Finance Assistant Resume
WENDY CASE
- Huron Court
Fort Hood, Texas
SKILLS SUMMARY
&#; General Accounting/Bookkeeping &#; Payroll/Cash Handling
&#; Budgeting/Auditing/Reconciliation &#; Research/Analysis/Verification
&#; Customer Service/Public Relations &#; Computer Proficiency/Data Entry
&#; Positive Attitude/High Energy \"People\" Person &#; Industrious and Motivated with Initiative
&#; Attentive to Detail/Articulate &#; Highly Effective Communicator
&#; Well-Organized/Innovative/Analytical &#; Multi-Tasker/Efficient Time Manager
&#; Work Well with Diverse Work Force &#; Ability to \"Fill In\" Where Needed
&#; Meet Deadlines/Remain Calm Under Stress &#; Decisive and Results-Oriented
Dependable...Goal-Oriented...Focused...Flexible...Resourceful...Ability to Work Unsupervised
Professional, Mature Demeanor...Dedicated...Perseverant...Self-Directed...Multi-Tasking...Hard-Working
&#; Highly dependable and reliable individual with two years of work experience with increasing
responsibility while simultaneously pursuing a bachelor\'s degree in accounting.
&#; Excellent customer service skills/working with the public; cheerful, outgoing, professional personality.
&#; Versatile, cross-functional performer with success in administrative and financial management.
&#; Experience working in fast-paced work environments; productive work habits; strong work ethic.
&#; Ability to learn new tasks quickly and adapt to continually changing requirements.
&#; Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage time, prioritize, and organize to maximum potential as
evidenced by maintaining simultaneous full-time employment, being a full-time student, and wife/mother.
&#; Computer Proficiency: Windows XP, Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint
EDUCATION
BS in Accounting [GPA:.], Kaplan University - Expected December
&#; Courses in: Accounting I and II Intermediate Accounting
Statistics Quantitative Methods
Finance Business Law
Human Resources Management Microeconomics
&#; Work hours weekly while attending college full-time -- self-funding education %.
AAS in Business Administration/Management [GPA:.-Magna Cum Laude], Kaplan University -
&#; Member Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society - to Current
Six Sigma Foundations, Certificate of Completion -
Education/Training has provided a solid foundation in the following:
General Accounting/Bookkeeping
&#; Ensuring general ledger and subsidiary ledgers balance.
&#; Entering journal voucher adjustment entries to bring ledgers in balance.
&#; Performing daily, monthly, quarterly, annual, and specially required accounting cycles.
&#; Servicing accounts receivables and accounts payable ensuring accurate and timely processing.
&#; Properly balancing vouchers against verifying documents; posting data to general ledger accounts.
&#; Preparing annual pre-closing and post-closing trial balance; analyzing and verifying year-end reports.
&#; Servicing a variety of financial and general ledger accounts to include current and accrued income,
liabilities, and expenses; central cost ledgers; and expense accounts.
&#; Possess a thorough working knowledge of the relationship of the accounts affected and determining
the nature of errors to make adjustments to a variety of inter-related accounts.
Budgeting
&#; Preparing quarterly budgets (computerized spreadsheet/Excel) to reflect actual and historical data.
&#; Updating estimated and actual budgetary dollar amounts for monthly and quarterly reports.
&#; Preparing a monthly narrative comparing actual dollars versus budget estimates.
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Payroll/Cash Handling
&#; Maintaining and inputting payroll records for persons; recording annual leave, sick leave, overtime,
holiday leave, administrative leave, and compensation time.
&#; Calculating/compiling civilian manpower reports based on work output and employee hours worked.
Research/Analysis
&#; Analyzing and classifying accounting documents entering the system by appropriate type action code.
&#; Analyzing/reconciling monthly reports for accuracy of statistical data; verifying abnormal balances.
&#; Researching numerous listings and financial queries to identify errors. Entering adjustments.
Reconciliation
&#; Reconciling cash collections and disbursements; researching discrepancies; making adjustments.
&#; Reconciling and adjusting obligations to disbursements verifying accuracy regarding dollar amount.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
Financial Management: &#; Maintaining accountability of large sums of cash daily; preparing cash reports.
&#; Reconciling sales to funds collected; investigating and resolving discrepancies.
&#; Analyzing financial statements; investigating and initiating corrective action.
Administration: &#; Compiling and maintaining business transactions and office activity records.
&#; Maintaining and updating month-to-date and year-to-date statistics.
&#; Developing, maintaining, and updating alpha and numeric filing systems.
&#; Maintaining and meeting suspense dates on all internal and external actions.
Public Relations: &#; Interacting effectively and courteously with customers and staff.
&#; Resolving customer issues using tact and sound judgment.
&#; Communicating effectively face-to-face and using the telephone.
Office Management: &#; Ensuring documentation is generated in compliance with state/federal laws.
&#; Updating and maintaining integrated, multi-functional databases.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ashley Furniture Homestore, Killeen, Texas, / to Present
Finance Assistant/Loan Processing
&#; Work closely with sales staff and customers to facilitate \"closing the sale\" in the this facility with
$ million in annual sales.
&#; Receive and process + loan applications daily (by phone, internet and in person). Conduct loan
processing procedures to include:
&#; Verifying borrower\'s address and employment
&#; Reading, analyzing, and interpreting borrower\'s credit report
&#; Calculating income/expense ratios and budgets
&#; Recommending loan approval/disapproval
&#; Consulting with customers to explain credit terms and obligations
&#; Liaison with CitiFinancial, MAC, MCS, Wells Fargo, and American General to secure customer lines
of credit, update customer data, and start/stop/change allotments.
&#; Complete all required documentation and finalize customer loans; bill and post payments.
&#; Calculate, collate, generate, and print monthly reports of business activity.
&#; Cross-trained to order furniture per customer purchase and in receiving merchandise.
Motorola, Newington, Virginia, / to /
Service Coordinator
&#; Provided administrative support for equipment maintenance and repair.
Advantage Cable Services, Woodbridge, Virginia, / to /
Administrative/Human Resource Assistant
&#; Prepared and maintained times cards for six employees; conducted background and sex offender checks.
&#; Distributed new hire packets and dispatched employees to work sites using Genie dispatch system.
