1. Lisa Affolter
5128 Sherwood Way, Cumming, GA. 30040 | 770-355-8615 | lisa.affolter@att.net
Summary
Professional with fullcycleaccounting experience. Dedicated and proactiveteam leader seeking to build
upon existing finance and operations skills to improve operations and increase profitability within a
dynamic organization.
Skills & Abilities
· Excellent analytical,negotiation, and customer relationship management skills.
· Proficientwith MS Officeincluding MicrosoftExcel pivottables and VLOOKUP
· Billing, AccountsPayable, Accounts Receivable, Collections and Reconciliations.
· General Ledger, Revenue Recognition, Deferrals.
· Research, Analysis, Forecasting and reporting.
· Industry types: Construction, Leasing, International Import/Export, Professional Services, Software
and Telecommunications.
· Software:Oracle, QuickBooks, MS OfficeSuite, MicrosoftDynamics Navision, Unix, MAS 500, Access,
FTP,Polaris, Putty (SQL queries)
Experience
BILLING & COLLECTION MANAGER | INTELLIVERSE | MARCH 2012 - PRESENT
· Manage monthly billing, maintain and monitor all billing procedures and reports.
· Coordinated consolidation for periodic close including monitoring and evaluating business unit
financial submissions, guiding business unit financeteams on technicaltopics, investigating data
validation issues, and ensuring integrity of the financial data, functionality and results.
· Prepare and analyze financial results whichcould include ad hoc reporting.
· Providesupport to sales, finance, tax department and external reporting requirements as necessary.
· Serve as subject matter forall consolidation application attributes, functionality, and general usage
including technical support of consolidation and related reporting.
· Support and offer guidance on submissions formonth end close, Revenue recognition, deferrals,
analysis, forecast,statistical and other supplemental data/reporting.
· Oversee system maintenance of accounts, measures, rules, mapping, security and company
organizational structures, including multiple consolidations and reporting hierarchies, metadata,
reports and input templates.
· Assist in managing application maintenance – reviewing, testing and implementing upgrades and new
functionality.
· Collaborate withfinance and cross functional team members to streamline and automate
consolidation, reporting and budgeting/planning processes withfocus on continuous improvement,
accuracy and efficiency.
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· Providecorporate and business unit management with timely and accurate financial information and
analyses to facilitate sound business decisions.
CREDIT AND COLLECTION MANAGER | SEPTEMBER 2002 – MARCH 2012
· Responsible fordirecting and coordinating the overall functions of the collections department and
assisting accounts receivableto ensure maximization of cash flow.
· Prepared and analyzed accounts receivable reports, weekly and monthly financial reports. Collected
and compiled statistical reports.
· Audited procedures to monitor and improve efficiency of the collectionsoperations.
· Supervised credit and collectiondepartment. Monitored the processing and verificationof applications
for credit and the solicitation forpayment on overdue accounts.
· Responsible forcollectionsactivities such as follow-upinquiries negotiating settlements with past due
accounts and referring to third party collectionagencies.
· Oversee day to day operations of the group. Responsible forall personnel actions, training,
performance evaluations and disciplinary actions as needed.
COLLECTIONS TEAM LEAD | SEPTEMBER 1999 – SEPTEMBER 2002
· Supervised collectionsfor Emerging Enterprise Solutions, Corporate Enterprise Solutions and Voice-
Tel divisions.
· Assisted in the development of accountsreceivable controls, policies and procedures.
· MBLOA project expert for development and implementation.
· Accountanalysis, problem solving, collectioncalls, customer inquiries, correspondence, account
maintenance and escalations.
· Assisted accountsreceivable with cash application and identifying items.