DELLA LAWSON

**** ********** ***** • Nashville, Tennessee 37221 • Home: 615-***-**** • Cell: 423-***-**** •

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

OF

Personable Bookkeeper with extensive experience and skills in problem solving and identifying source

of contradictory values.

• Contributes to external audits and manages reconciliations, purchasing, month-end closing, GL,

AP/AR, balance inventory, and payroll; reviews work of subordinate staff to ensure accuracy in

reporting.

• Flourishes in fast-paced settings, performing tasks accurately and often ahead of schedule;

willingly takes on additional responsibilities, from providing administrative support to

implementing new software.

• Technical skills include MS Word, Excel, and Access, Educational Information System, and STAR

database.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Athens City Board of Education, Athens, Tennessee 2000-2009

Information Specialist 2006-2009

Accounts Payable Clerk 2001-2006

Substitute Teacher/Office Assistant 2000-2001

• Played key role on implementation of function enabling automated-generation of purchase orders,

assisting in roll-out and troubleshooting issues; met deadline for execution by beginning of fiscal

year.

• Verified accuracy of enrollment, attendance, disciplinary, and bussing metrics in STAR student

database, ensuring integrity of data feeding into statewide Education Information System;

generated attendance reports required for state funding.

• Trained two incoming staff members to use software in completing accounts payable

responsibilities.

• Liaised between principals and central office personnel regarding deadlines and steps necessary

to fulfill requirements for state- and federal-level reporting.

• Resolved redundancies and inconsistencies in fixed asset documentation, improving accuracy of

depreciation values; provided auditors with records, contributing to board achieving no major

compliance issues.

• Managed AP, processed purchase orders, and reconciled banking statements; took on added

responsibility of maintaining fixed asset records in Access, ensuring compliance with GASB

regulations.

Bullitt County Board of Education, Shepherdsville, Kentucky 1997-2000

Volunteer Coordinator 1997-2000

Bookkeeper 1997

• Recruited volunteers for Mt. Washington Middle School, surveying community for adults willing to

assist teachers with various school-related programs; increased volunteer hours by more than

50%.

• Supported office staff as needed, answering phones, keeping attendance, and maintaining

student health records.

• Implemented Lunch Box software program at Bullitt Central High School, handling data entry for

1,200 students and training cashiers to use new application.

Bayview Services, Inc., Fairhope, Alabama 1995-1997

Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper

• Managed accounting activities for three offices including AP/AR, month-end closing, balance

inventory, and payroll for hourly and salaried employees; reviewed work from bookkeepers in two

other locations.

• Transitioned company from manual to computer-based system, gaining consensus from staff on

benefit of new process; new system corrected previous payment errors, saving company money

and improving credit rating.

• Reviewed monthly GL report to ensure all expenses were actually incurred.

• Fielded general bookkeeping questions from personnel, significantly reducing actions required

from regional manager.

• Earned distinction as only non-management employee granted signature authority.

Dunaway Law Offices, LaFollette, Tennessee 1993-1994

Bookkeeper

• Conducted variety of accounting functions, including AP/AR, payroll, tax deposits, billing,

reconciling banking statements, auditing trust accounts, and purchasing.

• Balanced trust accounts manually and by computer, ensuring appropriate handling of funds until

cases were closed.

• Reviewed general ledger and provided accountant with all necessary information.

EDUCATION

B.S., Business Administration, Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee Fall 2009

Relevant Coursework: Accounting, Organizational Management, Managerial Economics, Business

Ethics, Legal Environment for Managers, Business Communications, Human Resource

Management, Strategic Organization Decision Making, Philosophy of Culture, Management and

Supervision, Group and Organizational Behavior

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