Protecting Your Receivables in Today’s Economy

Tariffs, retaliatory trade wars, and fear of recession are putting your company’s cash at risk. What can you do about it?

Join two veteran credit managers as they share their decades of insights, helping you guard your receivables. Practical takeaways will include:

• How to build a strategic relationship with sales to collect cash faster
• What to watch for from your collections team to know when clients’ credit needs to be tightened
• When and how to reset credit limits

Jess Scheer
Executive Editor, IOFM

Jess Scheer is an award-winning business reporter, focusing on financial operations. He has spent more than 25 years creating must-have content for professionals in the finance area. He serves as Executive Editor of the Institute of Finance & Management.

Rich Shively
Senior Credit Manager, Quality Edge

Rich Shively has 28 years of credit and collections experience, having worked for small sized companies up to billion dollar-plus organizations. Rich is a part of IOFM’s Accounts Receivable Advisory Panel and earned his BBA in Accounting and an MBA in finance from Western Michigan University.

George Uko
Senior Territory Credit Manager, Kubota Tractor Corporation

George Uko has more than 20 years of credit management experience in various positions. He has worked with American Express, Commerce Bank, Bayer Animal Health, Thermo-Fisher and Staples. George’s background includes fraud management, chargebacks, cash application, credit, collections, new accounts, reporting and forecasting. George enjoys developing high-performing teams and utilizing AI technology.