Project Manager Accounting

Patricia L. Modlinski

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Ridgecrest, CA 93555-4282

Home: 760-***-****

Email: ******@******.***

SUMMARY

Highly organized and detail-focused Full-Charge Bookkeeper/Accountant

with track record of accurately and efficiently supporting overall

accounting activities.

Comprehensive knowledge of accounting and auditing principles, A/P, A/R,

payroll, general ledger postings, invoicing, taxation issues, compliance

guidelines and bond accounting.

Knowledge in developing and delivering monthly and annual Profit and Loss

statements and Balance Sheets for family business.

Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to streamline

processes and increase efficiency and productivity.

Excellent technology skills; quick to incorporate new methodologies. DOS

based ERP used in educational financial environment.

Completed H&R Block tax course to prepare variety of tax returns.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sierra Sands Unified School District

03/2007 - Current

Accounting Clerk IV, Clerk II, Paraprofessional, Substitute Teacher

113 Felspar Ave.

Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Telephone: 760-***-****

Established and maintained all financial activity in an Excel spreadsheet

for use as a G/L.

Created charts and graphs in Excel for easier reporting as well as

created worksheets to track each individual school and that school's

projects.

Created PowerPoint presentations to present to school governing board.

Established all budgets for each school site as well as tracked all

budget and expenditure transfers

within the district financial system.

Prepared month end reports and verified against purchase orders filed

against the modernization

fund.

Reconciled construction bonds and assists in the preparation of financial

reports for auditing purposes.

Prepared travel orders/documentation for maintenance conferences and

financial workshops. Arranged all hotel/motel and rental car or other

transportation reservations.

Created and maintained grade books for classes on district Aeries

database.

Assisted Special Education/Resource/Special Day Class teachers with those

students who are categorized as Special Education.

Taught mathematics and other subject matter when needed or clarified

teacher instruction.

Prepared month end student attendance reports for district office.

Maintained student health records and contacted parents whose students

were missing immunizations.

Improved filing system for student health records and cumulative records.

Proofread student enrollment information gathered by each school site and

ensures that each

student is current on all State of California Department of Health Care

Services.

Accomplishments:

Acted temporarily as Construction Project Manager.

Improved office efficiency by creating filing system that allowed for

additional storage of student files, both cumulative and health records.

Cross-trained with District Registrar so that all student records would

be mailed within the 10 day state deadline.

Worked with Technology Department to create additional fields in student

database to track various information required by the state.

Taught students how to create PowerPoint presentations and gave them

confidence in themselves to present their reports to their classes.

Created lesson plans for the CAHSEE when another teacher would not.

VOLUNTEER

Community Light Opera Theater Association (CLOTA)

2004 - Current

Executive Board Member/Treasurer

1425 N. Inyo

Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Telephone: 760-***-****

Established and maintained all financial activity in an Excel spreadsheet

for use as a G/L.

Created worksheets to track each individual production's income and

expenses.

Process A/P, A/R, income tax reporting and monthly bank reconciliations.

Manage scholarship account.

Manage petty cash purchases and receipts accounting for tax purposes.

Prepare monthly treasurer report for Board of Directors.

Annually file Nonprofit Statement of Information for the Secretary of the

State of California, Annual Registration Renewal Fee Report to Attorney

General of California, and IRS Form 990 for federal taxes.

Accomplishments:

Created easier format for treasurer report to Board of Directors. Prior

treasurer's format was confusing for some members and caused difficulty

in understanding.

Fami1y Truck Repair Service

1/1994 -8/1995

Assistant Bookkeeper

Ft. Smith, Arkansas

Assisted in the preparation and entered data in to QuickBooks accounting

format. Performed A/P, A/R, payroll and inventory functions. Researched

transactions to identify double billing and over purchases of inventory.

Assisted in the recovery of delinquent accounts and prepared records for

legal proceedings.

EDUCATION

College:

American InterContinental University, Hoffman Estates, IL

Major field(s) of study: Business

Administration concentration Accounting and Finance

Type and year of degree(s) received:

Bachelor of Business Administration, 04/21/2007

GPA: 4.0, 90 Credits

College:

American InterContinental University, Hoffman Estates, IL

Major field(s) of study:

Business Administration concentration in Business

Type and year of degree(s) received:

Associate of Arts, 03/11/2006

GPA: 3.74, 90 Credits

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

Job-related training courses:

12/2004: Certificate of Completion H&R Block tax course.

08/2008: 2 day Microsoft Advanced Excel course. Earned .12 continuing

education credits.

Job-related skills:

Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access (some), Outlook,

Publisher, Peachtree Accounting, QuickBooks.

Databases: Microsoft Access (some), Aeries, Ad Manager 20/20.

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP, 7, Apple Macintosh.

Typing: 75 wpm

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