Manager Assistant

Brandon Derfler

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SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

. Three years' experience as Treasury Manager at a law firm with national

presence with a specialization in consumer bankruptcy and credit card

accounts.

. Six years' experience office management for a prestigious

internationally distributed journal.

. Superb attention to detail; strong work ethic; well organized and

capable of working independently under tight deadlines; easy-going and

collegial co-worker.

. Superior problem-solving skills; adept at formulating and executing

plans to increase productivity and efficiency.

. Excellent verbal and written communication skills; well organized;

flexible to changing job requirements; very short-learning curve.

. Fluent in Spanish; reading knowledge of German, French, and Italian.

. Strong working knowledge of many software applications: MS Word, Excel,

Outlook, GP Dynamics, FRx; Adobe FrameMaker, Acrobat, Photoshop; Intuit

QuickBooks; OpenOffice.

. Intermediate SQL skills; basic knowledge of HTML; some simple web page

design and editing experience.

CAREER HISTORY

Treasury Manager 2008-2010

Weinstein & Riley, P.S. Seattle, WA

. Cash management for a law firm with a national presence specializing in

consumer credit card and bankruptcy accounts, and its partner/subsidiary

companies.

. Oversee administration of 60+ corporate bank accounts totaling several

million dollars, including client trust and IOLTA accounts. Proactively

maintain optimal cash balances in company operating accounts.

. Direct and monitor all movement of funds through wire and ACH transfers

to ensure timely and efficient collection, concentration, and

disbursement of funds, including close coordination with accounts

payable and payroll staff (averaging 20 transfers per business day).

. Development of processes to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of

short- and medium-range cash forecasting models.

. Daily and weekly cash planning meetings with CFO and CEO.

. Management of bank collateral (worth approximately $25 million) to

maximize its value, and calculation of loan payments based on cash

receipts via the generation of borrowing base certificates. Research

past history for and file UCC-3 amendments for collateral added and

deleted.

. Processing of hundreds of portfolio sales and purchases.

. Open, close, and actively negotiate fees on bank accounts and services,

including updating signatories. Serve as principal contact with banks

and lenders.

. Properly code and record journal entries for bank interest and account

analysis fees.

. Provide support for both internal and external audit requirements.

. Create and update policies and procedural guides.

. Participate in accounting department talent acquisition.

Accounting Research Specialist 2007-2008

Ophrys, L.L.C. Seattle, WA

. G/L account reconciliations. Bank reconciliations, including daily

balancing of two IOLTA accounts, one of which was a lockbox with

thousands of transactions each business day.

. Initiating wire and ACH transfers.

. Research and clearing of suspense items, and training of accounts

receivable team.

. Oversee Electronic Bankruptcy Notification (EBN) team.

. Provide support for internal audit requirements.

Assistant Editor 2001-2007

Perspectives of New Music, Inc. Seattle, WA

. Managing the production of the academic music journal. Oversee three

employees. Full-charge bookkeeping, copy editing, and proofreading of

documents for errors and conformity to house style (based on Chicago

Manual), typesetting, managing all in-house desktop publishing and

subscriptions, website editing and maintenance, occasional translation

of articles, data analysis, and communications with authors, composers,

editors, advertisers, governmental organizations, and business contacts.

. Through instigating a series of reforms, the journal went from being two

years behind schedule in publication to being completely caught up.

These reforms involved converting all aspects of the production process

from manual to electronic form, including submissions, desktop

publishing, and editorial correspondence.

Pre-Doctoral Teaching Associate II 1998-2004

University of Washington Seattle, WA

. Instruction of music theory, ear-training, and counterpoint courses to

undergraduate and graduate students, both music majors and non-majors.

Duties included lecturing, grading, course structuring, and tutoring.

. Lead Academic Teaching Assistant, School of Music, 2000-2001.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy 2007

University of Washington Seattle, WA

Major: Music Theory

Ph.D. dissertation title: "Single Voice Transformations: A Model for

Parsimonious Voice Leading." The dissertation solves a persistent problem

in music theory by providing a mathematical basis for small voice-leading

displacements, and generalizes the concept to equivalence classes useful

for music analysis and composition. This book was published by Cambridge

Scholars Publishing in 2010.

Master of Arts 1998

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC

Major: Musicology

M.A. thesis title: "Process as Problem Problem as Process:

Schoenberg and John Adams."

Bachelor of Arts 1994

University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

Major: Music

Graduated magna cum laude. Member Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

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