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Felecia Goodwin

Decatur,GA

Summary

Detail-oriented Finance/Budget Coordinator proficient in monitoring costs, investigating variances, and processing data files. Excellent multitasking, problem-solving, and interpersonal abilities. Prepared to bring years of related experience and take on a new professional challenge.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Administrative Assistant

Emory University
06.2014 - Current
  • Support department goals with thorough research, data analysis, and report generation for department and graduate student budget
  • Budget management and monitoring expenditures, identifying variances, and taking corrective action for department budget, graduate program budget, and URC awards
  • Create and maintain financial spreadsheets for department budget, graduate program budget, various URC awards, and NSF grants.
  • Prepare concise budget reports, allowing department head to make informed decisions regarding resource allocation.
  • Analysis of long-term financial strategies by conducting historical trend analysis and projecting future expenses.
  • Provided ongoing support to department managers in understanding their budgets, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with company policies.
  • Train new team members on internal budget procedures and expense reimbursement, fostering a collaborative work environment among finance staff members.
  • Generated financial projections and forecasts for the short and long term.
  • Manage expenditures for URC awards, providing EBI year-end reports to faculty.
  • Clear open encumbrances for department budget, graduate program budget, and URC awards
  • Process expense reimbursements for faculty, staff, students, recruitment candidates and seminar speakers,
  • Point of contact for answering questions regarding travel policy and complex travel-related issues.
  • Make departmental deposits and ODE deposits
  • Process honorarium payment requests
  • Prepare journal entries and journal movers for the department and graduate program budgets.
  • Generate various financial reports for analysis and reconciliation of budgets utilizing Emory Business Intelligence (EBI)
  • Speedtype requests through Compass.
  • Conduct annual expense and travel reimbursement training sessions for new faculty.
  • Order and restock supplies for the Economics Department located in the Rollins building
  • Order and process Amazon orders for faculty.
  • Plan and coordinate the annual Welcome Back Party, including researching caterers, assisting in menu selection, and providing assistance for the Economics Department Banquet event.
  • Reconcile Pcard transactions.
  • Update the Electronic bulletin board with department events, seminar speaker events, and faculty and student news.

Professional Assistant II/III

Fulton County Schools
09.2006 - 08.2013
  • Type, proofread, and edit correspondence (e.g., letters, reports, forms).
  • Planned catered events, scheduled executive meetings, and reserved meeting facilities.
  • Provide switchboard relief for system with eight lines and 250 extensions
  • Fingerprint all new employees to District and maintain confidential records and database.

Administrative Assistant

Eastside Concrete Contractors
01.2000 - 09.2006
  • Process payroll using Paychex/QuickBooks
  • Prepare and ensure accuracy of quarterly reports for state and federal taxes
  • Assist with budgets for various projects, ensuring compliance
  • Reconcile bank accounts
  • Research customer/vendor billing and invoice discrepancies
  • Maintain employee timesheets and leave of absence records
  • Monitored incoming payments from clients, ensuring prompt application of funds against outstanding invoices and make bank deposits.
  • Processed invoices.

Education

Administrative

Branell Business School
Atlanta, GA

Skills

  • Expense Reporting
  • Event Coordination
  • Budget Planning & Forecasting
  • Expense Monitoring
  • Invoice Processing
  • Attention to Detail
  • Problem-Solving
  • Excellent Communication

Timeline

Program Administrative Assistant

Emory University
06.2014 - Current

Professional Assistant II/III

Fulton County Schools
09.2006 - 08.2013

Administrative Assistant

Eastside Concrete Contractors
01.2000 - 09.2006

Administrative

Branell Business School
Felecia Goodwin