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TAKIA SHARP

Pinson,AL

Summary

Detail-oriented Bookkeeper with financial reporting and regulatory compliance expertise. Managed bookkeeping services for 20 private clients and consistently adhered to complex standards. Exceptional bookkeeping, reporting and communications skills enabled impressive results.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

BOOKKEEPER

TS Landscaping LLC
Birmingham, AL
01.2013 - Current
  • Maintained and processed invoices, deposits and money logs.
  • Demonstrate expertise in contract bidding by drafting and winning 10 property contracts quarterly, improving business's brand image
  • Manage 15+ clients monthly by leveraging excellent customer service support, achieving 100% customer retention
  • Execute administrative duties including sending faxes, handling correspondences, managing AR and AP while verifying expenses with 98%+ accuracy rate, streamlining everyday workflow
  • Audit financial records, including balance sheets and income statements, to ensure accuracy and completeness, enabling management to make informed financial decisions.
  • Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals.
  • Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.

PHLEBOTOMIST / RESEARCH ASSISTANT

UAB School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
05.2019 - Current
  • Contribute to success of multiple research projects by conducting Blood drawings for 50+ human research subjects weekly while adhering to applicable rules and procedures
  • Maintain records with 95% accuracy rate while preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, minimizing risks of result distortion
  • Coordinate transportation of blood samples to multiple labs for analysis to verify safety of samples while on transits, improving lab testing efficiency by 15%
  • Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport
    Interface with research study participants while complying with employer’s standard operating guidelines, mitigating negative audits by 50%, and retaining grant money
  • Support research teams by visiting different worksites to ensure seamless operations, maintaining productivity levels at 95%.
  • Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER

Royal Assets, LLC
Birmingham, AL
01.2021 - Current
  • Initiate and facilitate multiple training and development programs to increase job-related knowledge, retaining top talent while reducing turnover by 10%+
  • Oversee recruitment and selection of candidates to find eligible employees for advertised position, and ensure proper running of company to meet current and future needs
  • Execute daily human resource tasks, including managing payables/receivables, compensation, and benefits allocation within deadlines, streamlining everyday workflow
  • Contribute to company's foundation, including establishing onboarding and recruitment procedures, organizational design, and implementing compliance, safety, and health regulations with 100% success rate
  • Conceptualize and maintain multiple company social media accounts to market company and ascertain target audience taste and preferences, improving company's brand image
  • Supervised team of 20 employees to ensure seamless execution of job duties and alignment of daily objectives with organizational goals, values, and culture
  • Research competition to identify marketing gaps, optimize advertising, increase sales, and improve company's competitive edge, achieving $25k in savings
  • Manage 10+ projects and verify alignment of objectives with business’s strategic goals, resulting in timely project completion.
  • Supported talent acquisition and allocation procedures by facilitating targeted recruitment campaigns

PRODUCT EXPEDITOR

Stryker Corporation
Birmingham, AL
01.2019 - 04.2019
  • Interfaced with managers, including human resources, to implement company’s policies and goals, improving company’s culture and values
  • Streamlined production workflow by configuring equipment/machines according to daily work orders and safety procedures, consistently ensuring optimal work and production levels
  • Oversaw scheduling and planning manufacturing work to balance production needs with available resources, achieving cost efficiency by 32%+
  • Maintained effective stock control and inventory management daily to reduce cost of holding stock while meeting everyday customer demands
  • Contributed to achievement of company goals by interfacing with human resource team to support production workers, increasing efficiency of operations while retaining talent.

STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN

Stryker Corporation
Birmingham, AL
01.2018 - 12.2018
  • Verified 100% adherence to decontamination procedures, including preparing instruments for sterilization, mitigating the risk of disease and pathogen transmission during research
  • Ordered and restocked sanitization suppliers to ensure seamless decontamination processes, resulting in a safe and hygienic work environment for all
  • Cleaned, sterilized, and disposed of contaminated supplies and instruments daily, ensuring compliance with biosafety, hazard prevention, and decontamination procedures
  • Trained and led multiple staff by engaging with the human resource team to maintain infection control logs, streamline chart processes, and improve patient outcomes, achieving consistency in practices while minimizing errors by 33%+.

Collections Specialist

Portfolio Recovery Associates
Birmingham, AL
03.2017 - 02.2018
  • Investigated multiple delinquent accounts and implemented corrective action plans, accelerating and maximizing payment collections and performance by 31%+
  • Utilized phone capabilities to process payments and set up recurring drafts to facilitate automatic billing and payment of services rendered, enabling debtors to receive payments conveniently
  • Corresponded with multiple delinquent account holders regarding collection with respect, integrity, and professionalism, accelerating payments of outstanding debts
  • Updated delinquent accounts upon payment to verify accuracy and completeness of the record, minimizing complaints from account holders by 23%+.
  • Processed payments and contracts on accounts

PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN / PHLEBOTOMIST

UAB
Birmingham, Alabama
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Deployed effective food, nutrition, and meal preparation skills to ascertain patient dietary requirements, assess meals, manage feeding and documentation, enhancing patient response to treatment by 30%+
  • Contributed to patients' physical and mental well-being by interfacing with multi-disciplinary health professionals to implement and maintain patient care procedures
  • Streamlined workflow for specimen diagnostic tests by collecting samples and verifying safe and secure packing and transportation to multiple laboratories for analysis
  • Spearheaded implementation of infection prevention and sharps disposal policies and procedures to guarantee safety of patients and employees, mitigating risks of infection and injury by 20%+
  • Leveraged venipuncture method to draw blood samples using multiple types of needles, including butterfly and straight needles, enabling control of speed and pressure when drawing blood while mitigating risk of vein collapse.
  • Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
  • Assisted nursing staff with respiratory, cardiopulmonary and physical therapies

Patient Care Technician

UAB Highlands
Birmingham, Alabama
08.2010 - 03.2013
  • Obtained patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse or physician, noting changes from prior measurements.
  • Answered patient assistance calls, assessed needs and offered qualified support.
  • Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing.
  • Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
  • Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing
  • Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information

Medical Lab Assistant/Receptionist

Shoals Kidney And Hypertension Center
Florence , AL
09.2012 - 02.2013
  • Adhered to strict HIPAA guidelines to protect patient privacy.
  • Managed multi-line phone system and pleasantly greeted patients.
  • Coordinated patient scheduling, check-in, check-out and payments for billing.
  • Organized paperwork such as charts and reports for office and patient needs.
  • Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
  • Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.
  • Assisted with routine checks and diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens.
  • Worked with pathologist to isolate abnormalities and narrow down likely diagnoses

Education

Bachelor of Science - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL
08.2022

Skills

  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Data Entry and 10-Key
  • Bill Payment and Recordkeeping
  • MS Office Expertise
  • Collection Calls
  • Data Logging
  • Personal Bookkeeping
  • Advanced Excel Spreadsheet Functions
  • Financial Records and Processing

Timeline

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER

Royal Assets, LLC
01.2021 - Current

PHLEBOTOMIST / RESEARCH ASSISTANT

UAB School of Medicine
05.2019 - Current

PRODUCT EXPEDITOR

Stryker Corporation
01.2019 - 04.2019

STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN

Stryker Corporation
01.2018 - 12.2018

Collections Specialist

Portfolio Recovery Associates
03.2017 - 02.2018

PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN / PHLEBOTOMIST

UAB
01.2015 - 01.2017

BOOKKEEPER

TS Landscaping LLC
01.2013 - Current

Medical Lab Assistant/Receptionist

Shoals Kidney And Hypertension Center
09.2012 - 02.2013

Patient Care Technician

UAB Highlands
08.2010 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Science - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Faulkner University

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