Strong desire to help others, coworkers and customers, and willingness to put in extra effort to accomplish this goal. Nine years of experience providing high level accounting assistance including payroll calculation for hourly and salaried employees, accounts payable processing, bank reconciliations, and record keeping. First point of contact for payroll (hourly and salaried employees): researching discrepancies, updating employee records, balancing accounts, recording and tracking time off, deductions and tax reporting First point of contact for accounts payable: researching problems, vendor correspondence, record keeping, verify account coding, assisting departments with problems and reconciliations Thorough knowledge of office procedures including answering calls, greeting customers, scheduling appointments, filing and organization, record keeping, copying, creating professional correspondence and researching records Knowledge and experience with banking procedures both from a bank and a client perspective including opening new accounts, closing accounts, deposits, payments and reconciliations. Enjoyed many years of customer service, making customers/clients feel welcome and important, and enjoying doing so.