Accounting/ Hotel

LAWRENCE S. PERSON

*** *. ********** ****. #***

Oakland Park, FL 33334

Phone: 954-***-****

Email: **************@***.***

OBJECTIVE

I am a very responsible, prompt, reliable individual with analytical and organizational skills. I am currently seeking a challenging position where my experience and education will help your department operate efficiently and your company achieve its overall goal, to be the best in the industry.

WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2008 – Present Infor Global Solutions

Accounts Receivable Specialist

 Apply Payments to customer’s accounts by lockbox, wires, credit cards remote deposits and live checks

 Applies well over 25 million per month

 Reconcile to each day back to bank statement

 Posted cash for 10 different bank accounts with Wachovia, HSBC, CIBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Wells Fargo

 Research on account cash and credits on a daily basis

 Keep logs for all non a/r, returned checks, bank fees, inter company transfers, and credit card fees.

 Reports Receivable totals for all bank accounts to Senior Management.

 Track, report, analyze on account cash trends

April 2004 – March 2008 Choice Point, Inc.

Cash Application Specialist/ Accounts Receivable Specialist 2

 As the Senior AR Specialist for Choice Point PRG, my overall duty is to take charge of Accounts Receivable. Ultimately, I apply cash to customer accounts. This is achieved by posting payments via Lockbox, Wires, Credit cards, Live checks received by mail, faxed checks and PC – Ach.

 Monitor, report, apply and research all unapplied cash and unapplied credits

 Post invoices to all customer accounts during our billing period.

 Bad Debt write-offs/ reversals

 Inter-company Transfers with sister and parent company

 Open and close customer accounts

 Provide over the phone customer service

 Credit Card Charge-backs

 Daily bank deposits along with remote deposits

 Customer Refunds

 Maintain and report statistics for AR to Finance Manager

 Process returned items from bank

October 2003 – Jan 2004 Personnel One- Staffing Agency

Temporary Positions

 As a temporary Employee I have had the honor of working for Sun-Sentinel and Choice Point Public Records.

Sun-Sentinel- Enter advertising orders in system. I also worked in the purchasing dept. performing general office duties.

Choice Point- Accounts Receivable: Retrieve and Process files from lockbox. Apply payments to customer’s accounts. Prepare bank deposits. Customer Service- I provide over the phone assistance to customers that may have problems or questions regarding their account. Became permanent with Choice Point.

March 2003- Sept. 2003 Spa Atlantis Resort, Corporate Office Bookkeeper

 Reports to the Controller and owners. Assist the controller with day-to-day bookkeeping for 2 Resorts, which includes recording sales for our spa, front desks, restaurants, and health/ fitness dept., and review night audit reports.

 Calculate and process payroll to an outside company, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Daily Bank Reconciliation, monitor cash drops, and all other tasks given to me by the controller.

June 1999 - March 2003 La Costa Beach Club Resort Bookkeeper

 Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll using QuickBooks, Payroll with ADP, Monthly bank reconciliation, and Monthly financial statements. Took charge of all aspects of Human Resources. As the bookkeeper, I was the contact person for all legal, accounting, and insurance issues.

Front Office Supervisor

 Reported to the General Manager with the responsibility of managing the Front Desk. Staff, supervise and train employees. Check guests in and out. Work with the biggest vacation exchange company to verify timeshare exchanges, owner payments, and assign rooms. Confront all guest problems. Worked closely with other dept. supervisors and bookkeeper to provide excellent service to our owners and guests. Responsible for front office operations, and staff.

EDUCATION

Nov. 2003 Keiser University

Associates Degree in Business Administration

Courses studied: Accounting Principles I & Accounting principles II, Business Law, Financial Management, Marketing, Macroeconomics, Principles of Business, Principles of Management, and general academic courses.

June 2002 Keiser University

Associates Degree in Hospitality Management

Major Courses: Intro to Hospitality, Hospitality Law, Training, Front Office Procedures, Convention Service Management, Food and Beverage, and general academic courses.

COMPUTER SKILLS Computer proficient with experience using Oracle, QuickBooks, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Seibel, Flexi Receivables, Purchase Express, VeriSign, Via Warp.

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