Ellen Clifford
Gold Canyon,IN
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/
Woody Works Wonders LLC
01.2021 - 06.2023
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and
- Established foundational processes for business operations.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.
- Monitored market conditions to set accurate product pricing and take advantage of emerging trends.
- Prepared bank deposits and handled business sales, returns and transaction reports.
- Developed and implemented marketing strategies to generate new customers and increase sales and profit margins.
- Oversaw business budget planning and administration, accounting functions, purchasing, and bi-weekly payroll to handle financial needs.
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
Administrative Assistant
Financial Strategies LLC
04.2017 - 05.2018
- Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
- Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams.
- Received and sorted incoming mail and packages to record, dispatch, or distribute to correct recipient.
- Created and maintained databases to track and record customer data.
- Developed and updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze, and report on performance and sales data.
- Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks.
- Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
Financial Secretary
Valparaiso Area Lakes Area Conservancy District
02.2009 - 03.2011
- Maintained accurate records of organizational finances and generated reports as requested.
- Verified processing information and deposited received funds into organizational account.
- Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks.
- Completed forms, reports, logs and records to quickly handle all documentation for human resources.
- Recorded new hires, transfers, terminations, changes in job classifications and merit increases to main human resources files.
- Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
- Facilitated timely delivery of special projects to meet organizational and departmental objectives.
Circulation Clerk
Valparaiso Public Library
03.2006 - 02.2009
- Engaged in customer service by conducting searches of available materials, pointing out library resources and answering general questions.
- Processed and shelved returned materials after evaluating for general condition and cleanliness.
- Successfully completed check-in and check-out procedure for visitors taking or returning library books and audio materials daily.
- Delivered excellent guest services by answering inquiries from visitors.
- Answered questions from customers and staff.
- Organized shelves when patrons returned books.
- Showed library patrons where specific book collections were.
- Set up library displays with new and promoted books.
- Maintained inventory records and verified what items were available and items being used for active projects.
- Enabled ease of material location by replacing returned items in alphabetical order to library shelves.
- Maintained and updated patron records in library system database.
- Located desired customer items through interlibrary loan system and coordinated deliveries.
- Monitored patrons to enforce adherence to library policies for material management and behavior.
- Helped patrons to complete forms for library card issuance.
- Communicated with other local and regional branches to locate materials for inter-library loans.
- Processed customer fines and educated individual patrons on ways to minimize future charges.
Accounts Payable Clerk
Andover Management
08.1998 - 06.2002
- Reviewed vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.
- Maintained good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Evaluated financial records to detect errors and discrepancies.
- Documented petty cash transactions in petty cash journal to summarize payments rendered, maintaining accurate records.
- Assisted manager in formulating year-end financial reports to determine financial performance of companies.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
- Entered figures using 10-key calculator to compute data quickly.
- Input financial data and produced reports using multiple accounting software programs.
- Gathered, evaluated and summarized account data in detailed financial reports.
- Developed monthly, quarterly and annual profit and loss statements and balance sheets.
- Implemented new accounting processes to decrease spending and work flow downtime.
Education
Associate Of Applied Business - Accounting And Marketing
Purdue University - North Central
Westville, IN05.1999
Diploma -
Valparaiso High School
Valparaiso, IN06.1994
Skills
- Administrative Oversight
- Business Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Business Marketing
- Investor Relations
- Small Business Operations
- Marketing and Advertising
- Client Service
Timeline
Owner/
Woody Works Wonders LLC
01.2021 - 06.2023
Administrative Assistant
Financial Strategies LLC
04.2017 - 05.2018
Financial Secretary
Valparaiso Area Lakes Area Conservancy District
02.2009 - 03.2011
Circulation Clerk
Valparaiso Public Library
03.2006 - 02.2009
Accounts Payable Clerk
Andover Management
08.1998 - 06.2002
Associate Of Applied Business - Accounting And Marketing
Purdue University - North Central
Diploma -
Valparaiso High School
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