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SOMYA SONI

Brampton,ON

Summary

Accounts Receivable Specialist bringing 8 years of experience handling accounts receivable functions. Exemplary skill in collections, credit management, debt reduction, resolving billing disputes and providing excellent customer service. Recognized for effective leadership with consistent achievement of objectives.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Argenbright Holding, AR Collections
11.2022 - 03.2023
  • Handled portfolio worth 11 million consisting of 200+ customer for collections & dispute management for UK client Amberstone Security
  • Regular follow up with customer through AR statement on past due items for getting payment confirmation and payment promises
  • Reconciled accounts, identified reason for delinquency and worked cooperatively with customer to get resolution and payment plan
  • Performed weekly Account Receivables review with client to identify balance reduction on Top 20 customers
  • Worked with client on resolution of disputed and aged account, performed necessary escalations for account resolution
  • Answered customer calls and email for any question or inquiry on account
  • Issued credit hold notifications
  • Followed up with customer for payment remittance and got those applied in clients software Sage
  • Met monthly target of 85% Debt reduction on overall portfolio.

Associate Financial Operations

Publicis Sapient
09.2020 - 11.2022
  • Performed B2B collections, dispute management and account receivables for client providing Media Services
  • Prepared daily/monthly AR aging for all clients related to Media and Non-Media services
  • Monitored 100+ accounts for outstanding invoices in various aging bucket, investigating their data for overdue bills and pending payments
  • Regular follow ups with customers encouraging them for timely payments and discussed overdue balance for immediate payment.
  • Following up for remittance with client and getting it allocated by cash applications team
  • Processing refunds, resolving billing issues, resolving customer credit issue, updating client account status records
  • Shared progress report of collections and AR with management.

Senior Collections Agent

Expedia Online Travel Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2018 - 07.2020
  • Worked on credit card rejections for approximately 2000 transactions for EMEA and Nordic customers
  • Worked to prepare and publish multiple reports detailing Credit Card Rejections volume, transaction addition and closer, publish reports to Management and Financial controllers
  • Performed collections and dispute management on 200+ customer informing them about past due balances and overdue invoices
  • Pinkerton corporate risk management

Collection Coordinator

Pinkerton Security Services
04.2018 - 07.2018
  • Performed account receivables activities such as collections, dispute management, account reconciliation refunds and bad debt write off for Security service client
  • Prepared AR aging on daily and monthly basis to be shared with management for progress
  • Handled customer and client call for over 200+ customer

Process Analyst

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2015 - 09.2017
  • Performed B2B collection fo managed portfolio of 11 million for Technology and Security based client named as Diebold
  • Highly focused on collecting past due amounts under 30+ past due bucket
  • Resolved disputes to minimize bad debts; took multiple inbound and out-bound calls to resolve customer account/balances facilitate accounts reconciliation
  • Managed customer deductions, worked with internal and external teams to resolve dispute and mitigate losses due to delinquencies and irreconcilable discrepancies on disputed invoices
  • Researched and analyzed overdue account balances, worked to achieve monthly collections goals; successfully resolved more than 85% of assigned past due on regular basis
  • Worked continuously with Client, Service Managers and Sales on calls and emails to resolve customer queries/disputes to facilitate effective collections
  • Prepared accounts receivable aging report
  • Provided training to new joiners and peers on client process

Process Associate

ManpowerGroup Services Pvt. Ltd.
05.2014 - 07.2015

On contract basis with Accenture, performing similar activities as above job description of Accenture

Education

Graduate Certificate - Project Management

Algoma University
Brampton, ON
12.2024

BBA - Business Administration

Mononmaniam Sundaranar University
Tamil Nadu, India
2016

Skills

  • Account management and reconciliation; collections, dispute resolution and credit management
  • Strong verbal communication for call handling; strong written communication
  • Exceptional Customer service resulting satisfied customer
  • Report’s preparation and publishing; proficient in MS Excel and MS Office
  • Knowledge of software’s such as Oracle Finance & Oracle Business Reporting tool, Navision, Power BI, CASH, Sage
  • Good working knowledge of clients across geographies such as United States, Canada and United Kingdom
  • People/peer training
  • Problem solving skill/conflict resolution

Timeline

Argenbright Holding, AR Collections
11.2022 - 03.2023

Associate Financial Operations

Publicis Sapient
09.2020 - 11.2022

Senior Collections Agent

Expedia Online Travel Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2018 - 07.2020

Collection Coordinator

Pinkerton Security Services
04.2018 - 07.2018

Process Analyst

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2015 - 09.2017

Process Associate

ManpowerGroup Services Pvt. Ltd.
05.2014 - 07.2015

Graduate Certificate - Project Management

Algoma University

BBA - Business Administration

Mononmaniam Sundaranar University
SOMYA SONI