NICOLE PLAVNICKY
Fresh Meadows,USA
Summary
Dedicated professional focused on achieving high customer satisfaction and meeting business objectives. Expertise in sales and cashier operations, complemented by strong bookkeeping and administrative skills. Proficient in accounting software, ensuring accurate financial records and efficient office operations. Effective communicator and problem-solver, contributing to team success and organizational goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Bookkeeping Administrative Assistant
Dualpurpose
Bayside, NY
08.2024 - Current
- Managed daily accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Reconciled bank statements with internal records, maintaining accuracy in financial documentation.
- Supported payroll processing by verifying employee timecards and updating records for efficiency.
- Assisted in monthly budget preparation by compiling financial data and analyzing variances.
- Developed filing systems to organize financial documents, enhancing retrieval speed and efficiency.
- Managed accounts payable and receivable tasks, maintaining accurate records and reducing errors.
- Improved financial accuracy by maintaining organized and up-to-date financial records.
Sales associate
Dress barn
Flushing, NY
08.2016 - 03.2021
- Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
- Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
- Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
- Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.
- Help customers try on or fit merchandise.
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
- Maintain records related to sales.
- Demonstrate use or operation of merchandise.
- Place special orders or call other stores to find desired items.
- Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits.
- Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts, and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
- Ticket, arrange and display merchandise to promote sales.
- Bag or package purchases, and wrap gifts.
- Estimate cost of repair or alteration of merchandise.
- Clean shelves, counters.
Cashier
Key food
Flushing, NY
05.2014 - 03.2020
- Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
- Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
- Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
- Greet customers entering establishments.
- Supervise others and provide on-the-job training.
- Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment.
- Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
- Basic math skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Give strong product knowledge.
Education
GED - undefined
North Queens Community High School
09.2025
Skills
- Customer and personal service
- Service orientation
- Effective speaking
- Critical thinking
- Negotiation skills
- Systems evaluation
- Complex problem solving
- Active listening
- Social perceptiveness
- Judgment and decision making
- Active learning
- Human resources management
- Time management
Timeline
Bookkeeping Administrative Assistant
Dualpurpose
08.2024 - Current
Sales associate
Dress barn
08.2016 - 03.2021
Cashier
Key food
05.2014 - 03.2020
GED - undefined
North Queens Community High School