Staff Accountant / Cash Supervisor / Treasury
Resume:
Jorge A. Pereira
Atlanta GA 30339
**************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
A position where my excellent accounting skills, extensive business experience and the ability to interact with management and staff members can be applied to positively impact a company’s performance and profitability.
EXPERIENCE
11/97 to Byram Healthcare Centers Inc. Marietta, GA - White Plains, NY
01/31/2009 Supervisor Cash Application / Staff Accountant
•Report directly to Company’s CFO.
•Supervisor of a 12 member team.
•Balancing of monthly cash receipts: lockbox receipts, checks by phone (telecheck), live customer checks, on line credit card payments, ACH/EFT/ERA receipts and remittances through several bank accounts and different financial institutions (14 mm/month).
•Responsible for AR, Cash Disbursements Journal Entries.
•Balance monthly cash receipts and AR through general ledger.
•Daily managing of Wire Transfers, ACH , EFTs and company’s check release.
•Responsible for the elaboration and up keeping of daily cash flow schedules between several bank accounts- daily reporting to senior management. JE for these transactions.
•Responsible for daily/weekly/monthly cash forecasts.
•In charge of bank account openings/closings: Investment Accounts, ZBA Accounts.
•Account Signer on all company’s bank accounts.
•Monthly reconciliation of 8 different bank accounts.
•Responsible for the compliance of banking and treasury systems to financial structure.
•Liaison for company’s treasury needs with banking institutions.
•Main contact between accounting department, 3 billing centers, 4 customer service centers.
•Evaluate, determine and process $1.5 mm/year in reimbursement to payers (refunds).
•Oversee the correct application of credit memos and sales tax write offs.
•Prepare Sales and Use Tax Returns-15 states.
•Additional Month End J/E - Other Cash Disbursements: Non AR related cash receipts (rebates), inventory and general inter-company’s write offs. Occasionally assist with other Month End JE: AP accruals, Payroll.
•General Ledger analysis: Inventory and AR reserves analysis.
•Troubleshooting of hardware and software problems related to Accounting/Cash functions.
•Software/Applications: MSExcel, AS400, BA Direct (Bank of America), Treasury Manager, Byram Healthcare -in house software (Unisyx platform), Per Se (Pharmacy RX software), Monetra, IC Verify.
•Yearly assistance with internal/external audits: cash receipts and disbursements.
•Yearly assistance with contractual obligation write offs audits.
Accomplishments:
•Grew with Company: Cash Associate-Senior Cash-Group Leader-Supervisor-Cash Supervisor / Treasurer / Staff Accountant.
•Developed process for Electronic Remittance Advises (ERA) and Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) postings. Worked diligently with three billing centers and IT Department.
•Completed a $5 million refund project: Analysis of credit balances and reimbursement if applicable.
•Managed, organized and completed the scanning of two years worth of cash receipts remittances; vital information for billing departments to accomplish collection goals.
•Trained 3 billing centers for new credit card software process.
•Trained 7 retail stores with cash posting and balancing policies, guidelines.
•Due to department’s relocation: Implemented new cash department in White Plains, NY.
•Directly responsible for the training of cash supervisor and new cash department. Designed a blueprint and timetable for transition.
•Assisted CFO, due to department relocation, with the creation of a Treasury Department. Supported with the selection of a Treasurer and transitioned treasury entitlements based on business plan.
•Decreased, from 5 to 2, the number of days for AR / Cash month end closing.
•Assisted IT Department and Bank of America with implementation of new cash application system/software: reporting, guidelines and applications. Customized exception reports for minimal manual interaction.
•Implemented a daily credit card balancing process.
•Developed a master daily cash schedule as a guideline for accurate postings.
•Created daily cash report journals with different criteria.
•Assisted with implementation of new credit card software (Monetra), credit card reports and
electronic batches.
•Integrated cash posting processes from 10 different companies as a result of numerous acquisitions.
•Developed a cash process system for pharmacy cash receipts, not on regular AR system.
•Diminished Unapplied Cash to minimum levels by researching payments and getting all billing centers involvement.
•Developed relationships with many payers.
10/96 to Strauss Paper Company Port Chester, NY
11/97 Staff AR
•Processed, posted and balanced daily cash receipts ($500K/mo.).
•Performed other AR duties: collections calls, discrepancy calls.
Accomplishments:
•Helped develop cash reports journals to meet expected guidelines.
07/95 to House of Adjustments Mamaroneck, NY
10/96 AR / AP
•In charge of daily cash bank deposits and cash postings to debtor's accounts. Responsible for the balancing and issuance of checks payable to a third party creditor after agency fee was deducted. Light AP duties.
Accomplishments:
•Helped cash collections by assisting with Spanish speaking accounts; mostly from Puerto Rico and New York City Boroughs.
EDUCATION
•Kennesaw State University - Working towards BS Degree: Accounting. Graduation 2010.
•State University of New York, WestChester CC - AS Degree in Business-Accounting – 1995
CERTIFICATION
•Certificate of VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistant) – 1995
•Unclaimed Property Certificate - 2002
•Awarded Regional Internship at Continental Bank. Lima , Peru 1989
•Coach Youth Soccer – Little League, St James Methodist Church.
•Bilingual : Fluent in Spanish
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