MARGARET GRINDROD

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Austin, Texas 78758

512-***-****

adzk5s@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER PROFILE

Organized, ambitious professional with over 30 years of experience in financial industry. Proven ability as full charge bookkeeper to perform all levels of accounting activities up to and including generation of financial statements specializing in cost accounting. Possess talent for quickly identifying and addressing needs of clients and coworkers. Detail-oriented, recognized for analytical abilities as well as thoroughness, speed, and accuracy in detecting discrepancies. Excellent organizational and follow-up skills. Extremely dependable in completing projects accurately and on time. Competent with computer applications for accounting, word processing, and spreadsheet creation for correspondence, data analysis, and procedural manuals. Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.

Extensive experience through temporary services encompassing a wide variety of industries. Background includes, but is not limited to: non-profits; construction industry, oil & gas industry, commercial building, commercial & residential landscape contracting, as well as in-ground swimming pool installation. Experience also extends to repair and maintenance services, radio dispatching, delivery coordination, customer relations and billing, accounts payable, insurance industry, retail sales, loss prevention, retail supervisor, and the broadcast industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, INC – Austin, Texas

Founded in 1891, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas is the oldest patriotic women’s organization in Texas and one of the oldest in the nation.

Full Charge Bookkeeper July 2019 - Present

Supervisor: Treasurer General

Originally assigned through Accountemps, later hired full-time November, 2019 to fill the vacant position of Bookkeeper. Was able to transition to working from home during Covid lockdown. Duties have expanded greatly after a staff vacancy has gone unfilled since mid-2021.

Responsible for all accounting duties through P&L. This included preparing financial documents monthly for individual committees by cost center as well as for the Finance Committee and the Board of Management.

Create sale receipts and invoices for purchases through direct sales, telephone, workshops, or the DRT website. Also responsible for packaging and mailing orders.

Prepare, record, and make deposits to appropriate bank accounts for individual funds.

Obtain W-9s from new vendors and authorizations for incoming bills; record and print checks for signature. Mailed checks for signature when signatory is unable to sign in person. This process was started during lockdown.

Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and spreadsheets for all checking and investment accounts. Current total: 33.

Assist in the posting of membership dues from 98 chapters and individual dues from Members-at-Large. Total membership as of March 2023 – 7000.

Assist the Treasurer General in the preparation of annual budgets for specific committees as well as the Administration for presentation to the Board of Management; later for approval at the Annual Convention.

Prepare various spreadsheets for annual audit for outside auditing firm and consulting accountant.

Maintained digital copies of contracts, financial reports, and other documentation in secure server folder.

Assist members in accessing their account on the DRT website/database and/or updating their information as needed.

ACCOUNTEMPS – Austin, Texas

Accounting Specialist April 2017 – November 2019

Supervisor: Lisa Kedy

Assigned to various temporary accounting positions as outlined below.

Accounting Specialist - Assisted in the Accounting department of a Homeowners Association that was transitioning all in-house accounting to a third party management company. A delay in the hand-off necessitated my taking over several in-house accounting functions for an additional three months. Coded invoices for approval and posting. Prepared and mailed accounts payable checks. Processed incoming checks for electronic bank deposits. Prepared resale certificate packages for title companies. Posted journal entries daily.

Accounts Payable Clerk - Assisted in the Accounts Payable department of corporate office of a multi-location construction and service company Printed and coded daily incoming invoices from vendors and branch locations. Prepared invoice batches for posting though Microsoft Dynamic GP via receiving purchase orders. Researched invoices and/or purchase orders rejected by the accounts payable system as invalid.

Billing Assistant - Served as Assistant to the Billing Supervisor for Non Profit agency. Monthly billing of client services through HMO website portals for Medicaid insurance claims for meals provided. Prepared spreadsheets and reports for the monthly HMO billing and tracking of issues. Processed monthly client claims to HMOs through online portals. Recorded HMO payments in spreadsheets and researched any issues, filing disputes and rebilling as needed.

Accounting Manager - Assigned to serve in capacity of Accounting Manager for Non Profit agency. Services were provided through State and private grant funding that were being broken out to several other agencies. Operations were suspended as of August 2017 and agency ceased operations December 2017.

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION – AMAC Austin, Texas

An independent federal agency created by the US Congress to regulate, charter, and supervise federal credit unions.

Research Assistant – Division of Liquidation & Management Services Apr 2010 – Nov 2012

Bookkeeping Assistant – Division of Finance Dec 2012 – Feb 2014

Member Issues Specialist – Division of Finance Mar 2014 – Mar 2017

Supervisor: Russell Vardeman 40 hours per week

Research Assistant - DLMS

Tasked in increasingly more responsible positions performing forensic accounting in the reconstruction of member accounts for liquidated credit unions. Able to understand and analyze financial data to identify fraudulent activity.

Reconstructed accounts utilizing spreadsheet software and database software to develop spreadsheets to analyze data and detect fraud.

Created searchable databases by converting text files into Excel format and speeding up the process of locating information.

Compiled and organized documents necessary for legal evidence for victim impact statements.

Prepared correspondence and journal vouchers.

Provided general clerical and office support when needed.

Accounting Assistant - DOF

Moved to Division of Finance (DOF) in recognition of strong accounting background and performance results.

Brought in to eliminate the backlog of daily transaction activity that had not been verified in several months. Checked figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper cost center codes against trial balances.

Made recommendations to office procedures in posting and record keeping that streamlined the system, reduced waste and saved an average of twenty-five man-hours per month, cutting back on overtime.

Instrumental in getting records organized in time for March 2013 audit that was passed with flying colors.

Prepared journal entries with appropriate back up documentation for posting an transactions as needed.

Acted as backup for Cash Desk for the daily processing of incoming monies through three separate portals: Lockbox for client checks, Pay.Gov for credit card payments, and US Treasury for ACH and Fedwire transactions.

Acted as backup for posting staff as needed.

Member Issues Specialist

Moved into the position after a carve out of specifics in a new directive pertaining directly with issues arising from payouts to members after closure of a credit union by NCUA.

Acted as liaison between Research Department of DLMS to avoid duplication of accounting entries.

Tasked with assisting in the writing and formatting of individual desktop procedures for the Division of Finance.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, INC July 2019 – Present

Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Skrobarcek, Treasurer General 512-***-**** 40 hours per week

810 San Marcos Street, Austin, Texas 78702

ACCOUNTEMPS April 2017 – November 2018

Supervisor: Lindsay Kedy 512-***-**** various hours

10801 N. MoPac Expressway Building 2, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78759

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

AMAC Contract Employee March 2014 – March 2017 AMAC Human Resources: Julie Venus 512-***-****

4807 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 5100 Austin, TX 78759

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cost accounting specialist Non-Profit and Not-for-Profit

Customer service representative Inventory assistance

Oil & Gas Industry Administrative Assistant

Computer software installation & upgrade supervisor

Construction industry – commercial building, in-ground swimming pool, landscaping

EDUCATION

Daemen College, 4380 Main Street Amherst, NY 14226 – 2yr Major: Business & Accounting

COMPUTER LITERACY / SPECIAL SKILLS

QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification

Adobe Acrobat Pro Microsoft Office 365

MS Word & Excel Outlook Sharepoint

Microsoft Access Imis Database Zoom

Aftech Prologue

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