MARY AMACKER
*** ******* ***** *****, *********, TN
acuq4l@r.postjobfree.com 901-***-****
GOAL
A detail oriented individual with 10+ years of experience in accounting, administrative support, and Human Resources with a working knowledge of office operation procedures in diverse industries. Strong organization skills and ethics to make sound judgement and decisions while coordinating and executing daily business operations. Seeking a position in Human Resources to apply solid education and experience with absolute professionalism.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Problem resolution
Customer relations
Time management
Deadline-oriented
Microsoft Office Word
Excel spreadsheets
Bank reconciliations
Quickbooks
Employee training and development
Performance tracking and evaluation
Procedure development
Policy writing
Counseling employees
Talent building
Special projects
Leadership
EXPERIENCE
Human Resources/ Accounting Roy Blackwell Enterprises COVINGTON, TN
11/2013 – Present
Trusted signer on all payroll and business accounts, maintain payroll including time keeping to entering time and printing pay checks. File all workman’s compensation, and handle union correspondences and benefits, banking deposits and transferring funds from the general to special accounts, maintaining insurance for fleet vehicles, business property, and service, maintaining monthly man safety hours, quarterly and annual OSHA 300 and 300A logs, workman’s compensation and EMR ratings. Career coaching and aligning employees’ training to meet the present and future needs of the company. Write and updating policy and make changes as needed. Maintaining personnel files and keeping them under lock and key and ensuring all files are kept confidential. Billing all invoices and sending electronically or by mail, account receivable and applying all payments to customer accounts, collections by contacting customers for payment on past due invoices, accounts payable for all venders, services, taxes, employee benefits, child support, court ordered garnishments and reimbursements. Interview applicants, assist in hiring and terminations decisions, and utilize a progressive disciplinary policy to make appropriate disciplinary actions to assist employees’ with correcting their actions or behavior (not punishment).
RESERVE SHERIFF LAFOURCHE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE THIBODAUX, LA
8/2009 – 7/2012
Assisting with paid and volunteer security details, supervise 50 youth explorers with parking, child identification, fundraising, and out of state competition activities. Training new youth explorers and adult reserve deputies, make arrest, file reports, appear in court, collect and log evidence. Track volunteer hours and training records for 100 reserves and 50 explorers, issue award ribbons and make rank promotion recommendations. Top law enforcement agency in the state OF Louisiana with an average number of combined annual volunteer hours with at least 75,000 and the second averages 40,000 hours.
DEPUTY SHERIFF LAFOURCHE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE THIBODAUX, LA
11/2004 – 8/2009
Serving and protecting the citizens and property of the parish through active patrols, addressing citizens’ issues, monitoring traffic and directing during peak traffic hours, school zones, handle general complaints, issue traffic citations and misdemeanor summons, effect felony arrest, maintain all sorts of reports and pass on information to other shifts, maintain all necessary equipment and supplies including issued vehicle. CALEA Accreditation team member for patrol. Responsible for gathering actual reports as proof that all policies and procedures were followed and preparing patrol areas for inspections, as well as, writing new policies and updating existing policy and procedures
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK BOSCOS MEMPHIS, TN
8/1996 – 12/1996
Calculated figures such as discounts, percentage allocations and credits. Coded the general ledger and processed vendor invoice payments. Coordinated approval processes of all accounts payable invoices. Balanced batch summary reports for verification and approval. Conducted month-end balance sheet reviews and reconciled any variances. Researched and resolved billing and invoice problems.
BRANCH ACCOUNTS PAYABLE GOODMAN MANUFACTURING HOUSTON, TX 7/1993 – 1/1996
Processed an average of 3000 invoices per month for a large-scale corporation. Renegotiated contract with Federal Express and lowered the rates for corporate and branch express mail packages. Calculated figures such as discounts, percentage allocations and credits. Coded the general ledger and processed vendor invoice payments. Coordinated approval processes of all accounts payable invoices. Balanced batch summary reports for verification and approval. Conducted month-end balance sheet reviews and reconciled any variances. Researched and resolved billing and invoice problems.
EDUCATION
ASHFORD UNIVERSITY, CLINTON IOWA GRADUATED 8/2015 GPA 3.97 BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office P.O.S.T. Regional Training Academy, THIBODAUX, LA 2/2005
LAW ENFORCEMENT LOUISIANA POLICE OFFICER STANDARD TRAINING CERTIFICATION
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accreditation committee member in addition to general duties assigned to full time position and received a unit commendation for excellence after agency was re-accredited through CALEA.
Received two additional unit commendations for group performing above and beyond expectations.
Outstanding Volunteer Service Award with the Boy Scouts of America for volunteering over 1000 hours for the year as an Advisor for the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Explorers POST 323
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society
Member of the Ashford University Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
VOLUNTEER WORK
Basketball Coach with the Upward program through my church
Cook Wednesday night family meals and AWANA children’s meals to feed 150+ people each week
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
National Association of Professional Women: Member of the Memphis and Nashville Chapters