MATT YABS
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Experienced Credit Manager knowledgeable about creditworthiness and document review. Highly effective at optimizing credit policies to balance profit and loss.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Credit Manager
Beacon Building Supply
10.2023 - 06.2025
- Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
- Provided training and consulted with struggling branches to help meet monthly target goals.
- Investigated and evaluated customers for creditworthiness and potential risk factors.
- Collected data and performed trend and variance analysis to mitigate risk arising from bad debt.
- Performed monthly account credit reviews with branch managers to address problem accounts.
- Collaborated with management to evaluate credit strategies and develop improvements.
- Work cross-functionally with sales, management, and other departments to maintain effective operations.
- Referred delinquent accounts to collections department or outside resources.
Credit and Collections Supervisor
Roadex America
07.2012 - 09.2023
- Reported on and recommended actions related to financial stability of potential clients.
- Scheduled employees to provide full coverage of incoming and outgoing calls.
- Identified needs and provided training to clarify expectations of collections agents.
- Prepared and delivered performance reviews of collections agents to support continuous improvement of department.
- Recommended and implemented techniques to improve productivity and cut costs for company.
- Trained collections agents and reviewed work to reach compliance with legal requirements and company policies.
- Supervised and coordinated activities of collections employees attempting to gather monies owed from consumers.
- Acted as central point of contact for both employees and customers on routine credit and collection issues.
- Investigated and reviewed credit risks and collections.
- Worked with customers and collections representatives to monitor documentation, reduce customer disputes, and collect invoices in timely fashion.
- Hired, managed, developed, and trained staff, established and monitored goals, conducted performance reviews and administered salaries for staff.
Billing /Commercial Collections Representative
Modern Luxury Media
09.2008 - 07.2011
- Managed and analyzed financial reporting, including budgets, P&L, balance sheets and sales reports.
- Devised pricing methodologies and industry strategies through economic and business analysis.
- Negotiated contracts and product prices by collaborating with vendors and developers.
- Performed customer needs assessments and coordinated resolutions with supply chain and quality teams.
- Performed forecasting to identify necessary changes for supply chain business.
- Managed efficient cash flow reporting, posted cash receipts and analyzed chargebacks, independently addressing and resolving issues.
Accounting Clerk
Caine & Weiner
07.2006 - 09.2008
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Maintained accurate and complete documentation for all financial department procedures.
- Communicated with suppliers to reconcile invoice payments.
- Investigated and resolved internal accounting variances to keep records current.
Skills
- Microsoft office
- Payment Evaluation Skills
- Collections expertise
- Staff Management
- Quickbooks
- Invoicing
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Billing and Collections
- Statement preparation
- Trend forecasting
- Credit risk management
- Performance improvements
Timeline
Credit Manager
Beacon Building Supply
10.2023 - 06.2025
Credit and Collections Supervisor
Roadex America
07.2012 - 09.2023
Billing /Commercial Collections Representative
Modern Luxury Media
09.2008 - 07.2011
Accounting Clerk
Caine & Weiner
07.2006 - 09.2008
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