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Sue Hamady

Greenacre,NSW

Summary

Dedicated and detailed orientated Accounts Receivable professional with proven ability to manage all accounts receivable functions. Experience with financial reconciliations, cash allocations, invoicing and managing major key accounts with a monthly portfolio of $80M.

Overview

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Work History

Accounts Receivable Officer/Key Accounts

News Corp
4 2009 - Current

    Strong reconciliation skills on major key accounts with a portfolio of $15 million.

    Processing payments and allocations.

    Resolving queries relating to non payments.

    Data Entry of invoices, credit notes.

    Entered numerical data into databases in a timely and accurate manner.

    Liaised with Clients, Account Managers and Sales.

    Reviewed collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances.

    Monitored payments due from clients and promptly contacted clients with past due payments

    Scanned documentation and entered into the database.

    Managed wide variety of customer service and administrative tasks to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

Accounts Receivable Manager

Newsnet - A Division Of News Ltd
.1 1998 - .1 2008

Stand alone Accounts Receivable Manager, managing own portfolio of major advertising agencies and key accounts.

Managed a portfolio with a monthly revenue of $30 million.

Account reconciliation and dispute resolution.

Banking and allocations of payments.

Assessed credit application, reviewed and authorised new accounts.

Evaluate clients and determine if credit facilities need to be withdrawn.

Liaised nationally with various business units management and staff.

Ensured timely, accurate and useful information provided to all senior management, business units to support informed decision making.

Recommend Legal action as required.

Attended Media Credit Bureau Meetings.

Supervised agency collection officers, team of 4 in the absence of their Collection Team Leader.

Handled escalated queries and disputes from collection officers.

Credit Controller

Newsnet - A Division Of News Ltd
.1 1995 - .1 1998

Credit controller for the National division of News Ltd

Stand alone credit control with a portfolio of major advertising agency/key accounts

Implemented an automated disputes system and was used across various business units

Managed a ledger portfolio with a monthly revenue of $10-$15 million

High volume receipts and cash allocations

Reconciled bank statements and ensured payment receipted correctly

Investigated disputes and raised credit notes and follow ups

Assessed credit application, reviewed and authorised new accounts

Evaluated client accounts and determined if credit facilities need to be withdrawn

Prepared documents and recommended legal action as per credit policy

Liaised nationally with management and sales staff

Provided debtors report to senior management

Skills

  • Expertise in Accounts reconciliation
  • Large ERP JD Edwards, Ad Point and Salesforce
  • Supervisor/Leadership Skills
  • Managed Major Key Accounts
  • High volume query management role
  • Develop strong relationship with customers
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Time Management, ability to meet deadlines
  • Attention to details
  • Excellent problem solving skills
  • Ability to communicate to all levels of staff and management
  • Basic MYOB Essential skills

Certification

Accounting Certificate

Management Development Program 1 News Ltd in house training

Credit Management Training Programme Credit Training Schools Pty Ltd

Associate Member of The Australian Institute Of Credit Management

Referees

Available Upon Request

Timeline

Accounts Receivable Officer/Key Accounts

News Corp
4 2009 - Current

Accounts Receivable Manager

Newsnet - A Division Of News Ltd
.1 1998 - .1 2008

Credit Controller

Newsnet - A Division Of News Ltd
.1 1995 - .1 1998
Sue Hamady