MIRANDA ADAMS
**** ***** ******, ***** ** NM 505-***-**** ***********@*****.***
SUMMARY
A highly motivated, Full-Charge Bookkeeper, Office & HR Manager and Collections Professional with a verifiable record of accomplishment spanning over twenty-five years. Highly creative, recognized as a results oriented and solution-focused individual. Areas of strength include:
● A/P, A/R
● P&L/BS Statements
● Organizational and Time Management Skills
● Computer Literacy
● QuickBooks Expert / Mid-Expert Level Excel
● Very fast learner and great capacity for understanding any accounting software
● HR/Employee Relations
● Legal Aspects of HR & Payroll
● Cost Accounting
● Communication Skills
● Tax Reporting (All Types)
COMPUTER SKILLS
● QuickBooks (Expert Level)
● Microsoft Word
● Excel
● Quicken Accounting Software (Minimal Experience
● Merchant POS Software
● Typing Speed 72+ WPM
EXPERIENCE
1997-Current
Aug 2016-
Oct. 2019
Nov, 2015-
July 2016
FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER / OFFICE MGR
Evergreen Landscaping & Fencing Co., Santa Fe, NM
Co-Owner of Family Business with 5,000+ clients & 40+ vendors
● Full charge processing of all A/P & A/R
● Manage all petty cash and office supply expense accounts
● Reconcile bank statements, record general ledger entries
● Monthly, quarterly, annual tax reporting (GRT, 940’s, 941’s, etc.)
● Establish Customer credit lines and set up credit accts with vendors
● Advertise business in local publications; create & distribute flyers/cards
● HR- All Areas (I-9 verification, payroll, payroll tax reporting)
● This is a seasonal business only (mostly summertime) and will not interfere with my ability to work full-time if hired by you. Art Transport Coordinator, Assistant to the Director Art Handlers, Ltd., Santa Fe, NM
● Arranged transport & delivery of artwork, sculpture (and sometimes home furnishings) internationally according to our scheduled routes.
● Dispatched pickup & delivery instructions to drivers while en route
● Reconciled drivers travel logs/receipts to ensure accuracy
● Assisted Director/Owner with various tasks
● Invoiced Clients, processed payments, accepted payment arrangements & ensured clients upheld agreements (collections & friendly reminders)
● Light bookkeeping (AP/AR, payroll assistance, etc.)
● Assisted with payroll tax reconciliation for a prior period which was inaccurate- worked with owner to correct errors and ensure accuracy going forward.
Bookkeeper, HR Director & Office Mgr.
Alpha Restoration & Construction Services (Disaster Restoration such as fire, flooding, mold, etc. as well as new construction and remodeling)
● All bookkeeping functions including A/P, A/R, account reconciliation, posting all transactions to proper locations
● Creation and interpretation of financial reports, cash flow reports, budgets
● Took meeting minutes and updated Articles of Incorporation binder monthly
● Job cost accounting
● Human Resources - all functions: payroll for 20+ full time employees, several dozen contract workers (1099 filers), payroll tax reporting monthly, quarterly, annually etc.
● Issued NTTC's, obtained W9, license and insurance information from subcontractors,
● New hire reporting, employee orientation, Workman's Comp claims.
● Numerous day-to-day tasks.
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Oct 2014-
June, 2015
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & HR DIRECTOR
Santa Fe Waldorf School, Santa Fe, NM
● Accounts Payable functions, Bank Reconciliations, GJE’s
● Benefits Administrator (Health, Dental, Life, Retirement & Cafeteria Plan)
● Maintained accuracy of employee paid time off (Vacation, Sick & Personal days)
● New Hire Reporting
● I-9 verification / Background checks
● Employee review reports W-9 & 1040 processing as well
● All payroll calculations, withholdings, and paycheck processing for 49+ regular salaried employees and several dozen contract laborers and substitute teachers
● Maintained and updated employee files and assisted in terminations (more formally called “exit interviews”) to ensure proper procedures were followed.
June,
2014-July,
2014
ACCOUNTING DATA RECONSTRUCTOR
Shidoni Foundry, Santa Fe, NM
Temp position through hiring agency- 6 week position
● Assisted accounting department in recreating over 2 years of financials that were lost during their accounting software transition.
● Downloaded 27 bank statements and re-entered their information into QuickBooks, ensuring their financial statements agreed with the bank reconciliations.
● Assisted in preparing the company’s Federal & State tax returns, which were 2 years past due because of this loss of information
● Ensured all proper Journal Entries were done to reflect depreciation and appreciation of assets.
July,
2009-June,
2014
FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER / OFFICE & HR MGR.
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM & LewAllen Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ 4 Art Galleries, Condominium Assn. & Realty Assn. under one corporate umbrella
● Full charge processing of all A/R & A/P for each entity (2 nonprofits)
● Managed all petty cash & office supply accounts
● Reconciled 9 bank accts & 8 credit card accts; recorded general ledger entries
● HR- all areas (I-9 verification, payroll, payroll tax reporting, benefits administration)
● Monthly, quarterly & annual tax reporting
● Financial statement creation/interpretation; Budgets & forecasting Jan,
2007-May,
2009
FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER/ OFFICE & HR MGR
ECO-Sensors, Inc.,, Santa Fe, NM
Creators of Ozone Sensitivity Testing Devices
● Full charge processing of all A/R & A/P
● Managed all petty cash & office expense accounts
● Reconciled 7 bank accounts & 4 credit card accounts; record GJE’s
● HR- all areas (I;9 verification, payroll, payroll tax reporting, benefits administration)
● Monthly, quarterly, annual tax reporting (all types)
● Financial statement creation / interpretation; Budgets / forecasting
● ISO-2000 implementation (create step-by-step exact procedures manuals for each job position)
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Reduced A/R aging from an average of 87 days to 63 days in less than 7 months
(ECO-Sensors)
● Established new credit criteria for new accounts, significantly reducing bad debt
(LewAllen)
● Wrote employee manual & updated annually (ECO-Sensors)
● Wrote credit policy and procedures manuals for all positions (ECO-Sensors)
● Created & maintained spreadsheet to track & verify all employees paid time off (Waldorf School)
● Assisted with the transition of entity change from an LLC to C-Corp and ensuring that data from each entity was kept separate for tax purposes, yet flowed smoothly for operating purposes (Alpha Restoration).
● Certificate in Small Business Management (Rio Salado College, Maricopa Cty. AZ,2022) SPECIAL INTERESTS
Music, Singing / Songwriting, Crossword Puzzles (the hard, MATH ones), Spoiling my pets REFERENCES- Promptly furnished upon request
Thank you for considering me for this position. I appreciate it very much Miranda Adams
505-xxx-xxxx
***********@*****.***
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