. Managed office supply process.

• Maintained President’s Calendar/Contacts/Schedule.

• New Hire Set Up/ Paperwork/Orientation. Visa Information, Tracking and Renewal. Benefits Administration.

• Personnel File Set Up/ Maintenance. Address/Contact Listings/ Schema Central Updates/Employee photos for Inc.

• Maintenance of all corporate cell phone accounts and Calling Cards (Domestic/International LTD).

• Board of Director’s Meetings.

• Provided support/special projects as needed (holiday/birthday/award party planning, managed time-off requests for payroll purposes presentation prep etc).

• Miscellaneous tasks and projects as required.

08/01/98-02/02/06 EAI INC. 435 Mercer St., Jersey City, NJ 07302

Administrator / Bookkeeper

• General office duties: Answered the phone, filing.

• Business correspondence.

• Resolved problems in schedule.

• Developed tables with analytical data from invoices.

• ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

• Entered invoices and applied payment to and also credited invoices out, due to short payment.

• Filed out deposits, attached a copy of the payment to the original invoice in black book running at least one weekly report.

• ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

• Manually selected invoices in the computer and applied payment.

• Generated invoices on database tables in spreadsheet and word processing formats.

• Responsible for vendor follow ups.

• PAYROLL

• Checked time sheets verse signed-in and expenses also called payroll to Paychex.

• Made copies of checks than filing in each employee’s folder and getting checks signed and distributing checks.

• OFFICE MANAGER

• Insurances and taxes.

• Kept track of medical/dental.

• Auto and business insurance on time quarterly.

• MISCELLANEOUS

• Kept track of office supplies and ordered them.

• Interacted with employees sick/personal and vacation days.

• Opened and distributed mail.

• Oversaw file management, assisted company management with overall administrative matters.

01/10/95-05/31/98 ARK Management Corp. 707 Kennedy Blvd. N. Bergen, NJ 07047

Bilingual Secretary/Bookkeeper

• Operated office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners facsimile machines, voice mail systems and personal computers.

• Answered customer’s questions and provided information to the best of my knowledge.

• Opened, sort and route incoming mail, answer correspondence, and prepare outgoing mail.

• Drafted and type office memos.

• Gathered materials to be filed from departments and employees.

• Responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable and bookkeeping.

Education 08/03/09-01/22/10 HoHoKus Hackensack School of Business and Medical Sciences, Hackensack, NJ 07601

Medical Billing and Coding

06/01/88-11/30/88 National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Electronic Engineering (took five classes)

01/02/85-11/30/87 Moderno Institute Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Bookkeeper

01/02/80-11/30/84 Virginia Sapp Institute Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Bilingual Secretary

Skills: MS Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Access, Power Point, Quantum, Lotus 1,2,3, QuickBooks 02,

Internet Explorer, Outlook and some of Act Program, JD Edwards Software, ASN, Liz Reports, Workflow/AR, Cargo Manager, Ships Viewer, Great Plains, Roadvision, Profit Tools,

Certifications: The State of New Jersey

Notary Public Commission Exp. 11/23/10

National Center for Competency Testing

Insurance and Coding Specialist (NCICS)

Languages: Bilingual – English/Spanish

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