PENNY CLARK
PO BOX 383
GILMANTON, NH 03237
E-mail: penny@pccs-nh.com
EDUCATION
January 1990 - August 1991
NEW HAMPSHIRE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Concord, NH
Focus on Accounting and Computer Science
September 1986- August 1989
FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE, Concord, NH
Associate of Arts: Accounting
EXPERIENCE
May 1996 - Present
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR
- Corporate financial support
- J.D. Edwards, PRISM. Accounts Receivable and Customer Returns Procedures
- Internet/Intranet web design
- See my Portfolio
- HTML, FTP, Database & Microsoft IIS, SQL, ASP, WindowsNT, JAVA, Javascript, Frontpage, Lotus Notes
- Freelance bookkeeping & auditing
- Bookkeeping, PC Consultiing Services
- Gilmanton PTA Audit
October 1994 - May 1996
CREDIT & COLLECTIONS SUPERVISOR
Polyclad Laminates, Inc.
Industrial Park Drive, Franklin, NH
- Supervisor of Credit & Collections
- Oversee and maintain a multi-million dollar Accounts Receivable balance. (200+ customers (Foreign & Domestic),
and $200 million annual sales).
- Financial Analysis of new & existing customers
- Approve new customers, including terms and credit availability
- Letters of Credit
- Bankruptcy recovery
- Cost, Budget, General Ledger, and General Accounting
support & reporting on a daily, Month-end & Year-end basis.
- Accounts Receivable software conversion - PRISM, J.D. Edwards
September 1992 - October 1994
CREDIT & COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST
Polyclad Laminates, Inc.
Industrial Park Drive, Franklin, NH
- Responsible for the daily maintenance & collection of 8 customer territories consisting of 75+ customers totaling approximately $10 million in direct and consignment Accounts Receivable.
- Instrumental in solving/preventing debit situations in a timely manner.
- Coordinate International Sales billings, banking and collection by
Letter of Credit.
- Communicate with NACM members on new and existing customers.
August 1996 - September 1992
PLANT/CORPORATE FINANCE
Freudenberg-NOK
Rt. 104, Bristol, NH
- 4/91 - 9/92: Credit & Collections/Accounts Receivable
- 1/91 - 4/91: Payroll/Accounts Payable
- 8/86 - 1/91: Payroll/MIS Hardware Coordinator
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Record dollars collected month-end & year-end December 1995
- Limited bad debt to below industry standard
- Consistently maintained DSO at or below industry standard
- Accounts Receivable conversion to new systems with both Freudenberg and Polyclad. The latter was completed three months ahead of schedule.
- Create Customer Material Return & Credit/Debit Memo Issuance Procedures using J.D. Edwards and PRISM
- Established advanced working knowledge of IBM compatible PC hardware
and operating systems plus several software packages including