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MILLY BELLEGRIS

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Strategic Credit and Accounts Receivable leader

North York, ON

Credit Institute of Canada

À propos

Strategic Credit and Accounts Receivable leader with 20+ years progressive experience managing cash flow, mitigating financial risk, optimizing order-to-cash operations for national organizations, and reviewing funding documentation. Proven success leading credit, collections, deductions management, and cross-functional process improvements while consistently reducing DSO. Customer-focused and collaborative management style aiming to deliver operational excellence via continuous improvement and customer retention.

Compétences

  • Ability to stay calm in difficult situations
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Able to manage multiple projects
  • Account Administration
  • Account Management
  • Accounts receivable
  • Aging analysis
  • Souci du détail
  • Audit
  • Communication bilingue
  • Billing
  • Billing dispute resolution
  • business correspondence
  • Cash application
  • Cash flow
  • Change Management
  • Client Onboarding
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Coaching
  • Collections
  • Communication
  • Compliance
  • Compliance Audits
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Analyse financière
  • Financial Reporting
  • Leadership
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Operational Excellence
  • Oracle
  • Process Improvement
  • SAP
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Travail d’équipe

Expérience

  1. Credit and Accounts Receivable Manager

    Gentec International

    janv. 2017 to janv. 2026

    • Managed and reconciled credit, accounts receivable, and trade spend deductions for a $100M+ annual sales portfolio. • Maintained 85–96% current receivables across multiple fiscal years and reducing bad debt reserves and write-offs. • Developed standardized deductions management procedures to improve efficiency. • Directed credit adjudication, collections, cash application, and deductions management. • Negotiated and troubleshooted all escalated account issues including new account adjudication, transaction issues, write-offs and held orders. • Delivered reporting, bad debt forecasting, and AR risk analysis. • Participated in successful Syspro 7 & 8 ERP implementation and testing. • Managed and supported audit activities and third-party collections. • Partnered with Sales and IT to improve data integrity, pricing, and invoice transmission. • Liaised and managed relationships with third-party financing companies and trade credit insurance ensuring approvals in place. • Led employee coaching and performance management.

  2. Assistant Manager, Credit & AR

    Suzuki Canada Inc.

    janv. 2012 to janv. 2017

    • Created credit scoring and risk models to improve lending decisions. • Conducted detailed analysis of customer financial statements and ratios to support credit adjudication. • Reduced bad debt reserves and write-offs through proactive portfolio management. • Managed credit, collections, payment posting, credit limits, and wholesale financing. • Resolved credit holds and administered dealership account changes. • Reconciled daily AR sub-ledger and prepared month-end reporting meeting JSOX compliance.

  3. Senior Credit Analyst

    Alliance Films

    janv. 2011 to janv. 2012

    • Managed receivables collections and deduction management for major accounts. • Supported Epicor ERP implementation.

  4. Credit & AR Supervisor

    Swiss Herbal Remedies

    janv. 2007 to janv. 2011

    • Managed credit, AR, collections, deductions, and major retail accounts. • Developed corporate credit and AR policies. • Led and coached a team of 2–5 representatives. • Reduced 30+ day delinquency from 18% to 3%. • Optimized DSO from 48 days to 32 days. • Recovered $310K through post-audit billing initiatives.

  5. Dealer Account/Funding Specialist

    Volvo Financial Services

    janv. 2003 to janv. 2007

  6. Visa Collections Specialist

    TD Bank

    janv. 2000 to janv. 2003

  7. Operations Specialist

    Toyota Credit Canada

    janv. 1992 to janv. 2000

Formation

  1. Credit Institute of Canada

    Credit Management I & II, Credit Law

  2. University of Toronto

    B.A. (Honours Specialist), History & French

    Minor: Political Science