LINDA RUTH CAROTHERS
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
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EXPERIENCE
*/**** – 7/2014 VETERAN AFFAIRS – Accounting Technician, Secretary, Security Assistant
Perform work related to determining pay, maintaining payroll and accounting records, and completing related reports pertaining to civilian employees of the Federal Government while applying pay and leave laws, rules, regulations, and agency policy regarding entitlements to overtime, differentials, hazardous duty, holiday and special rates, premium pay, allowances, which at times involve conflicting requirements.
Public Liaison for the medical center management and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Director
Edit and compose letter and reports for medical center management.
Maintain and establish all service files and records.
Prepared all personnel action requests, schedules appointments and conference.
Coordinate meetings, receive incoming calls and directs them to the appropriate staff personnel.
Involved with site visitors and taking incoming calls.
Answer all incoming calls for the Medical Center Police Communications center.
Screen and prioritize calls and taking action on those calls requiring emergency police response.
Coordinate a team of employees who report to me once a month concerning safety issue.
Use SID database for updating administrative issues.
04/2007 – 11/2007 NORMANDY SCHOOL DISTRICT – Certified Payroll Specialist
Process automated payroll for all certified employees by using Automatic Data Processing Systems.
Set-up new employees and make necessary payroll changes for over 500 employees.
Process garnishment's, tax levies, child support, and all other liabilities and monitor payments.
Process retirement plans including 403b, 457.
Prepare financial reports and documents.
4/1998 - 7/2006 EAST ST LOUIS SCHOOL DISTRICT 189 – Accounting Specialist
Responsible for assisting in the preparation and processing of biweekly payrolls.
Maintaining payroll related records including permanent and substitutes.
Maintain accounts for attendance, controls accruals and calculates accrued leave at end of fiscal year.
Conduct routine audits of leave accounts to prepare reports for departmental use.
Assist in reconciling attendance records for retirement severance payments.
Deduct over payment from employees payroll, process invoices for insurance.
11/1988 – 01/1995 U S ARMY, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas – Personnel Specialist
Knowledgeable of Provisions and Limitations of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act.
Reviewed personnel transaction register and resolved errors and strength imbalances.
Gathered, compiled and prepared sensitive reports and presented to higher headquarters.
Disbursed and collected funds owed to the Government.
Advise Commander on human resource strengths, shortage and overage.
Prepare and review promotion packets and computed points.
Managed career progression for lower subordinates (E1-E4).
Planned and scheduled work day for office support.
Implemented and maintained SOP (Standard Operational Procedures) for human resource office.
EDUCATION
University of Houston Victoria-Criminal Justice, Bachelors of Art & Applied Science
Concorde Career Institute - Paralegal Diploma
Volunteer Work
Lead a team of volunteers that collected $8,000 plus in donations for Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) (2010