Accounting Manager/Controller

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Miami, FL ***** C305-***-**** H305-***-****

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Francisco Zapata

Objective To obtain a challenging position as a Finance/Accounting professional where I can utilize abilities acquired and developed through education and experience and to establish a long-term and productive working relationship in a quality organization.

Experience 8/2007- 7/2010 Clear Channel Outdoor Miami, FL

Credit Analyst

 Work credit applications for new commercial applicants and determine credit worthiness of same.

 Make collections calls and compose correspondence to past due commercial customers.

 Enter collections notes from calls.

 Issue purchase orders for specific product required by Sales department.

 Maintain various Excel spreadsheets and forward same to appropriate personnel.

 Process customers credit card payments.

 Review customer contracts for accuracy and customers payment trends.

 Monitor cash in advance accounts.

 Respond to credit reference inquiries.

 Proficient in People Soft and One Space.

6/2006-8/2007 All American Semiconductors Miami, FL

A global leader in the distribution of semiconductors and flat panel parts to manufacturer and resellers.

Credit Analyst

Responsible for collection of AR portfolio totaling $6 million dollars, to include credit decisions within signature authority limit of $50,000.

 Review credit reporting tools, banking and trade references and customer financial statements as basis for credit decisions and negotiation of security instruments (advanced payment, corporate guaranty/other)

 Minimize AR exposure by effectively administering release and holds of product orders, while maintaining growing customer relations.

 Generate periodic portfolio status reports for presentation to management (e.g., major accounts, high risk accounts, percentage of past due and total collections)

 Escalate account payment requests within customer organization to ensure prompt review, approval and payment of invoices.

 Work closely with Sales management in review of past due account reports and solicit their participation in the collection effort.

 Prepare write-off, refund and offset adjustments to achieve clean AR

 Provide internal support to sales, cash application, customer accounting.

 Prepare monthly statements of accounts.

 Proficient in People Soft

5/2001-6/2006 Ivax Pharmaceuticals Miami, FL

Credit & Collections Representative

A global pharmaceutical company specialized in the development, production and marketing of generic and proprietary branded pharmaceutical.

Credit & Collections Representative

 Determine credit worthiness of new and existing customers (in US, Europe and Latin American regions) through investigation of commercial credit reports and analysis of customers’ financial statement.

 Investigate new and potential customer’s credit reports in order to establish lines of credit.

 Provide customer service, internal support to sales, cash posting, customer accounting.

 Manage customer credit status and order releases. Proficient on MRS 400 and JD Edwards.

11/1998-11/2000 Precision Translating Services Miami, FL

A leading firm in translating services.

Operations Manager

 Handled accounts payable, and receivable. Posted to the journal, processed adjustments, deposits, and end of month entries. Implemented and processed in house payroll (Quickbooks Pro). Responsible for business expense reimbursements, bank reconciliations and credit card processing.

 Executed conversion from a manual to an automated accounting system (Quickbooks)

 Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks by deadlines.

 Organize and prioritize work activities to ensure that obligations and deadlines are met.

6/1993-11/1998 Floramor USA Miami, FL

Accounts Payable Clerk

 Matched invoices and source documents, verified rates, processed vouchers, posted to the ledger, monitored transactions to ensured available discounts were taken, verified accuracy of transactions, processed check runs, provided internal and external customer services. processed payment, prepared month end accrual reports.

 Physical inventory.

 Provided support to the accounting department in different projects, as needed.

Education

1989-1992 Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fl

 A.A. Business Administration.

2003-2005 University of Phoenix

• Bachelor of Science-Accounting.

Skills Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint; QuickBooks, JD Edwards Enterprise One, People Soft, One Space.

Familiar with most standard office equipment. Fully bilingual English and Spanish

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