Susana F. Schmidt
Guadalupe,USA
Summary
To obtain a professional Administrative/Finance position where my current & past work experience and positive work ethics will allow me the opportunity for professional growth and stability.
Overview
1
1
Certification
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Night Auditor/Front Desk
Holiday Inn Express
Grover Beach, CA
01.2025 - Current
- Auditing/balancing/summarizing daily financial transactions, reconciling accounts, processing payments, processing reports for management
- Checking in/out guests, reservations and providing guest services, assisting guests’ request, addressing any issues and complaints, ensuring a positive guest experience,
- Property walk-through, ensuring a safe environment for guests & staff
- Housekeeping schedule in coordination with Housekeeping Manager, assisting General Manager transition into General Manager role.
Payroll/Accounting
Plantel Nurseries
Santa Maria, CA
05.2014 - 11.2024
- Weekly field payroll, timesheets processing, payroll distribution
- ensure crew leaders/team members adhere to Federal, State, and local mandated labor laws
- oversee daily timekeeping payroll systems (PickTrace)
- Collaborate with Managers, Supervisors and Foremen
- Review/update grower and cost coding processing timesheets
- importing/overview final payroll numbers to Paylocity (third party payroll company)
- Ensure work hours, O.T, D.T., IWO’s, vacation, sick paid accordingly
- collaborate with CFO and HR for approval
- process End of week payroll reportings, DE-88 tax & DE34
- EDD forms, employment verification, FMLA, PDL, personal leave, and correspondences
- Oversee year-end wage increases, seasonal H2A program
- new hires, on-boarding process in all systems
- Separation and final payroll process
- Accounts Payable; processing vendor invoices timely payment, GL coding, reconciliation, PO’s
- Weekly/monthly job cost labor analysis
- Train new office personnel, payroll processing
- Managing/coordinating weekly local farmer’s market availabilities & pick-ups, invoicing
- Generate/Implementation office SOP guidelines
- Manage monthly employee celebrations/recognitions, cater
- Seed materials check-in, seed log process, organic certification requirements, BL & BR’s testing analysis, seed tags preparation
- distribution incoming/outgoing freight packages
Facility Administrator – Leadership Team
Sun Gro Horticulture
Santa Maria, CA
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Supervise office staff
- Human Resource Manager: ADP payroll, on-boarding, training, exit interviews, disciplinary action processes, EDD forms, background and employment verifications
- Oversee benefits eligibility, distribution (retirement plan, FMLA, PDL, personal leaves, vacation, and sick pay accruals)
- Workers’ comp: Claims management, Modified/Return back to work programs
- Oversee/implementation Safety, Injury & illness program, investigation processes, scheduling/facilitating Annual/monthly saftey training/tailgate meetings
- Manage/coordinate facility-related projects, schedule meetings, events, and activities
- Manage site leases, conduct/document regular facilities and equipment inspections/audits
- Oversee utility services, and office relocations
- Engage in various contract-related activities & services
- Evaluate/budget product costs, inventory and services maximizing cost efficiencies and effectiveness
- Logistics coordinator: maximize freight loads (reloads at final destination), freight cost analysis and efficiencies, import freight services, Customs brokerage for release of import freight, scheduling freight pick-up and arrangements
- Vendor invoices entries, discrepancies and reconciliation
- Accounts receivable and payables, processing PO’s, bank and petty cash disbursement/reconciliations, monthly & annual budget processes
- Customer service
Plant Administrator
Kellogg Rich-Grow (Div. of Plantel Nurseries)
03.2006 - 01.2007
Education
High School Diploma -
Morro Bay Sr High School
Morro Bay, CA06-1982
No Degree - Business/Administration
Cuesta Community College
San Luis Obispo, CASkills
- Windows, Power Point, Excel, Outlook/Internet friendly
- 10-key (by touch), typing (60 wpm) & machine transcription
- Adobe Acrobat
- Opera (Hotel)
- Stampli (Payables software)
- Cooking classes
Certification
- Keyboarding/Typing Certificate – 60 wpm
- Certified Food Handler’s Certificate
Timeline
Night Auditor/Front Desk
Holiday Inn Express
01.2025 - Current
Payroll/Accounting
Plantel Nurseries
05.2014 - 11.2024
Facility Administrator – Leadership Team
Sun Gro Horticulture
01.2007 - 01.2014
Plant Administrator
Kellogg Rich-Grow (Div. of Plantel Nurseries)
03.2006 - 01.2007
High School Diploma -
Morro Bay Sr High School
No Degree - Business/Administration
Cuesta Community College