Jessica Macdowell has over 15 years of experience in accounting and finance roles, specializing in accounts receivable. She has a track record of quickly recovering balances and maintaining strong numbers through professional but friendly relationships with accounts. Her skills include invoicing, payments, account reconciliation, and working well with other departments. She has constructed payment schedules and terms to bring in cash. Most recently she worked as a credit analyst contacting past due accounts and creating monthly past due reports.
1. JESSICA Macdowell
1571 Louis Kossuth Ave, Bohemia NY 11716 *CELL :631 297 4437 * EMAIL: jessmacdowell@yahoo.com
Professional Summary
Highly creative A/R clerk with 15 years in accounting and finance. Results oriented and solution-
focused professional.
The keys to any accounts receivable position is to follow up and establish a professional but friendly
relationship with accounts. I find it helps to recover balances quicker and maintain good numbers.
I can keep and organized spreadsheet and paper work ; no problem with “difficult” or slow paying accounts. I
have constructed payment schedules and terms to bring cash in house. Driven to get the job done; strong
interpersonal skills and work well with other departments
SKILLS
Expertise in invoicing and payment transactions Account reconciliation
Result driven Ethical approach
Strong skills in MS WORD & EXCEL Fast learner
Excellent typists Personable
Work History
Credit analyst 3/2014 to 3/2015
Parts Authority
Collection calls to past due accounts
Created monthly past due reportsfor management
AR / COLLECTIONSPECIALIST,11/2006to 10/2013
Royal Products–Hauppauge, NY
Monitoredpayments due from clients and promptly contactedclients with past due
payments.
Made decisions to place accounts for third party
collections Created daily and weekly cash reportsfor
accounting management.
Reconciled vendor statementsand handled payment complaintsor
discrepancies. Postedcreditmemosaccordinglywhenmerchandisewas
returned.
Maintained accountdata , current addresses, phone
numbers etc. Posteddailycashreceipts,including credit
cardpayments
Madedecisions regarding credit limits and termsofnew customers
Madedecisionto shipordersornotaccordingto terms,paymentfrequencyandpast
due amounts.
Processed credit card
payments for AR Verified
shipping invoices for
payment Maintained excel
spread sheets
Handled cell phoneaccounts,addingand maintaining lines for outsideandinside
salesforce.
PlaceddamageandorlossclaimswithUPSand FedEx
Monitoredandmailedmonthlystatements for
customers
Payrollprocessingasa backup
Reception asa backup
2. Processed custom paper work for internationalshipments as a backup
AR / COLLECTIONSPECIALIST,08/1999to 10/2006
YaleetInc.– Farmingdale,NY
Monitoredpayments due from clients and promptly contactedclients with past due
payments.
Created daily and weekly cash reportsfor accounting management.
Reconciled vendor statementsand handled payment complaintsor
discrepancies. Postedcreditmemosaccordinglywhenmerchandisewas
returned.
Maintained accountdata , current addresses, phone
numbers etc. Posteddailycashreceipts,including credit
cardpayments
Madedecisions regarding credit limits and termsofnew customers
Madedecisionto shipordersornotaccordingto terms,paymentfrequencyandpast
dueamounts.
Placed damage and or loss claims with UPS and FedEx
Monitored and mailed monthly statements for customers
Education
Associate of Arts: Accounting , 2011
Suffolk Community College - Brentwood, NY
Associate of Arts: Liberal Arts, 2004
Suffolk Community College - Brentwood, NY