Valerie Portwood
Elko,NV
Summary
Seeking a job to work remotely to fill in free time and for future opportunities after career is complete with current company. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
Ames Construction, Inc.
07.1996 - Current
- Hired on to do Payroll and AP – did this for a month then Engineering department wanted me to start working for them and helping with anything and everything on the engineering side. Created the necessary documents for including with the bids we were submitting, which included Bid table, labor/equipment rates, clarifications, etc. I created all the bid documents that weren’t provided by Owner. If they came in PDF, I recreated all these documents in Excel and Word.
- As time went on the maintenance department wanted me to help out which includes payroll, mileage, rentals, work orders, monthly, fuel, lowboy drivers’ expenses, permits, etc. and still do the work in the engineering department.
- As time went on I was asked to be Office Manager and still continue the work I am doing in the other departments. Duties are AR billings for each of the projects, AP, Payroll, HR and overseeing the Meikle Crushing project daily logs, accruals, and invoicing.
- Learned LCP Tracker and B2GNow systems for some of the projects.
Accounting/Travel Assistant/Systems Assistant
Associated Western Universities, Inc.
05.1991 - 06.1996
- Accounts Payable/Receivable, Travel Arrangements, petty cash, reconciliations, familiar with General Ledger, auditing, testing on new database.
- Setup computer systems, installed software, backup, organizing the central filing system, ordering supplies, created software manuals and database manuals, business inventory, software documentation, diskette organization, purchase orders, computer costs, updates to contracts database, daily backup or archiving and restoring documentation from backup files, training and orientation of new assistants.
- Created letters, data entry, merges, filing, creating spreadsheets.
Quality Control
Unibase
10.1990 - 04.1991
- Data Entry for Federal Express, American Express, audited government codes.
Data Entry Operator
Zurich American Insurance Company
08.1989 - 12.1989
- Data Entry of insurance claims, freelance word processor of correspondence and reports using the Multimate system.
08.1989 - 07.1987
- Part-time and/or temporary positions including self-employment as a word processor, while attending school. Skills in these positions included: banking, bookkeeping, data entry of payroll for retirement reports, data entry of accounts receivable, monthly statements, typing letters, legal briefs, civil and criminal documents, memos, dental forms, insurance forms, scheduling trials and appointments, travel arrangements, daily purchase orders, filing patient charts, brochures, and 10-key adding machine.
Education
Elko High School
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Great Basin College
Elko, NVundefined
Phillips Junior College
Salt Lake City, UTSkills
- Microsoft Office
- eCMS Database System
- Ability to work well under tight time constraints
- Excellent organizational skills
- Familiar with legal terminology
- Computer hardware and software installation
- Bank reconciliation
- Monthly account / bank reconciliation
- Accounts receivable
- Monthly journal entries
- Payroll processing
- Audit support
- Account reconciliation
- Microsoft Excel proficiency
- Payroll administration
- Accounts payable / invoice coding
- Accounts receivable management
- Statement reconciliation
- Administrative support
- Multitasking and organization
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking
- Effective communication
- Verbal and written communication
- Phone and email etiquette
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork
- Decision-making
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Ames Construction, Inc.
07.1996 - Current
Accounting/Travel Assistant/Systems Assistant
Associated Western Universities, Inc.
05.1991 - 06.1996
Quality Control
Unibase
10.1990 - 04.1991
Data Entry Operator
Zurich American Insurance Company
08.1989 - 12.1989
08.1989 - 07.1987
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Great Basin College
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Phillips Junior College
Elko High School
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