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Colleen H. Cherry

Gallatin,TN

Summary

Adept at driving operational excellence and client satisfaction, I leveraged my expertise in QuickBooks and client relationship building at Norwood Properties to enhance rental transactions and streamline property management processes. My multifaceted skill set, honed across diverse roles, significantly contributes to achieving and surpassing business goals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Home Rental Coordinator

Norwood Properties
Gallatin, USA
12.2024 - Current
  • Oversee the daily operations of rental properties in Cheatham County, Clarksville, and Nashville
  • Conduct property inspections before move-ins and after move-outs
  • Oversee multiple apartment complexes in which Norwood Properties manages
  • Act as the primary contact for tenant inquiries and issues
  • Ensure timely resolution of tenant concerns, coordinating with maintenance teams as needed
  • Advertise available properties through online platforms, social media, and local listings
  • Conduct property tours and screen potential tenants
  • Manage the lease process, including drafting agreements and collecting required documentation
  • Maintain accurate records of leases, payments, and tenant communications
  • Ensure compliance with local housing regulations and laws
  • Collect rental payments and follow up on overdue accounts
  • Assist in setting competitive rental rates by analyzing market trends
  • Maintaining tenant’s files and receipts in QuickBooks
  • Downloading bank transactions
  • Keep organized records and files for easy and efficient retrieval
  • Process payments for maintenance repairs for vendors
  • Accounts Payable; matching items receipts and POs to vendors bills

Accounting

Commercial Door & Frame Distributors
Hendersonville, USA
04.2023 - 11.2024
  • Process and collect funds – Investigate bounced checks in our Dex Forte system, find the order and customer information, reach out to the customer to re-collect funds and process for Commercial Door & Frame company and Fast Partitions company
  • Investigate case, come to a resolution within reason for the company and the customer for Commercial Door & Frame and Fast Partitions
  • Investigate each refund in the refund mailbox, check our Dex Forte banking system to make sure all credit cards and E-Checks have cleared before issues refunds
  • Processing Checks- for refunds in Quick Books
  • Review A/R report for all Terms Clients and send out new invoices and POs for upcoming payments
  • Call vendors who are late on payments
  • Update all new term clients in Quick Books, add all documents into their profile, and the amount customers are approved for
  • Process invoices for customers into Quick Books
  • Process Bills for vendors into Quick Books

Front Desk Coordinator

Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
Hendersonville, USA
02.2016 - 03.2023
  • General front desk duties include opening the office each morning and ensuring that the front office area is orderly and welcoming
  • Greet clients, associates and visitors in a friendly and helpful demeanor
  • Follow all office closing procedures at the end of each day
  • Answer a multiline telephone system and address general questions, while transferring specific calls to appropriate personnel
  • Take and distribute all messages left for office personnel, attorneys / paralegals who are not readily available
  • All messages received after hours or during unavailable times are read and forwarded to the appropriate paralegal or attorney
  • Receive and process daily mail and fax correspondence
  • Research all correspondence by client name in the database Filevine, to ensure mail is directed to the appropriate attorney / paralegal
  • Assist and support all scheduled Vendor’s Breakfasts, Marketing Luncheons and Lunch & Learn Meetings, by ensuring that conference rooms are neat and set up properly

Deputy Clerk

State of North Carolina Superior Court
Beaufort, USA
04.2015 - 02.2016
  • Process a data system titled NCAOC Mainframe to update all court cases at the end of the court session for domestic cases
  • Process all domestic cases that will be held in court on Motions Day and during Trial week
  • After cases are entered, I enter a website called Juno and post the court dates and times to calendars for all participating attorneys
  • After trial, I re-enter NCAOC and update each case with resulting motions / orders
  • I also enter all new domestic cases that have been filed and re-post to existing calendars all reschedules that apply

Administrative Service Assistant II

Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Nashville, USA
04.2013 - 02.2015
  • Effective July 1, 2014, I was assigned the duties of scheduling New Law Teleconferences for eight Workers Compensation Court Judges, which includes one Chief Judge
  • Process referred RFAs for assignment to the Quality Assurance Initiative Unit
  • Maintain the calendars and the scheduling of RFA Teleconferences among 18 WC Specialist Fours/Attorneys within the statewide Benefit Review Program
  • Record, log and maintain Excel data spreadsheets for RFA Teleconferences in respect to disputed Temporary Benefits and / or Discovery issues
  • Assist constituents with Requests for Assistance by gathering and sharing information necessary to complete the file and move all referred requests through the teleconference scheduling process
  • Prepare and provide a monthly report on active and closed files and disperse Division-wide
  • Participate in the Annual Educational Conference; cover the registration desk and sign in over 600+ attendees

Education

GED -

Nashville Tech
Nashville, TN
01.1999

High School -

Glencliff High School
Nashville, TN
01.1983

Skills

  • CNT
  • CPR Certification
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Power Point
  • Data Entry
  • Lead Docket
  • Filevine
  • Outlook
  • Civil Court Trial Scheduling
  • Document Maintenance
  • Interaction with the Legal Community
  • Posting Trial Dates
  • Fishbowl
  • CRM
  • DEX Forte
  • CDF Pro Door Builder
  • Workspace Bloom
  • Southeastern Freight
  • LTL Freight Shipping
  • Industry networking
  • R&L Carriers
  • Quick Books Online
  • SharePoint
  • Scheduling and planning
  • Client relationship building
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Rental transactions
  • Multitasking proficiency
  • Performance analysis

Past Experience

  • Accounting, Commercial Door & Frame Distributors, Hendersonville, TN, 04/01/23, 11/30/24, Process and collect funds – Investigate bounced checks in our Dex Forte system, find the order and customer information, reach out to the customer to re-collect funds and process for Commercial Door & Frame company and Fast Partitions company., Disputes – Investigate case, come to a resolution within reason for the company and the customer for Commercial Door & Frame and Fast Partitions., Process Refunds – Investigate each refund in the refund mailbox, check our Dex Forte banking system to make sure all credit cards and E-Checks have cleared before issues refunds., Processing Checks- for refunds in Quick Books., Review A/R report for all Terms Clients and send out new invoices and POs for upcoming payments., Term Clients – Call vendors who are late on payments., Term Clients – Update all new term clients in Quick Books, add all documents into their profile, and the amount customers are approved for., Process invoices for customers into Quick Books., Process Bills for vendors into Quick Books.
  • Front Desk Coordinator, Rocky McElhaney Law Firm, Hendersonville, TN, 37075, 02/01/16, 03/20/23, General front desk duties include opening the office each morning and ensuring that the front office area is orderly and welcoming., Greet clients, associates and visitors in a friendly and helpful demeanor., Follow all office closing procedures at the end of each day., Answer a multiline telephone system and address general questions, while transferring specific calls to appropriate personnel., Take and distribute all messages left for office personnel, attorneys / paralegals who are not readily available., Receive and process daily mail and fax correspondence., Assist and support all scheduled Vendor’s Breakfasts, Marketing Luncheons and Lunch & Learn Meetings.
  • Deputy Clerk, State of North Carolina Superior Court, Beaufort, NC, 28515, 04/01/15, 02/28/16, Process a data system titled NCAOC Mainframe to update all court cases at the end of the court session for domestic cases., Process all domestic cases that will be held in court on Motions Day and during Trial week.
  • Administrative Service Assistant II, Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Nashville, TN, 37228, 04/01/13, 02/28/15, Effective July 1, 2014, I was assigned the duties of scheduling New Law Teleconferences for eight Workers Compensation Court Judges., Process referred RFAs for assignment to the Quality Assurance Initiative Unit.
  • Administrative Service Assistant I, Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Nashville, TN, 37243, 01/01/07, 04/30/13, Data Entry, Research and Retrieval of Claim Information; RFA Processing., Support and assist Workers’ Compensation Specialists with administrative tasks.
  • Clerk III, Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Nashville, TN, 37243, 03/01/05, 01/31/07, Prepare Invoices for Billing; Reconcile Daily Receivable Accounts., Customer Service - Receive and Respond to Telephone Inquiries.
  • Clerk III, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Nashville, TN, 12/01/99, 03/31/05, Prepared invoices for Billing; Received Bids; Chose Vendors., Entry of Data regarding State Highway System.
  • Board Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, Ashland City, TN, 37015, 01/01/01, 01/31/15, Serve as a liaison between the public and the Ashland City Mayor’s Office., Conduct hearings involving zoning ordinances and make recommendations as to their outcome.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Home Rental Coordinator

Norwood Properties
12.2024 - Current

Accounting

Commercial Door & Frame Distributors
04.2023 - 11.2024

Front Desk Coordinator

Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
02.2016 - 03.2023

Deputy Clerk

State of North Carolina Superior Court
04.2015 - 02.2016

Administrative Service Assistant II

Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
04.2013 - 02.2015

GED -

Nashville Tech

High School -

Glencliff High School
Colleen H. Cherry