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
Atlanta, GA
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
Atlanta, GA
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
Decatur, GA
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, GASkills
- 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