Milton Barnes

About Milton Barnes

Decisive Credit, Risk, & Accounts Receivable Leader with 20+ years of experience…

Experience

1. Revenue Assurance Manager

   Sun Chemical

   Mar 2011 — Present · Cincinnati, KY

   CLAIM TO FAME: Four-time recipient of President\'s Award for outstanding metric contribution and continuous improvement. Lead the North American Credit, Risk, & Collection portfolios.Analyze, evaluate, and assess credit risk for all customer levels.Maintain continuous risk assessment process to monitor customer financials. Drive collection efforts to minimize DSO, ADD, CEI, and other metrics.Determine appropriate plans for risk mitigation.Own all processes related to Credit Management & Collections.Partner with OTC, GL, Sales, IT, Finance, and Treasury functions. Ensure compliance with JSOX internal controls & reporting requirements.Provide leadership/mentorship of the day-to-day financial affairs of the company.Coordinate and prepare annual budget ($1M+) and monthly & quarterly forecast updates as required. Develop targets, tracking, and scorecard to monitor credit/collections.Establish and implement short and long range departmental goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures.Lead/serve as project manager for assigned geography. Utilize technology to drive process improvement, creating a culture of accountability and effectively work across departments.Lead/Train/Mentor/Develop staff.Administer and audit trade promotion programs, including payment requests for rebates, resolving promotional deductions, and promotional off-invoice pricing discrepancies.

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  1991 — 1996