Donna Lynn Gauthier

RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS OF Shelter Enterprises AND ITS 3 FINANCIALLY RELATED CORPORATIONS, a manufacturing Plant, a high End builder construction Co a Property Acquisition and Development Co, A/P, A/R, human resources, BEnefits Mgmt, Management, Management Reporting, tax reporting and filing, Customer and vendor relations, banking relations, purchasing, IT and computer training, asissted in sales dept and sales planning, created a customer sales contact tracking program, truck drivers record keeping and driving requirements, Complying with DMV require,ments for owned and leased tractors and trailors, Assuring OSHA compliance. recording and budget administration on construction projects, Assisted with property management for the Oliver street Apartments and the City Lofts of Cohoes, reviewed new tenant applications, ran background checks verified references and employment, making tenant decisions, contact for maintenance and tenant issues, wrote policies, developed the leases and maintained records for all company owned properties, maintained all employee records and required documentation

• bAG lADY, HAHAHA, no seriously effective Prmotions was a direct Mail Marketing Company selling custom printed promotional bags and promotional products nationwide
• Maintained computer and physical filing systems.
• Oversaw office inventory activities by ordering and requisitions and stocking and shipment receiving.
• Optimized organizational systems for payment collections, AP/AR, deposits and recordkeeping.
• Established workflow processes, monitored daily productivity and implemented modifications to improve overall performance of personnel.
• maintained a database of approx 8,000 customers
• produced monthly customer promotions, reorder letters to every customer every month, wrote, printed and prepared for mailing, kept mgmt comparison reports for all of the marketing campaigns
• Payroll and benefits management, interviewing hiring and personel management and maintaining necessary staffing levels, scheduling

• king Fuels incconsisted of 3 home heating Oil businesses, 17 gas sttions and 8 convenient stores
• Maintained computer and physical filing systems.
• Compared vendor prices and negotiated for optimal savings.
• Developed standard operating procedures for all administrative employees.
• Sourced vendors for special project needs and negotiated contracts.
• Oversaw office inventory activities by ordering and requisitions and stocking and shipment receiving.
• Optimized organizational systems for payment collections, AP/AR, deposits and recordkeeping.
• Established workflow processes, monitored daily productivity and implemented modifications to improve overall performance of personnel.

I Started in sales in the Handbag/Accessories Dept quickly moved to inventory maintenance maintaining and restocking the floor with handbags, accessories and hosiery, moved promoted to vendor/customer returns, issuing appropriate credits and restocking merchnsdise when needs, from there at the controllers request i moved to the Accounting dept, A/P and A/R, vendor statement verification, Vendor relations and problem resolutions, promote to A/P Manager and the Corporate Payoll Officer, 7 payroll controls in 5 states and the executive payroll, I assisted marketing management with all reporting functions, worked directly with the department buyers create buying plans and budgets, crested a macro driven auto update Profit update program, built and assisted requested complex management reports utilizing lotus 123 from there the controller requested that I go to the distribution center to correct our inventory problem, The distribution center was all paper driven with no computerization, I researched, toured other sites , recommended the purchase of a computerized inventory tracking system, purchased installed and directed the conversion, training all personnel on its uses and maintenance, in the end we tripled the distribution centers turn over time and improved inventory numbers by 50%, very successful project for me