Talma "Tammy" Teigen

• Manage accounts receivable processes to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Implemented automated bookkeeping systems to enhance efficiency and reduce errors.
• Trained assistant staff on bookkeeping practices and software utilization to improve team performance.
• Developed financial reports for management, supporting strategic decision-making through data analysis.
• Collaborated with external auditors during reviews, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
• Maintain and process invoices, deposits, and money logs.
• Managed accounts payable and receivable activities, maintaining vendor relationships and positive cash flow.
• Monitored incoming payments from clients, ensuring prompt application of funds against outstanding invoices.
• Reconciled and corrected issues with financial records.
• Posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with business protocols.
• Established QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.
• Maintained accurate records of all transactions, ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.
• Reduced errors in financial reporting by conducting thorough reviews and ensuring accurate data entry.
• Reviewed and filed financial documents, coded accounting entries for data processing, and posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with all business protocols.
• Enhanced cash flow management through timely invoicing and collection of outstanding receivables.
• Communicated proactively with team members regarding any issues or concerns related to bookkeeping tasks.
• Streamlined bookkeeping processes by implementing new accounting software, QuickBooks online, resulting in increased efficiency.
• Reduced errors in financial statements with meticulous attention to detail during data entry.
• Optimized financial data accuracy, conducted thorough checks and balances.
• Streamlined accounts payable and receivable management, improving relationships with vendors and customers.
• Streamlined invoice processing to enhance cash flow, utilizing advanced bookkeeping software.
• Supported decision-making by preparing accurate monthly financial statements.
• Facilitated better cash management, closely monitored cash flow statements.
• Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
• Generated invoices upon receipt of billing information and tracked collection progress.
• Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
• Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery.
• Effectively communicated with clients about payment needs and kept updated, detailed and accurate ledgers.
• Reconciled accounts, managed audits and updated financial records with remarkable accuracy.
• Reduced financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
• Streamlined daily reporting information entry for efficient record keeping purposes.
• Entered figures using 10-key calculator to compute data quickly.
• Streamlined bookkeeping procedures to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and use Excel.
• Provide exceptional Customer Service: Answer customer questions, handle answers to various phone calls received, ranging from finding obituaries, specific articles published or where they can purchase a photo that was in the newspaper. Etc.
• Handle all legal notices to publish in the Buffalo Bulletin. Maintain critical understanding of deadlines, keep extremely organized so legal notices publish ontime.
• Prepare affidavits of publication after final publication of legal notices.
• Have my notary and know various legalities of using it.
• Ability to organize busy schedule and keep everything on track.
• Handle month-end: Create statements and send to customers. Make certain all billing and posting is done before prepping statements. Transfer PayPal payments to Bulletin bank account. Deposit and post all quarters from newspaper machines.
• Post all advertising sold to individual customers and invoice charges. Balance accounts after posting weekly manifests.

* Handle complete set-up of new subscription system called "Interlink", maintain new and existing customers. Prepare postal reports in order to pay postage fees.

* Create postal reports for specialized publications, published once per year. Worked with various departments of USPS so reports meet all standards in order to be able to mail out publications. This is one achievement that I am very proud of as it was an extremely difficult process that changes every year.

* I handled many financial reports which I printed each day for various areas of the bank.

* I handled all overdrawn customer accounts by making calls to customer's to advise of overdrafts and to clear NSF accounts.

* Balanced ATM daily and re-stocked with cash.

* Helped to verify and deposit night drop deposits.

* Helped customers balance their accounts when they were unable to do so.

* Pulled credit reports for customers and businesses.

* I was the bank board secretary and helped conduct meetings and took meeting notes each time.

* When bank was audited I pulled records for the bank auditors and answered any questions they had.

* Answered incoming calls, handled emails and faxes.