MILLY BELLEGRIS
Ouvert aux possibilitésStrategic Credit and Accounts Receivable leader
North York, ON
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
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.
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.
Senior Credit Analyst
Alliance Films
janv. 2011 to janv. 2012
• Managed receivables collections and deduction management for major accounts. • Supported Epicor ERP implementation.
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.
Dealer Account/Funding Specialist
Volvo Financial Services
janv. 2003 to janv. 2007
Visa Collections Specialist
TD Bank
janv. 2000 to janv. 2003
Operations Specialist
Toyota Credit Canada
janv. 1992 to janv. 2000
Formation
Credit Institute of Canada
Credit Management I & II, Credit Law
University of Toronto
B.A. (Honours Specialist), History & French
Minor: Political Science