Microsoft Office Accounting

MARY ELIZABETH GUTIERREZ

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

UT Health Science Center (UTHealth), Houston, Texas 5/15 – Present Administrative Coordinator - Executive Vice President for Academic and Research Affairs

Review expenditures to ensure appropriate fund sources are being used as well as providing any research and evaluation of quotes and pricing to determine best value for UTHealth.

Prepare monthly account reconciliation reports to determine accuracy of accounting ledgers, posting and reports and summarize documentation and information along with any reporting requirements.

Serve as administrative liaison with others within and outside assigned areas regarding business and financial issues on purchasing, personnel, facilities and operations.

Coordinate and monitor travel, purchasing, payroll, timekeeping, contracts and grants for various departments.

Monitor open expenditures and provide reports on the budget status and comparison between actual and budget.

Monitor adherence to grant or program requirements and maintain and reconcile financial records/reports.

Train entry level support staff and lead support staff.

Advise on financial and business practices, policy and procedures. TEXAS A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station, Texas 6/13 – 12/14 Financial Specialist - Cash Management Department

Responsible for extension deposits and cash receipts, including verifying deposits and reconciling non-compliant cash transactions and disbursements.

Handled accounts payable functions, manage travel advance receivable accounts to the general ledger at month-end.

Verified funds received for deposit from payroll, insurance, and contracts and grants, including ACH transactions and review payment requests for verification of authenticity of signatures, verify requests comply with authorization limit.

Reviewed ACH reports/entries for accuracy and prepare deposit forms and complete cash receipts and deposit slips.

Reconciled direct deposit transactions against daily report to ensure that bank accounts have received proper credit and investigate any discrepancies and run bank reports and identify direct deposits and wire transfers posted to banks.

Prepared weekly cash disbursements report from daily reports and create bank transfer entries.

Handled returned checks and unidentifiable collections, processes cancellations, voids, lost and stop payments on checks and maintain records on cash receipts and orders books as needed.

Prepared monthly daily cash transactions spreadsheet and reconciles ending book balances to general ledger. F/C TRUCKING, Corpus Christi, Texas 9/09 – 10/12

Co-Owner / Manager

Responsible for the financial operations of the company, including preparing and analyzing accounting records, financial statements and other financial reports using accounting software.

Developed and implementing record keeping and accounting systems.

Analyzed business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.

Managed cash, checks, vouchers, debit, credit and other accounts using spreadsheets and databases. Reconciling discrepancies found in records.

Compiled statistical, financial, accounting and auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses. EDUCATION

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - Corpus Christi, Texas 8/02 - 12/12 Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies PROFICIENCIES /SKILLS

Strong communication skills, a fast learner and self-starter with a high level of professionalism.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Familiarity with Texas A&M System and UTHealth platforms such as FAMIS, Concur, Laserfiche, USAS, Agibuy and Authorize.Net, Sungard, PeopleSoft Financial Management and many bank systems.

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