Irving M.

Baum
61 Oliver Street, Apt 1H (718) 748-4145 (H)
Brooklyn, New York 11209 (718) 755-0649 (CELL)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

8/2008 - PRESENT VERA WANG, LLC , New York, New York

POSITION: Accounts Receivable Manager

8/2007 - 08/2008 VELOCITY EXPRESS, INC , New York, New York

POSITION: Financial Operations Manager

02/2007 -08/2007 BERNARDAUD NA, INC , New York, New York

POSITION: Credit Accounts Receivable Manager

8/1997 – 02/2007 DEVANLAY US INC/LACOSTE, New York, New York

POSITION: Credit Manager
AR Management
 Managed and controlled the collections effort of an Accounts Receivable staff consisting of (6) six people
 Responsible for analyzing customer financial statements and balance sheets in order to determine a customer’s
credit worthiness
 Analyzed Dun & Bradstreet Credit Reports with the use of D&B Ram Software
 In charge of the collections of all accounts receivable valued in excess of $50,000,000.00
 Placed requests with Factors, such as Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Congress Talcott, Nations Bank, and USBC bank in
order to obtain authorized shipments for accounts that had factored receivables
 Contacted all department stores, such as Federated Dept Stores, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman
Marcus, and Nordstrom’s, in order to collect past due Invoices and unauthorized charge backs
 Reorganized Credit Department in order to contact past due customers, discuss balances, and to work out
amicable payment schedules so remittance could be received
 Placed claims of bad debt customers into collections with Coface Credit Insurance

AP & AR Financial Analyst

 Supervised Accounts Payable staff with the receiving, processing, and entry of invoices into our SAP accounting
computer system
 Assisted in the processing of unpaid invoices with the proper expense codes so the proper cost centers to be
effected
 Organized and controlled all efforts in the making up of bank deposits, the posting of checks in our computer
system, and the reconciliation of company bank statements
 In charge of managing all checks received via our lock box through our J. P. Morgan Web Site
 Provided Controller with month ending reports of uncollectible accounts in order for the proper accruals to be set
up for the allowance for doubtful accounts
 Solely responsible for writing off uncollectible receivables to bad debt expense

Traffic Management
 Responsible for all importation of company product
 In charge of supervising all stages of import flight details
 Liaison between custom brokers and airfreight carriers in order to achieve successful U.S. Custom’s Clearances of
merchandise
 Placed claims with U. S. Customs for all import duty drawbacks
 The connecting link between all trucking companies and our third party warehousing facility regarding delivery
appointments for local airports and bonded warehouses

EDUCATION: KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Brooklyn, New York

Graduated in 1977 with an A.A.S Degree in Retail Business Management

SKILLS: Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Access Orli, Orli, Orli WEB, SAP, Momentis Systems, D&B Ram 55, and Get Paid
AvantGard Collection Software.
Irving M. Baum
61 Oliver Street, Apt 1H (718) 748-4145 (H)
Brooklyn, New York 11209 (718) 755-0649 (CELL)