John Polson Tallahassee, FL *****
************@*****.***
Experience
Kennison Staffing (worked at Mccarthy Mambro Bertino LLC)
Boston, Massachusetts
Accounting Assistant
2010-2010
Created and maintained a filing system of vendor bills for the 2010
fiscal year. Entered bills and invoices
in QuickBooks and Excel detail spreadsheets and scanned documents.
Created weekly A/R aging reports.
Reconciled and created final invoices and credit memos. Deposited
client payments. Mailed vendor
checks. Processed time sheets and distributed paychecks.
Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts
English Tutor/Research Assistant
2009 - 2010
Tutored non-native English speakers in speech and academic writing
while discussing American culture.
Used syntax and semantics in research to annotate various texts using
an online interface.
Adecco (worked at Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida)
Tallahassee, Florida
Executive Administrative Assistant
2009 -2009
Received an award for streamlining the Microsoft Access subcontract
database making it nearly 100% accurate. Assisted in the agency's public
relations efforts to expedite mass distribution of materials executing
the work in 50% of the time. Compiled annual contract for subcontractors
and calculated and edited spreadsheets for subcontractors' budgets.
Learned Quickbooks for accounting assistance.
Law Offices of Daniel C. Consuegra
Tampa, Florida
Litigation Legal Assistant
2008 -2008
Promoted from file clerk to legal assistant within first month. Assisted
attorney in drafting and filing pleadings for foreclosure litigation
representing banks, maintaining a caseload with over 100 complaints
processed a month. Calculated payoff amounts and forwarded payment to
banks. Coordinated negotiations between banks and borrowers to help
banks retain loans.
Other Past Successes:
Home School Teacher/Private Tutor Self Employed
Tampa, Florida 05-08
Tutor and Office Support University of South Florida Academic Success
Center Tampa, Florida 04-05
Cashier Publix Supermarkets
Tampa, Florida 00-02
computer related Proficiencies:
Perfect Practice, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, Linux, WordPress,
PC/Mac, Constant Contacts, Java,
C, Python
FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
Japanese Language Proficiency Exam, 2nd highest level passed in 2009
Education
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
2005
Major in International Studies and Minor in Business Administration
Benjamin Gilman International Scholar and National Security Education
Program Scholar
Exchange student at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, 2002-2003