JEFFREY A. DAY

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Palatine, IL. 60074

224-***-****

jg5dex@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

A resourceful career receivable, and credit-collection specialist continuing consistent achievements; three AR-credit positions in ten years as the credit analyst with customer visits, fast-paced results, receivable data entry, 50% increased financial ratio analysis, Excel report design, established credit limits with scheduled updates;added new,valuable customer data by 30%; resolved and wrote off 25% of deductions monthly;40% accelerated updating of Excel spreadsheets, plus SAP, Oracle, and JD Edwards software skill

• Consistent communication with sales & customer service

• Created special arrangements with liens, guarantees, or UCC-1 filings.

• Development and implementation of deduction recovery actions.

• Reduction (20%) and control of Days’ Sales Outstanding (D.S.O.)

• Financial statement analysis; scoring, ratio and risk analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CollectAR Chicago, IL. July 2011 through 2015

• Demonstrate collection techniques to client;

• Produced key financial statement ratios to analyze financial statements

• Advisor for credit, collection action and import of data to software

Kohl’s Department Store (part-time) August 2007 through present

• Process cash flow including credit card, check and cash transactions

• Process new account credit applications

• Process exchanges and assist customers in a variety of clothing questions

New York Life Insurance, sales agent February 2008- May 2008

• Called my prospects, set appointments, and discussed policy types; completed company training

Accountemps, Chicago, IL. (registered, available June, 2011) November 2005 - March 2007

Credit and Collections Consultant

• collection calling resulting in payment commitments using Excel,with notes and data entry

• invoicing and credit memos in Oracle receivable system

• resolve disputes and clear open receivable items in SAP A.R. system

Solo Cup Company, Highland Park, IL. July 2006-September 2006

• Temporary collection position; thirty plus daily calls with dispute and deduction resolution

Central Life Sciences, Schaumburg, IL December 2000 - June 2005

Sr. Credit Analyst

• Resolved payment deductions of major retail customers such as Wal-mart, Tractor Supply

• Created and developed full report to update customer credit limits

• Collection calls and order releases on approximately five hundred accounts

• cash receipt data entry; account maintenance and reconciliations; and GL analysis

• Stabilized D.S.O. at 5% lower than previous periods with negligible bad debts.

Consulting & Collections projects May 2000 - September 2000

• High volume collections and credit file updating;

• Financial statement analysis, customer visits

• Created special payment arrangements including enforceable personal guarantees

• Supervised one person handling new customer inquiry tasks

Ryerson-Specialty Metals division; April 1995 – May 2000

Senior Credit Analyst

• New account review, order releases, and collection calls on portfolio of over four hundred customers including large manufacturers, distributors, and installers.

• Upgraded updating of credit limit data; file review on entire portfolio with prompt and pertinent data entry.

• Implemented security instruments (with UCC-1, liens, guarantees, etc)

• Team efforts with sales and customer service on deduction research and resolution

• Created and implemented deduction follow-up procedures and meetings

• Produced monthly aging Excel spreadsheet with past due item explanations.

United States Chamber of Commerce, Oakbrook May through November, 1994

Membership sales representative

• Initiated meetings with top company management to sell membership packages.

• Commission-only sales to businesses of all sizes.

Gold Eagle Company, Chicago, IL 1980 - 1993

Assistant Controller

• Produced company’s monthly financial statements with fiscal year end and audit responsibility.

• Responsible for all receivable,credit & collections, new customers, order releases, etc.

• Participation in monthly automotive aftermarket industry credit meetings.

EDUCATION

Illinois State University

B.S. Business Administration (emphases in Accounting, Finance, Economics)

CERTIFICATIONS

C.B.A. 1998; National Association of Credit Management

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Advanced Credit & Financial Analysis; Credit Law (completed all NACM classes required for the CBF designation)

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, SAP, JD Edwards(Peoplesoft;recent edition) Oracle,strong data entry experience

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