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Phone: (714) 900-5677
Email: carlaj01me@gmail.com
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Staff Accountant/Financial Office Manager/Ghostwriter
Professional Objectives:
Seeking entry into a private or governmental Financial office (ie Billing or Insurance) as an Office Manager. Also seeking positions in Corporate or Educational concerns related to Accounting or Financial Office Administration.
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Freelance writing, editing and full project creator.
Accomplishments:
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Saved and released over $15 million back to the Georgia State’s SPR funds for re-disbursement in 2 years.
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Investigated ways to reduce billing errors, cost overruns and miscoded expenditures and implemented programs and procedures to correct those errors.
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Saved and reserved company resources through budgeting and planning activities.
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Investigated and reconciled other project and departmental budget issues. Prepared presentations for executive review.
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Completed a Graduate Certificate in Governmental Accounting from the University of Georgia in February 2002.
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Published author of business professional materials and health care related topics on Amazom.com and Authorhouse.com
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Technical Skills and Expertise
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Experienced Accounting Professional with over 15 years experience preparing financial statements, account reconciliations, and expense analysis reports for local agency and governmental agency review. Past experience in Retail and Entertainment Accounting.
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Supervised, trained and directed the daily activities of up to 10 employees in Accounting Departments.
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Creative, versatile, and adaptable-- with additional experience in Credit Management, Marketing and Business Education.
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10+ years current Accounting/Computer Skills: QuickBooks, Peachtree, MAS 200, Oracle, and PeopleSoft/Financials FCSM, SQL/SQR, Crystal reports, and XML publisher.
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Expert Proficiency in Windows applications including: Microsoft Office, EXCEL, Access, PowerPoint and Photoshop
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Tri-lingual Language Skills: Speak, read and write fluent English, French, and Spanish.
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Type: accurate 50-60 wpm; extensive ten-key experience, calculator and keypad with up
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to 600 keystrokes/ minute
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EMPLOYMENT
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Las Vegas Urban League as a Program Aide III/ 2012-2013
Assistant Director at the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior Center
2470 N. Decatur Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89108. 702-473-5000
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Responsible for the daily administration and functioning of a non-profit 501C, active metropolitan Senior Citizen's Center.
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Facilitation of the daily activities of an active senior center with other social agency liasons.
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Administrative and Office related duties, such as Medical Dispatch and Driver Training.
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Volunteer Tax Preparer for the VITA Program, UNITED WAY Las Vegas, w/over 25 returns prepared Feb-April 2013
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Personal Caretaker/Student
2008-2010
Keller Graduate School of Management
US Army Veterans Administration, Decatur, GA. 30033
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Accounting Professional / FC Bookkeeper/
Independent Office Contractor 2004 - 2008
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Registered with: Robert Half International Inc. & Randstad, Inc.
Accounting Professional and Client Services Representative
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Responsible for updating, editing and processing the Employee Administrative Retirement Fund Manual for the Princeton Retirement Fund Group. / Merrill Lynch Inc.
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2007 - 2008
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Customer Service Online Applications inquiries and other administrative office functions.
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Prepared monthly Accounting financial reports and banking reconciliations.
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Composed/updated client correspondence, and resolved portfolio service telephone inquiries.
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Exposed to various Investment Fund products and services.
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Accounting Paraprofessional
Ga. State Dept. of Transportation, Atlanta, GA 2002 - 2004
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Responsible for preparing the 3-year Statistical Financial Report, the Office of Financial Management’s yearly budget, and reconciling the office’s monthly expenditure reports.
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Verified financial expense reports on ALL active State Planning and Research (SPR) projects.
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Opened and closed ALL SPR projects using the State’s and the Federal Government’s financial management systems (FMIS, ACCESS and People Soft), verified project funding resources and amounts, calculated and verified all SPR billing information and final vouchers.
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Composed and maintained correspondence files to division heads and branch management officials.
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EDUCATION
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Keller Graduate School of Management 2010
MBA (w/concentration in Health Care Finance and Marketing)
MAFM (w/concentration in Accounting and Finance)
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Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
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B.S. in Management (w/minors in Fine Arts, Advertising and Communications)
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