Susan "Becky" Purcell
**** ******* ***** ****, ******, AL 36830
*******@******.***
HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE:
. Enthusiastic and self-motivated professional with experience in
customer service, management, and accounting
. Experienced and goal-oriented with a track record of consistently
meeting and exceeding established goals and objectives related to
management, training, and client relations
. Motivated and ambitious with excellent interpersonal communication,
relationship management, and presentation skills
. Extensive experience in Customer Service/Sales, Sales Tax Reports,
Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Inventory, Delinquent
Accounts Collection, and Employee Earnings Reports
. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Quick Books, and Internet Explorer
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Assessor, Georgia Quick Start, West Point, GA, 2010 - Present
. Assess candidates on state-of- the-art simulated work-stations to
determine job readiness
. Train Kia pre-employment applicants on the importance of Personal
Protective Equipment
. Record assessment data on hand-held computer for evaluation at Kia
Headquarters
Administrative/Clerical/Scholarships, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 2010
. Provide administrative assistance to Department Head and Chair in
Civil Engineering
. Maintain scholarship applications; mail letters of receiving
applications, create/maintain Excel spreadsheets of scholarship
applicants for scholarship committee review; mass mailings of final
scholarship letters to scholarship approved students
. Assist students with advising; assist students and faculty with E-Day;
coordinate special socials for department
. Maintain spreadsheets of individual/corporate contributions to
department along with mass mailings of thank you letters
. Maintain, copy, and distribute new faculty search applications for
department; create tables for faculty search committee
. Receptionist duties including: fax, scan, copy, file, answer multi-
line phone for department, maintain and order supplies for
department, and disperse departmental mail and packages; maintain
departmental boards of current job availabilities
. Package, create labels, and manage pickups for departmental shipping
. Create documents for assistant department head such as assignments,
exams, quizzes, syllabi
Administrative/Clerical, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 2009 - 2010
. Provided administrative assistance to Communication Disorders
Department for 17 Professors
. Scheduled clients for 2 Audiologists and 6 Speech Pathologists
. Performed clerical duties; receptionist, faxed, copied, answered
multi-line telephone for fast-paced clinic, customer service
. Compiled new client packets for mailings
. Responsible for client payments/receipts/cash flow
Manager/Owner/Customer Service, Nita's Flowers & Gifts, LaGrange, GA, 1985
- 2008
. Skilled in all aspects of running a business: delegating tasks,
managing/supervising employees, implementing procedures, and running
day-to-day operations
. Increased corporate accounts from approximately 30 clients to 155
. Directly responsible for inventory, hiring and training of all
employees, safety implementation, payroll, monthly sales tax reports,
quarterly employee federal wage reports, collection of delinquent
accounts, website design and management and billing and accounts
receivable; cash register reconciliation; daily bank deposits; credit
card terminal batching
. Used tactical direction in regards to pre-sales activity, process
support, and organizational structure in supporting sales and
customers
. Revamped billing by implementing a computer system that would handle
accounts payable, accounts receivable and profit/loss ratio
Administrative Assistant, Sunnyside Baptist Church, LaGrange, GA, 1983 -
1985
. Responsible for coordinating the church calendar; handled all
reservations for events, summer programs, and administration meetings
. Handled scheduling personnel, hired employees, and organized and
managed the accounting system
INVOLVEMENT:
Past Member of the LaGrange Chamber of Commerce; American Red Cross Blood
Drive Volunteer; United Way Campaign Volunteer
EDUCATION:
B. A. in Business Administration, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Ga.
References available upon request