Leslie Sjostrom
Valley City,USA
Summary
Experienced administrative assistant with over 25 years of experience in providing exceptional administrative support. Proven track record of managing office operations, coordinating meetings and events, and handling complex administrative tasks with efficiency and accuracy. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail. Seeking a new opportunity to utilize my extensive experience and expertise.
Overview
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1
Certification
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Environmental Services Technician
CommonSpirit Health
Valley City, USA
02.2025 - Current
Administrative Assistant
Schauer & Associates
Jamestown, USA
03.2001 - 08.2024
- Perform general office tasks and provide administrative support to the firm's team.
- Responsibilities included: Scheduling meetings and managing calendars.
- Maintaining client files and data.
- Preparing materials for business meetings.
- Proactively communicating to ensure client needs and deadlines are met.
- Contributing to the office culture and client experience.
- Processing sales invoices, receipts, and payments, and maintaining financial records.
- Supporting vendor relations.
- Reconciling accounting statements.
- Processing and filing paperwork.
- Microsoft 365: Working within Microsoft 365 applications like Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint.
Office Administrative Assistant
Epworth United Methodist Church
Valley City, USA
01.1998 - 12.2000
- Responsibilities included a variety of tasks that support the church's operations, staff, and members:
- Prepare correspondence, answer phones, and facilitate communication between staff and members.
- Keep track of addresses, phone numbers, and other information for members, and update the church database.
- Assist with planning and implementing events, such as baptisms, weddings, and funerals.
- Help pastors schedule meetings and events, and provide support for meetings and special projects.
- Order and maintain office supplies, and control inventory.
- Maintain personnel records, and assign and maintain mailboxes and offering envelopes.
- Help with basic upkeep, archive files, and deal with tax information.
Payroll Clerk
Richtman Printing
Fargo, USA
01.1993 - 12.2000
- Processing paychecks: Collect employee data and timesheets, verify work hours, and calculate and issue paychecks.
- Maintaining records: Update payroll records regularly, including changes to exemptions, insurance, and job titles.
- Preparing reports: Compile summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, and more.
- Reconciling payroll: Compare payroll reports to the general ledger and bank statements.
- Addressing discrepancies: Resolve payroll issues and discrepancies.
- Preparing tax forms: Issue W-2s and 1099s.
- Supporting employees: Help employees with payroll inquiries.
- Assisting with audits: Support internal and external payroll audits.
Education
Associate's degree - Fashion Merchandising
Moorhead Technical College
Moorhead, MNSkills
- Greeting customers
- Supervising experience
- Attention to detail
- Order assistance
- Multi-line phone systems
- Employee relationship building
- Accounts payable
- Phone communication
- Computer skills
- Administrative experience within retail industry
- Phone customer support
- Staff supervision
- Customer complaint resolution
- Client invoicing
- Computer literacy
- Data entry
- Office phone management
- Windows
- Scanning
- Handling customer inquiries
- Administrative experience
- In-person customer service
- Computer operation
- Microsoft Office
- Bookkeeping
- Office activity coordination
- Shift management
- Front desk
- Typing
- Leadership
- Office experience
- Cash register
- Cash handling
- Administrative experience within finance industry
- Accounts receivable
- Office management
- Microsoft Word
- Cleaning
- Retail sales
- Communication skills
- Phone answering
- Purchasing
- Spreadsheet charts
- Hospitality
- Providing product information
- Phone etiquette
- Community relationship building
- Guest services
- Financial software
- Time management
- Microsoft Outlook
- Appointment scheduling
- Clerical experience
- Customer inquiry handling
- Customer communication
- Customer service
- Photocopying
Certification
Driver's License
Languages
English
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Environmental Services Technician
CommonSpirit Health
02.2025 - Current
Administrative Assistant
Schauer & Associates
03.2001 - 08.2024
Office Administrative Assistant
Epworth United Methodist Church
01.1998 - 12.2000
Payroll Clerk
Richtman Printing
01.1993 - 12.2000
Associate's degree - Fashion Merchandising
Moorhead Technical College