1. 188 Midland Ave. River Edge, NJ 07661 • (201)615-7171• joesiderias@yahoo.com
Joseph Siderias
Experience
December 2015 - Present Forrest Solutions Group New York, NY
AR Manager
 Manage all aspects of Collections and BillingProcess
 Responsiblefor all monthly and weekly billings
 Responsiblefor collections of all outstandinginvoices
 Set monthly collection goalsbased on outstandingAR
 Provideupper management with the collections and revenue forecastfor the month
 Responsiblefor reducingall collection metrics:DSO from 48 to 42. Over 60 % from 13% to under 3%
within the firstquarter
 Cash application of all check and wirepayments on a daily basis
 Work with Controller and VP of Financeto complete Month end close
 Meet with owner on a weekly basis to review agingportfolio and discussany potential issues
 Created a Macro enabled spreadsheet for our largemonthly complex billingcustomers.Reduced billing
time from 2 plus hours to 15 minutes
 Handlequarterly/yearly Sales Tax Audit
 Developed departments Policies & Procedures
 Responsiblefor all new clientcreditreviews
October 2014 – September 2015 Michael Kors Inc. East Rutherford, NJ
Credit Supervisor
 Handled the creditreview process for all customers
 Worked directly with a Factor to credit approveand assisted them with delinquent customers
 Held monthly/quarterly meetings with the VP of Treasury to review over top 25 accounts.Included in this
meeting is an individual creditassessmentfor each accountalongwith a company overview
 Developed Macro enabled spreadsheets to reduce reporting time
 Established department policies and procedures to make surethe department is Sox compliant
 Helped to mitigate the transition fromdifferent operatingsystems, RLM to JDE
 Created dunningletter system which has helped the collections department run more efficiently along
with reducingthe collection metrics
 Hired and trained a collection,creditand AR staff to fill the company needs
 Responsiblefor all monthly/quarterly/yearly reportingrequirements
 Handled all third party legal/collection issues.
 Negotiated a reduced contactwhile increased our overall coveragewith our creditagency
 Handled any escalated collectionsactivity
 Assisted collectionsdepartment with chargeback disputes
Sept 2010- October 2014 Canon Solutions America Burlington, NJ
Credit & Collections Supervisor

2. 188 Midland Ave. River Edge, NJ 07661 • (201)615-7171• joesiderias@yahoo.com
 Managed a staff of 14 collection representatives and oversaw 3 creditanalysts
 Assisted management and transition team to migrate all Creditand Collections activity fromLyndhurst, NJ
to Burlington,NJ
 Hired and trained all new personnel in the new facility whilemaintainingand managingcurrentstaff
 Help lead the integration of 2 acquired companies,which included the acquisition of Oce Business
Services,which doubled the staff for the department from 20 to 40. Also responsiblefor training2 new
Supervisors and developingcross trainingprocedures.
 Reduced all metrics year after year, such as;over 90% from 7% to 1%, DSO from 48 to 36 days
 BuiltAccess databasefor our specialized billingcustomers
 Set up monthly, quarterly and yearly goals not only for my direct reports but our department as a whole
 Assisted in establishingour automated DunningLetters that aresent out to any delinquent customers
 Worked closely with the Accounts ReceivableSupervisor to develop cross trainingprocedures to help
minimizeunapplied cash
 Maintained the department budget and work closely with management regardingemployee
compensation
 Won the 2014 SpiritAward
March 2008- Sept 2010 Canon Solutions America Lyndhurst, NJ
Credit & Collections Rep
 Managed assigned portfolios which included collections,customer complaints and disputes
 Consistently met or exceeded goals set
 Chosen as lead to help others in my group organizeand achievetheir goals
 Chosen to help relocate the Credit & Collections Department from Lyndhurst to Burlington,NJ
 Duringthe transition,was asked to help in the hiringand trainingprocess
Education
September 2006 to March 2008 Dover Business College Clifton,NJ
Business Administration/Accounting
Course work included:
• Accounting 1 • Accounting 2 • Accounting 3
• Cost Accounting • Principles of Management • QuickBooks
Software
 Oracle  MicrosoftOffice  Salesforce
 Lotus Notes
 JD Edwards
 ChasePayment Tech
 Credit2B
 RLM
 DNB