Michelle Maes Resume

Michelle M. Maes

*** **** **** ****** • Longmont, Colorado 80501 • Home Phone - 303-***-****

Cell Phone - 303-***-**** • e-mail: ********.****@*******.***

PROFILE

Professional abilities in general bookkeeping with over twenty five years experience in accounts receivable, accounting spreadsheets, administrative and data entry services. Versatile team player who can work effectively and independently in challenging environments, and interface positively with people of diverse backgrounds. Ability to manage multiple tasks, is accurate, efficient, and detail oriented.

AREAS OF ABILITY

Proficient on Quickbooks, Windows, MS-Excel, MS-Word, Lotus 123, Lotus Word Pro, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer, Manbase, Great Plains, Quattro, Quicken, AmiPro, WordPerfect, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Calendar. Data entry keystrokes are 12,000: typing 60-65 wpm: 10 key by touch.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bookkeeping

 Extensive knowledge and experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, cash handling, and financial report generation performed for a variety of businesses.

 Accepted payments from customers and applied cash receipts to database program, family accounts and team accounts.

 Logged deposits into Quickbooks and made the deposits at the bank.

 Performed receptionist duties, meet/greet customers and assisted them with questions regarding soccer programs and registrations.

 Provided support with Player check-in and signing hundreds of players in during the try-out process.

 Maintained and repaired intricate Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson Labor Claim Spreadsheet for DPE Support Services. Johnson & Johnson Spreadsheet contained 32 interlocking Worksheets.

 Assisted Business Analysts with various Labor Claim spreadsheets, and duties for a variety of commercial accounts. Assisted on such accounts as Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Solectron, and Cendant. Maintained and sent out deadline notices, to a large e-mail distribution list of managers.

 Team participation in quarterly and yearly audits with CPAs and Securities Underwriters, that resulted in company placement on NASDAQ stock market.

 Trusted and relied upon for processing franchisee royalty payments. Extracted and updated numerous spreadsheets reflecting monthly, quarterly and yearly royalty payment totals. Royalty payment spreadsheets utilized by management, auditors and underwriters.

 Conducted research to billing and accounting questions for use in managerial decision-making for staffs up to 25. Set up entire accounts receivable system, which resulted in improving manager’s cash flow operation.

 Promoted to Computer Operator after two months of employment. Improved billing efficiency, which reduced project time.

 Executed critical computer operations under acute deadlines, with little supervision required.

 Converted data manually from an Altos, to an IBM 36 computer.

Organizational Skills

 Processed customer deductions, which required detailed and precise computer transfers to new log for sales department.

 Composed instruction manual to facilitate the training of new employees.

 Improved and redesigned forms, to be utilized by three internal companies.

 Created initial inventory control system that monitored costly capital equipment for service technicians.

WORK HISTORY

St. Vrain Youth Soccer Association,

Longmont, Colorado Aug 2005-Present

Bookkeeper & Administrative Assistant

Complete Home Healthcare, Longmont, Colorado July 2004-Aug2005

Personal Care Provider to Elderly and Disabled.

Highland Management, Boulder, Colorado.

(Contract Company for IBM) March 1999-May 2003

Administrative Assistant to Business Analysts for IBM Global Services-DPE Support.

Celestial Seasonings, Boulder, Colorado. July 1996-March 1999

Senior Accounts Receivable Bookkeeper.

Sugarloaf Creations, Boulder, Colorado. November 1992-June 1996.

Accounts Receivable/Royalties Coordinator.

Telephone Express, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1987-1989.

Billing Data Entry Clerk.

EDUCATION

Bookkeeping Course, At-Home Professions, Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Accounting, Front Range Community College, Longmont, Colorado.

Computer Information Technology, Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Graduate of Xavier High School, Phoenix, Arizona.

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