Sr. Financial Analyst at ZF Friedrichshafen
September 2014 - Present
Accounting Analyst II at MAHLE Industries Inc.
My responsibilities include posting monthly journal entries and preparing monthly balance sheet account reconciliations. I also calculate and post balance sheet accruals. Provide Movement Type details of cash effective accruals to the plant Controllers at month-end. Review financial statements. Calculate and post non-operational entries. Develop forecast, budget, and strategic planning for Allied Ring Corporation’s joint venture. Verify the Management Entity reporting for the MAHLE Engine Components’ entities. Prepare and send financial reports to Corporate Finance Group in Germany.
August 2013 - September 2014
Treasury Analyst at MAHLE Industries Inc.
Cash management was my main responsibility. I also determined daily cash positions and bank reconciliations for five legal entities. Reviewed electronic bank statements to assure proper posting of the prior day bank activities. Initiated and approved outgoing wires. Conducted weekly and monthly cash forecasting. Calculated foreign exchange hedges for MAHLE Filter Systems Canada, MAHLE Filter Systems North America, MAHLE Aftermarket Inc., and MAHLE Clevite Canada ULC. Entered foreign exchange and liquidity planning in Treasury Management system for proper reporting to Germany. Verified and reconciled the check register to general ledger, then tied it to the balance in the bank account. Maintained bank fee analysis reports monthly for MAHLE North America accounts. Provided support to internal and external auditors as well as other departments when needed.
June 2010 - July 2013
Accounting Analyst at MAHLE Industries Inc.
Cash Application. Processed 10 to 25 million dollar receivables per month. Cash application on all GM North America, Nissan North America and Honda payments. Collected on all past due invoices including tooling and prototype shipments. Reconciled accounts after payments were applied. Resolved disputes and processed retro billing and issued credit memos for returns. Assisted plants in offsetting, moving, and applying credits to invoices. Entered invoices in SAP and uploaded them in Treasury Database for inter-company transactions and cleared them in SAP as well. Assisted in monthly netting with inter-company transactions. Coordinated with GM AP Sales Department and Engineering on all tooling invoices, making sure that all remittances to Duns were correct for proper receipt of payments. Reviewed customer contracts for pricing issues when necessary.
January 2008 - June 2010
Accounts Receivable Specialist at Eberspaecher North America Inc.
Responsibilities included: cash application, processed DaimlerChrysler payments, resolved disputes and billing thru GXS Trade-web for Prototype shipments, researched and reconciled misapplied payments. Most of all I collected past due invoices, namely DaimlerChrysler Corporation. Processed GM payments, reconciled customer accounts periodically, and collected past due invoices. Verified prices in the system and reviewed customers PO’s. Initiated the process of retro billing for customers.
October 2006 - December 2007
Accounts Payable Administrator at Inalfa Roof Systems B.V.
Responsibilities included matching invoices to shippers, verifying invoices and shippers, vouching invoices to the system, maintaining JE 21, reconciling vendor accounts, researching old pricing issues with vendors, check runs, vendor maintenance, and assisting the A/R administrator in billing, such as printing invoices in BAAN, and matching invoices and shippers.
October 2005 - June 2006
Accounting Technician at Federal Mogul Corporation
Responsible for cash application. Reconciled customer accounts monthly and called customers for past due invoices. Created Act Tickets for disputes. Analyzed and processed deductions. I also processed journal vouchers for funds that belonged to other divisions. Processed EDI payments of various specialty accounts (i.e. Caterpillar, Ford, Daimler, GM, Middle Atlantic, Parts Depot, and Briggs and Stratton). Trained new employees.
February 2002 - September 2005
Sr. Cash Application Analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Duties included cash application processing in an outsourcing arrangement with the Equifax Corporation. Specific duties included posting payments to customer's accounts, processing credit card payments, balancing bank transmissions, and resolving unidentified payments. I was also responsible for the creation and distribution of a variety of reports related to the accounts receivable month-end activity.
December 2001 - January 2002
Accounting Administrator at Heller Financial Leasing Inc.
Responsible for the cash application of approximately $40 million in receivables per month. Daily balancing of cash account. Other duties included the issuance of credit and debit memos, processing and balancing credit card transactions, locating and reconciling misapplied funds, processing inter-company transactions, and month-end closing.
February 1998 - December 2001
Accounting Clerk at Code - Alarm Inc.
Responsible for a variety of accounting support functions including the accounts receivable, accounts payable, and billing processes and assisted the Credit Manager in verifying new customer credit score and other information to determine their line of credit. Accounts receivable duties included application of cash receipts, analysis and reconciliation of customer accounts, and the creation of receivable reporting. Accounts payable functions included matching invoices, entering vouchers, and sales orders to ensure proper internal controls, disbursement of checks, and bank reconciliation.
October 1992 - January 1998