Credit or Administrative

GEORGE RIVERA

*** ** *** ******, ***** Beach, FL 33004

954-***-**** home 954-***-**** cell *******@***.***

EXPERIENCE

Credit Manager - June 2007 to July 2011

Performance Foodservice-Empire - Miami, FL

Credit Review and Approve New Foodservice, Restaurants, Cruise Line and Other Food Customers via Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, Financial Statements, Business References and Underwriting Controls. Regularly Monitor Credit Lines for Existing Customers to Increase/Decrease Future Risk Consideration. Manage Cash Flow, Accounts Receivable, and Collections for over 5000 Customers, Managed Debt and Significantly Reduce Ageing (DSO), Managed Staff of Six, Managed Billing Department for Timely and Accurate Invoicing. Prepared Routine Corporate Reports for Monthly/Yearly Review, Audits, and Procedural Policies. Attended Corporate and Affiliation Seminars to Improve Industry Standard Credit Policies and Procedures. I was a Member in the National Association of Credit Managers and the Credit Research Foundation.

Credit Manager - March 2004 to January 2007

MBR Industries, Inc. - Miami, FL

Credit Review and Approval for Food Housewares for Existing and New Customers via Dun & Bradstreet, Financial Statements, Business References to Establish Credit Lines for Various Food Service Providers. Manage Cash Flow, Accounts Receivable, and Collections for over 2,500 Customers, and Significantly Reduce Ageing, Handled Letters-of-Credit Presentation for Bank Submission for Import/Export, Managed Invoicing and Adjustments. Prepared Business/Customer Service Manual to Adhere to Company Policies and Procedures.

Credit and Customer Service Specialist – January 1994 to February 2004

Intermat Trading Corp. Garden City, NY

Global Specialty Paper Commodities Brokers for International Customers. Prepared Legal Documentation for Orders, Contracts, Invoices, Letter-of Credit and Customer Correspondence. Handled Accounts Payable/Receivable including Journal Entries and Monthly Financial Statements. Establish Domestic and International Credit Lines via Extensive Investigative and Underwriting Tools for Approvals. Expedite Bank Wire Transfers, Monitored Billing, Payroll, Benefits, Computer Issues and Maintained Office Procedures and Policies.

Revenue Director - September 1988 to December 1993

Paramount Pictures-Premier Ad Sales - New York, NY

Provide Profit and Loss Statements for Advertising Media for Television Broadcasting. Supervised Staff of Eight in Preparing and Reporting Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly Advertising Billing and Analysis based on Programming Ratings and Advertiser/Producer/Partner Participation. Completed the Final Review to Paramount Pictures Corporate Finance of Income/Loss Ratio. Managed Accounts Invoicing, Receivables, Collections, and Cash Flow for all Annual Financial Television Agreements and Commitments.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Accounting/Business Management

American International College -Springfield, MA 1982

SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), Foodstar, AS/400, MAS90, Dynamics, Corel Suite (Word Perfect/Quattro Pro), Lotus123. Typing (90 WPM). Ten-Key Adding Machine. Fluent in Spanish (Reading/Writing). Currently studying Portuguese.

REFERENCES

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