Lakeshia Latimer
Central,South Carolina
Summary
Job history in Assistant Bookkeeping with advanced level financial record keeping experience of difficult, complex nature. People person with great communication skills, passionate about bookkeeping and solving problems. Thorough knowledge of modern methods used in keeping and checking financial records and reports. Medical Administrative Assisting where I became passionate about patient care and aptitude for front desk duties . Skilled in appointment scheduling, efficient data entry, health records maintenance and insurance billing tasks. Additional strengths include staff communication and digital data input.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Assistant Bookkeeper
Hobby Lobby
Seneca, South Carolina
06.2020 - Current
- Perform general accounting functions, such as balancing safe and register tills
- Submit daily deposits and change orders
- Maintaining accurate filing system
- Assuring employees are up to date on trainings
- Validated and recorded invoices and resolved discrepancies with vendors.
- Compiled and analyzed variety of complex accounting and statistical information to prepare financial statements.
- Worked with senior accounting staff to prepare financial documents and reports such as bills and invoices, year-end analysis, budgets, financial records and financial statements.
- Maintained financial records to verify completeness and availability of records and compliance with policy and established regulatory guidelines.
Sub/Daycare Floater
Foothills Early Learning Center
Seneca, South Carolina
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Assisted in classrooms were help was needed
- Organized lesson plans and activities
- Making sure kids were accounted for at all times
- Followed DSS rules and regulations
- Modeled appropriate activities and positive behavior management.
- Encouraged child involvement in classroom experiences and group interaction.
- Assisted children with regular handwashing and wiped down hard surfaces often to minimize germ spread.
Area Educational Supervisor
EdVednture Children’s Museum- Club EdVenture
Columbia, South Carolina
09.2017 - 12.2019
- Making sure all kids in my group were accounted for at all times
- Organizing games and activities
- Helping kids with their homework and reading
- Being an outstanding leader so the kids could follow
- Making Schedules
- Assuring staff was following rules and procedures
- Filing necessary paperwork
- Reporting to supervisor at Museum
- Managed teams in creating institutional policies and standards, implemented policies and recommended process improvements.
- Prioritized multiple assignments and met tight deadlines with high-level degree of judgment.
- Led diverse teams of academic and administrative people toward positive and shared outcomes.
Medical Administrative Assistant Volunteer
Prisma Health Richland
Columbia, South Carolina
08.2017 - 12.2019
- Assured patients were signed in on logbook, and checked in in a timely manner
- Assisted with patient in-take process
- Administered hospital bracelets
- Escorted patients and their families
- Made phone calls regarding available care for patients who needed to be admitted
- Scanned in insurance information
- Verified insurance information receptionist
- Scheduled patient appointments and placed reminder calls to deliver exceptional customer experience.
- Documented patient medical information, case histories and insurance details to facilitate smooth appointments and payment processing.
- Coordinated customer service, patient scheduling and billing.
- Developed and managed accurate and confidential patient records.
- Scheduled surgeries for multiple surgeons and booked operating rooms.
Deli/Bakery Associate
WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET
Clemson, South Carolina
05.2016 - 08.2017
- Clean and sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment, and facilities
- Prepare food items such as salads, sandwiches, pizza, chicken, etc
- Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage
- Weigh or measure ingredients
- Receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils in refrigerators, freezers, shelves, and other storage areas
- Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly and when food supplies are getting low, and order needed items
- Cut and weigh a variety of meats and cheeses
- Provided customer service.
Telephone Operator
SPARKS RESEARCH
Clemson, South Carolina
04.2015 - 07.2016
- Promote company products, services, and savings plans when appropriate
- Obtain informed consent of research subjects and/or their guardians
- Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentation
- Perform data entry and other clerical work as required for project completion
- Screen potential subjects in order to determine their suitability as study participants
- Collected and verified telephone numbers, addresses and proper spelling of names.
- Directed incoming calls to internal personnel and departments, routing to best-qualified department.
Education
High School Diploma -
DW Daniel High School
08.2011 - 05.2015
Associate of Science - Science, Technology, And Society
Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton, SC 08.2015 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Health Information Technology
University of South Carolina Upstate
Spartanburg, SC 01.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC 08.2017 - 12.2019
Skills
Analytical reasoning
Exceptional organization
Bookkeeping
MS Office expert
Advanced computer proficiency (both PC and Mac)
Sales expertise
Complaint resolution
Documentation and reporting
Service recommendations
Telephone etiquette
Data security procedures
Medical terms and procedure knowledge
Health insurance industry knowledge
Health insurance
Claims reporting systems
Risk mitigation
Business planning
HIPAA and HITECH requirements
Certification
EHR and EMR Specialist
Timeline
Bachelor of Arts - Health Information Technology
University of South Carolina Upstate
01.2022 - Current
Assistant Bookkeeper
Hobby Lobby
06.2020 - Current
Sub/Daycare Floater
Foothills Early Learning Center
01.2020 - 04.2020
Area Educational Supervisor
EdVednture Children’s Museum- Club EdVenture
09.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of South Carolina - Columbia
08.2017 - 12.2019
Medical Administrative Assistant Volunteer
Prisma Health Richland
08.2017 - 12.2019
Deli/Bakery Associate
WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET
05.2016 - 08.2017
Associate of Science - Science, Technology, And Society
Tri-County Technical College
08.2015 - 07.2017
Telephone Operator
SPARKS RESEARCH
04.2015 - 07.2016
High School Diploma -
DW Daniel High School
08.2011 - 05.2015