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mcp02289@comcast.net · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Career Advice: +0/-0

Objective

Obtaining a position in the area of Accounting, Office Management and Information Technology utilizing my previous business experience, skills, and organizational abilities. Proficiency in operations, administration, planning and problem solving, in addition to strong written and verbal communication skills.

Work Experience

June 2002 - Present (Insurance Agency)
Accounting Manager

Financial
Process all aspects of A/R, A/P. Prepare all financial statements. Manage commission tracking and disbursements. Perform bank and general ledger reconciliations. Execute month/year end closings and reports. Create and maintain executive level financial reports. Regulate vendors and contract management. Establish operational procedures and standards. Track and analyze sales. Responsible for budgets, forecasts, business goal setting and tracking.

Information Technology
Manage email servers; workstations and laptops. Assemble, install and configure stand-alone hardware. Operate, monitor and maintain hardware. Troubleshoot service interruptions. Upgrade, modify and replace software components as needed. Provide user orientation and training.

Human Resources
Create and post job openings; review employee candidates; set-up and conduct interviews. Select and coordinate new hires; evaluate and manage existing personnel. Manage payroll utilizing ADP Payroll Service. Manage 401K. Maintain employee file management system.

Operations
Plan, evaluate, purchase, and maintain physical property; in addition to telecommunications equipment, copiers, fax machines, document imaging systems, digital cameras utilized therein. Maintain inventory control.

July 1999 – January 2003 (Attorney)
Legal Secretary

Administrative
Prepared correspondence and documentation including Complaints, Motions, Responses, Summons and Subpoenas. Attained documentation regarding real estate sales/purchases including title review, surveys, escrow instructions, Purchase/Sales Agreements, and Closing Statements. Gathered and prepared documentation necessary for Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Living Wills and Estate Administration. Provided accounting necessary for Probate Administration. Performed internet research. Billed clients. Scheduled appointments, court hearings, depositions, and meetings. Maintained office equipment and computer workstations.

September 1983 – September 1990 (Property Management)
Property Manager-300+ unit hi-rise

Operations
Collected rents; managed A/P and A/R; budgeted capitol improvements; managed bidding process, contractors and vendors. Leased units and developed marketing plans. Managed the maintenance staff, inspected apartments and community areas, established preventative maintenance schedules and repairs. Contracted outside services for capitol improvements. Enforced rules of occupancy and maintained compliance with regulatory agencies. Met with tenants' association providing information and direction. Established working relationships with the community leaders providing social events and gatherings for residents. Established operational budget spreadsheet program for residential portfolio of property management firm. Input financials, amended data as necessary and provided month end/year end reports to management.

Education
Prairie State Community College
Moraine Valley Community College

Technical Skills
Windows 98, Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, MS Works, Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Applied Systems-TAM (Insurance Agency software), Apres etFile (scanning technology), Quick Books, Internet proficiency

Pauloz · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:13 am Post subject:

mcp02289@comcast.net

IMPORTANT: There's a gap between 1990 and 1999. That will have to be filled somehow, even if the recent job history is good.

IMPORTANT: looks like a typo, which creates a contradictory overlap:

July 1999 – January 2003 (Attorney)
Legal Secretary

and

June 2002 - Present (Insurance Agency)
Accounting Manager

GENERAL

What's missing generally from the CV are qualifications. You must have a pretty strong set of qualifications to have done these jobs, and prospective employers need to see them.

In the broader context, you can also show added value with the qualifications in their own right.

EXPERIENCE

This is slightly nitpicking, but the sheer amount of experience you have here is well on the way to starting a book. Suggest, when making applications, you stick only to things relevant to the criteria of the jobs.

Your present job could do with a bit of amplification. Terms like "vendors" aren't immediately self explanatory. "Sales" needs to say sales of what, when applying. This is to establish relevance to the application, and show your expertise and levels of complexity you've been working with in the position. Accountancy is a big field, and the more you can show an employer in terms of instantly applicable experience, the better.

IT and HR: My gut feeling says enlarge on your duties, use a position titles or another descriptor, so readers get a feel of the jobs.

The bottom line here is they need to know who they're hiring, as well as what.

At your level, you need to make it clear that your duties were of a higher class of employment, not the lower scale versions of those jobs. It's obvious to anyone you've worked across a very wide range, but you need to spell these things out.

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