Kenny Wine

About Kenny Wine

I am a highly accomplished, strategic, results driven financial management professional offering extensive experience in the manufacturing, distribution and consumer service industry sectors for both public and private companies. A leader of change and process improvements with progressive experience and a strong track record of minimizing credit risk, maximizing collections, improving operational efficiency, collaboration with internal and external customers, cultivating effective team resources and development of policies and procedures. I have both domestic and international business experience and continue to grow my expertise in the Credit Management field.

Experience

1. Director of Credit - South East

   Ryerson

   Apr 2008 — Present · Little Rock, AR, US

   Responsible for the management, leadership, & strategic direction of the Credit, Collections & Billing functions for a $1.7 billion A/R portfolio which includes several business segments & IT platforms. Successfully, lead the organization through the integration of two divisions, the recruitment and training of new staff, & transitioning of Accounts Receivable functions to Little Rock, AR. Managed the daily activities of Accounts Receivable and Cash Management teams by determining the credit worthiness of existing or prospective customers, establishing collection performance metrics, adherence to internal controls, & accurate billing to our customers. Accountable for mentoring and coaching team members, striving for continuous improvement, revising workflows, redeploying resources, implementation and communication of new procedures, and monthly reporting to senior management. • Improved average 12 month DSO by 13 days, through improved collection practices. Reduced the over 90 day balances by more than 80%.• Managed 25 team members across 3 distinct departments. • Worked closely with cross functional work teams (Customer Service, Field Service, Sales, Contracts, IT and Accounting) to initiate changes to improve functional performance and operational efficiency throughout the organization. • Engaged in several task forces to develop continuous process improvement initiatives, and redefine business strategy. • Reduced collection agency expenses by 70%. • Created, implemented and monitored new KPI’s designed to improve business performance of company objectives. • Managed the migration of banking lock box changes and business entity changes. • Conducted “best practices” sharing among inter-operational business segments, and improved risk controls of reporting metrics driven initiatives to identify root causes and improvements

Education

• Conducted at Dartmouth College

  Graduate School of Credit & Financial Management

  2015 — 2016

• Arkansas Tech University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  1984 — 1988