Andrea Nicholson
Burleson, TX 76028
Mobile 817/443-4443
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Allstate Insurance-Office Manager December 2016-curent
Career opportunities where skills such as commitment to quality, professionalism, active listening, time management, customer service, communication, teamwork and problem solving can be fully utilized and recognized.
Trains, motivates, empowers and coaches’ personnel to achieve performance excellence
Excellent planning and organization skills
Leader of continuous process improvement & change management
Organizational capability building
Effective internal/external communication
Canteen Vending-July 2014-July 2016
Responsible for the growth of business in large territory.
Manage 10 frontline associates (Drivers)
Developed strong relationships with colleagues of multi-million-dollar annual accounts.
Responsible for communication to and retention of client accounts.
Visit accounts and clients to maintain good relations and react to any comments, suggestions or concerns for account retention; actively pursue pricing goals.
Coordinate vending installations in new and existing accounts; perform account location inspections and machine audits to ensure company standards are met.
Review route reports to ensure integrity, control spoilage rates, monitor and control labor costs; ensure quality, cleanliness, merchandising, customer service and company policies and programs are maintained.
Schedule and modify route structure to improve productivity and control overtime compensation.
Accent Food Services- March 2010- July 2014
Regional Office Manager
Payroll-Approve all hourly and salaried employees bi-weekly payroll. Process all vacation requests and days off request.
Customer Invoicing-Process all customer invoices
Product Invoicing-Process all product invoices
Month/Year End Reconciliation of all accounting and money room
Petty Cash
Expense Reimbursement
Fleet Management- Manage all aspects of 50 vehicle fleet. All repairs and maintenance.
Building Maintenance-Manage all aspects of building maintenance.
Manage Office Staff-Manage all daily functions of office staff.
HR-Onboarding and Offboarding, Insurance Enrollment, New Hire Orientation, all pre-employment activities-background screening, drug testing, and MVR.
Manage Money Room-Manage all daily functions of high volume money room.
Budget Tracking-Manage all aspects of monthly budget tracking.
Bi-Monthly Budget Audit-Audit bi-monthly budget for regional office.
Forecasting-Monthly/Annual
Monthly Gas Card Audit-Monthly auditing of all gas card transactions.
Manage Installation Calendar-Installations and moves.
Manage Service Dispatching-Oversee all aspects of service calls and dispatching of calls, managing service techs and their schedules.
Route Reports-Daily accountability and over/short reports.
Inventory-Weekly and monthly inventories.
August 2002- Clark & Associates Custom Home Builder
2010(P.T.) Administrative Assistant
Manage vendor files-copy all incoming invoices, filed in property file and one in vendor file
Process contractors draws-process all contractor’s checks, weekly
and per project
Process Construction Contracts- process multiple types of construction contracts (residential)
Closing preparation-Review closing documents for changes prior to closing
Verify HUD-1- verifying all information on HUD-1 statement was true and correct and make or request all changes as needed
Finalize change orders-Ensure all change orders have been completed and billed accordingly
Jan. 2000 - Mansfield Home Away from Home Child Care Center
April 2004 Owner/Director
Managing the daily operation of childcare facility-
Full Cycle A/P- input of vendor invoices, match up with p.o., cut vendor checks
A/R-post payments, make deposits, collections
Billing- process all recurring and new invoices weekly, billing of child care to city and state agencies
Payroll- enter all timesheets, enter time into all appropriate classes, process weekly payroll checks, 941 Payroll Quarterly and Annual Tax Reports, W-2 Yearly Statements, monthly 941 deposits, TWC Quarterly and Annual Reports
Purchasing-weekly purchasing of all food and supplies
Inventory-weekly inventory of all food and supplies
Annual Budget- compile data by way of reports, adjust numbers for tuition increases, enrollment forecasts by month, supplies, repairs
Forecasting-forecast from increases and decreases to budget
Managing 9-15 employees-schedule changes due to activities, hiring, terminating, new hire and annual required training, ensure curriculum is followed daily, and ensure procedures were followed daily.
Maintaining facility in compliance with State Regulations-Conducted monthly inspections of fire extinguishers, conducted monthly fire drills, equipment inspections and menus to meet the daily intake of certain foods required by law
Aug. 1996 - The Earthgrains Baking Company, Dallas, TX
Jan.2000 Human Resources Generalist/Pricing Coordinator
(Responsible for 2 plants-approximately 700 employees)
Payroll- enter all new hires into computer, daily review of timesheets per department, advising dept. supervisor of discrepancy, making changes as needed, biweekly transmitting of payroll to ADP, ensuring accuracy of payroll and distributing checks to department heads, making journal entries of payroll costs per pay period, applying payroll costs to each GL account.
Affirmative Action Plan- Compliance, AAP Reporting (Quarterly & Annually)
Benefits Coordinator-enrolled eligible employees into health and dental
insurance programs as per their elected choice, annual open enrollment,
responsible for all aspects of AD&D, LTD, STD, Cobra, FMLA, 401k, and
retirement
File Maintenance- ensured all required documents were in employees file as required by company policy and state and federal law.
INS Compliance-maintained INS files, requested documents that expired ensured they were submitted before expiration.
Orientation of New Employees- conducted weekly orientation which consisted of presentation of company policies and procedures, benefits program, 401k program, retirement program, union enrollment when applicable
Workman’s Compensation- Audits, Reports and employee compliance
Union Coordinator- Negotiating, compliance, enrollment and grievances.
Pricing Coordinator-input of all pricing (new, promotional, wholesale, etc.) report analysis (daily, weekly, monthly), computer troubleshooting, installation of computer software/hardware
Budget Planning and Forecasting- adding percentage to certain products, deleting products that were being discontinued, increase and decrease in certain areas due to prior year sales
TRAINING
September 1999 University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
MCSE Certification Course
Networking Essentials
NT Workstation 4.0
NT Server 4.0
NT Enterprise
TCP/IP
March 1994 University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Paralegal
Paralegal Certificate Course
Westlaw Certified
June 2017 PHR/SPH Certification Course
CERTIFICATIONS
Paralegal
Microsoft Certified Professional
PHR/SPHR-Certification Class completed
TRAINING, SKILLS
Typing (55 wpm)
MS Office 97, 2000, 2000 Pro, 2007, 2008
Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro 2004, 2007
ADP Payroll, eTime
Extensive AAP Training
ADP Training Course
MEI
Ultipro
Ivend
REFERENCES
Upon Request