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North Vancouver, BC, CA

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Worked closely with the leadership team on strategic planning and rolling out new initiatives. Executed error-free payroll, managed employee benefits, created HR policies including a Profit Share Plan, dealt with disciplinary issues, and handled employee onboarding and offboarding. Selected and implemented new apps to improve processes. Created standard.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for the accounting operations of the company, including budgeting, financial analysis, payroll, forecasting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial reporting, and management reporting. Performed key human resources duties, including onboarding and offboarding, creating and enforcing company HR policies, and managing benefits. Managed.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Provided full-cycle bookkeeping, payroll, human resources, marketing, writing and editing, QuickBooks Online training, administration, and document management services to small business owners (e.g. high tech, real estate, film, healthcare). Helped companies set up office processes to function more efficiently.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for bookkeeping, payroll, WorkSafeBC, government remittances, editing documents, and benefits administration for the company. Also assisted the owner with financial management for various public-private partnerships (P3s). Responsibilities included accounts payable, GST returns, document management, assisting with monthly project reports, and.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Co-founded an integrated marketing agency. Wore many hats in the beginning – from reception to project management to website updates. Created scalable office processes. Hired and supervised an office manager. Key.
• Human Resources: recruitment, employee contracts, benefits administration, orientation, annual reviews, WorkSafeBC, payroll, performance management, policy creation, disciplinary issues
• Editing: reviewed and copy-edited all written material
• Writing: wrote company press releases, website content, client email newsletters, and traditional advertising
• Full-cycle Bookkeeping: accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, bank deposits, GST & PST returns, financial reports, journal entries, coordinated with accountant at year-end
• Office Management: filing, vendor management, insurance renewals, coordinated staff functions and fundraisers

Vancouver, Canada Area

Recruited, tested, interviewed job applicants, and conducted their orientation sessions, maintained personnel files, processed data on an HRIS system, and assisted management with human resources tasks regarding performance management, workflow, and disciplinary issues. Organized and coordinated all office functions, events, and fundraisers; provided back.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Provided administrative support to the newly-formed Integrated Distribution (sales) unit. Worked with three other administrators and answered broker and agent telephone calls, entered group quotation data into the in-house computer program, and kept the broker database current. Provided travel arrangements for consultants, filed and distributed department.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Provided administrative support to the Commercial and Personal Insurance departments by producing a broker newsletter, maintaining over 200 broker files, and keeping the broker databases up to date. Coordinated travel arrangements, seminars, and assisted with property management. Produced office newsletter and was United Way Campaign Chair. (This was a.

Bath, United Kingdom

Worked in the Overpayments department. Inputted overpayments into computer system using an in-house program, drafted letters, prepared sub-files, provided reception duties, and worked with another administrative assistant on a rotating schedule to recover overpayments for the department.