Accounting, Business, Administration, Customer Service

Linda Clements

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I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. – Frank Lloyd Wright

OBJECTIVE

Eager to apply my extensive skills and experience where I can become a value-added employee in a new long-term work-from-home position. My background includes accounting, bookkeeping, customer service, administrative, project management, payroll, HR benefits, internal auditing, etc. – a skill set that offers many career possibilities.

CORE COMPETENCIES

I have vast experience in Accounting and Bookkeeping, along with Payroll and HR Benefits. This accounting experience includes Accounts Payable/Receivable, quoting and costing product, along with participating in budget planning and setting up material costs. I am trained as an internal auditor for Sarbanes Oxley, insuring process compliance. Microsoft Office Suite is what I am most familiar with – Excel, Word, PowerPoint – although I have worked with several different data bases. I’ve been responsible for valuing and reporting Month-end Inventory and WIP. This included all types of reporting – financial, plant, corporate, and government.

I am a proficient Typist and Ten-Key-by-Touch, and have experience in most all types of Office Skills. These skills include Customer Service, Scheduling, Data Processing, Phones, Travel, Expense Reports, Petty Cash, etc. I am always ready for new challenges and opportunities.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Manager, VeraVie, Inc., Valencia, CA, (work-from-home) Jun. 2015 – Jan. 2016

As Project Manager for VeraVie, a start-up marketing company, I led a team during product development. I was the first person to determine the quality of the product, inserts and packaging before the final approval by the company managers, along with the final editing on all flyers and press releases. I also helped with customer service using Pure Chat software.

Program Specialist, Intuit, Phoenix, AZ, (work-from-home) Jan. 2015 – Apr. 2015

Working for Intuit Turbo Tax as a seasonal employee required the ability to research quickly on the internet. I provided phone support to customers with basic computer issues and program questions while completing their tax returns.

Cost Accountant, Gates, Corp., Iola, KS, June 2002 – Nov. 2014

Gates, Corporation is a $3.1 Billion global manufacturing company with over 14,000 employees. I was a member of the 3 person Accounting Department which included the controller at our facility, the subject matter expert for Sarbanes Oxley compliance, an internal auditor, and one of 4 tester/planners for Oracle costing and quoting.

Determined way to reduce time and effort when costing in Oracle. Led the change through the IT department at Corporate.

Month-end inventory was labor intensive and time consuming. Time was slashed in half, eliminating overtime, by creating scanning labels for all materials that allowed direct entry into the computer system. This process also cut out human error of hand entering the information. I was part of the team that came up with this solution and implemented it.

As the SME for Sarbanes Oxley, one of my responsibilities was to ensure compliance at our facility. I created electronic record keeping for process owners that allowed them to record any process changes, to document compliance was being met on a monthly basis by all process owners, and to keep them aware of any updates and changes. Maintaining these electronic documents allowed for successful audits.

Administrative Assistant, Gates, Corp., Iola, KS, Apr. 2000 – June 2002

Gates, Corporation is a $3.1 Billion global manufacturing company with over 14,000 employees. Hired in as the Administrative Assistant, my main job responsibilities were accounting, payroll and HR, managing the front office, and providing administrative support to the Plant Manager.

Teacher, USD #258, Humboldt, KS Aug. 1993 – Apr. 2000

I worked as a Teacher for Unified School District #258, teaching grades 1 through a Pre-Algebra class in High School. Curriculum development was based on the standards set by the State of Kansas, and team teaching was utilized at the Middle School level. Being part of team teaching allowed me to create lesson plans that not only expanded across different subjects, but added real life meanings and applications.

Accounting Assistant, Carole’s Accounting, Humboldt, KS, Aug. 1989 – Aug. 1992

Carol’s Accounting Service was a small, privately owned accounting service where I worked part-time while I was attending college. My job responsibilities included vendor set-up, 1099 forms, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciling, monthly profit and loss statements, sales tax and payroll returns. I also created payroll, payroll reports, and annual tax forms: W-2s and 940s.

Loan Secretary, Humboldt National Bank, Humboldt, KS, May 1977 – Aug. 1989

I started at Humboldt National Bank during High School. After graduating, I was offered a full-time position. During my tenure at the bank I performed bookkeeping, reconciled statements, researched documents, worked as a teller, a receptionist, a loan secretary, balanced cash drawers, opened new accounts, opened safety deposit boxes, set up Certificates of Deposit, IRAs, reviewed loan documentation and financial statements.

EDUCATION

Bachelor in Science, Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors, Emphasis in Mathematics, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS

Associates in Science, Allen County Community College, Iola, KS

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