PRINCETON, NJ, Sept. 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paramount's state-of-the-art billing and management systems will save Athena franchisees time and money thus allowing them to focus mostly on helping students achieve academic success and growing their business. "We are thrilled that Paramount offers our franchisees efficiencies of operation that seek to help their bottom line and offer sound analytics to measure profitability and break-even points at the unit level," said Deven Klein, COO and Co-Founder of Athena Learning Centers.
The features of the Paramount system-- built specifically for Athena's franchised network--include paperless point of sale and billing technology, check-in and check-out security systems, electronic recurring billing, contract writer, scheduling of staff linking directly to major payroll vendors, scheduling of students, and business analysis functions.
"We are excited to have Athena as a partner," stated Sid Nelson, Senior Vice President of Paramount Acceptance Corporation. "It was obvious to me from our preliminary discussions that Athena wanted to make their payment system as easy as possible for their franchisees so they could focus on education," said Nelson.
About Athena Learning Centers
Founded in 2011, Athena Learning Centers is a community of year-round Learning Centers where children go to improve their math and reading skills. Each franchised Athena Learning Center offers the Athena Total Solutions℠ package of powerful solutions to help all students meet high standards and prepare them to succeed in school and in life. Athena Learning Centers are open for enrolled children at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours. Children are encouraged to attend two to four times per week for best results. Athena Learning Centers believes that success can be learned and have designed their programs with the goal of making students better mathematics and literacy learners. Athena Learning Centers focus is on franchise expansion in the Eastern United States, with more than 30 locations slated to open within the next year. For more information, please visit http://www.athenalearningcenters.com or call (855) ICANLEARN (855) 422-6532
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