Jodi Wiken
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Organize bookkeeper proficient in QuickBooks and Adobe software. Execute bookkeeping tasks for a variety of companies and organizations, excelling at quickly learning the business and procedures of my individual clients. Excellent accounting skills and attention to detail leading to decreased loss of revenue.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal
Coalition Bookkeeping
01.2024 - Current
- Owner and principal working with businesses and organizations handling their bookkeeping responsibilities
- Manage month end responsibilities for clients including bank reconciliation, sales tax filing, completing audits, financial, and month-end sales reports
- Manage weekly responsibilities for clients including bill pay, inventory management, income tracking, and payroll
- Audited client's books and and corrected $1M error
Bookkeeper
Pad & Quill, LLC
09.2014 - 12.2023
- Responsibilities included bill pay, payroll, bank reconciliation, sales tax filing, inventory management, completing audit, financial, and month-end sales reports
- Streamlined procedures and implement new processes for company’s optimal performance
- Audited and corrected previous years’ books
Business Administrator
First Evangelical Free Church
02.2021 - 05.2022
- Performed bookkeeping duties including tracking and administering donations, payroll, HR, bill pay, bank reconciliation, and producing monthly financial reports for the church council
- Navigated a worker’s comp claim and two loss claims for the church
- Executed property management duties with church’s rental properties
Sales Representative
Rapid Packaging
07.1994 - 02.1998
- Built a successful sales territory by listening to and meeting clients’ needs, establishing trust and building relationships by exemplifying professional dependability
- Met or exceeded quarterly goals
- Grew a new sales territory from five to 158 customers in three years
Regional Manager & Service Representative
Lawrence Jewelry Company
01.1989 - 07.1994
- Managed and trained 17 representatives in a seven-state territory
- Developed new training methods and created cost effective service structures, preserving the quality and integrity of the organization
- Strategized and implemented innovative ideas to get more product visibility in stores
- Facilitated the opening of costume jewelry departments in brand new territories and managed and completed multiple store remodels
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration and Organizational Communications
Concordia College
Moorhead, MNSkills
- Organized and detail focused
- Flexible and adaptable
- Innovative and resourceful
- Professional and dependable
- Proficient in QuickBooks and Microsoft 365
- StrengthsFinder themes; Woo, Communication, Responsibility, Developer, Empathy
Timeline
Principal
Coalition Bookkeeping
01.2024 - Current
Business Administrator
First Evangelical Free Church
02.2021 - 05.2022
Bookkeeper
Pad & Quill, LLC
09.2014 - 12.2023
Sales Representative
Rapid Packaging
07.1994 - 02.1998
Regional Manager & Service Representative
Lawrence Jewelry Company
01.1989 - 07.1994
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration and Organizational Communications
Concordia College