Araka Benton

Experienced Office Management and Administration Professional experienced optimizing productivity, efficiency and service quality across various environments. Highly dependable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational, technical and business acumen. Works effectively with cross-functional teams in ensuring operational and service excellence.

• Dynaflow Inc., 04/01/08, Present, AA - Accounting, Communicating with management to better understand financial needs and report that information to the Accountant, Managing basic office administrative tasks including filing, printing, and end of month closings. reporting, Recording and processing all financial and accounting practices, including profit and loss reports, Maintaining bookkeeping and office accounting needs such as monthly closings, credit card reconciliations and accounts payable and receivables., Managing schedules, making travel arrangements and completing expense reports of upper management.
• Dynaflow Inc., 01/01/11, 12/31/13, Office Administrator, Coordinate activities throughout the company to ensure efficiency and maintain compliance with company policy, Prepare proposals and grants for submission via various government agency portals., Receipt and review of contracts and amendments, creating internal files with contract digests and statements of work., Review of FAR regulations and ensuring company compliance, Website management, including redesign of the company website and content management and updating, Maintaining bookkeeping and office accounting needs, Receiving payments and updating accounts payable and receivable records
• Dynaflow Inc., 01/01/13, 12/31/15, Administrative Manager, Planning and coordinating administrative and accounting procedures and systems and devising ways to streamline processes, Event planning for company wide plan events including coordinating catering., Logistics Management including coordinating with technicians, researchers creating shipping documents , packing products and selecting carriers for transportation, HR functions such as onboarding new employees , managing employee files and being ACA compatible, Maintaining the company’s SBIR / STTR commercialization history database
• Dynaflow Inc., 01/01/15, Present, Office Manager, Overseeing the work of all employees to ensure they work productively and meet deadlines and company standards, Creating reports on maintenance, repairs, safety and other occurrences for supervisors and other relevant staff, Working with the facility security officer and the IT department on NIST compliance, Working closely with the board of directors and working on future plans of the company, Maintaining bookkeeping and office accounting needs, Collecting payments and updating accounts payable and receivable records, Scheduling client appointments and managing important department deadlines