Moved from contract AP Clerk to full-time Project Coordinator I was responsible for information gathering, project support and timely billing of projects. I also facilitated weekly WIP update meetings, liaised with clients re funding, and assisted vendors with accounts payable.- Coordinated and invoiced large-scale time and materials projects ($50,000 to $1,000,000 in value).- Managed project information, documentation and communications for external and internal customers.- Sustained business relationships with vendors and customers, ensuring time and materials properly recorded.- Maintained, corrected and updated project information in Oracle database.- Managed project time, cost and resource constraints from concept to completion.- Prepared quotations for projects valued up to $100,000.

As AP clerk I worked as a contracted employee to manage payables in the lead up to a system switch from legacy software to Oracle and a move to processing expenses in a shared services office. - Coordinated payables for Canadian division while meeting tight deadlines.- Prepared weekly cheques for up to 100 vendors.- Coded and posted costs for payables based on investigation of prior entries.- Maintained relationships with vendors and internal customers, ensuring prompt payment and distribution of information.

As an Offset Press Operator I ran a Heidelberg Quickmaster 46 at a mid-sized print shop. - Determined print runs, paper needs and specifications from job dockets and printed accordingly.- Met deadlines for customer projects, completing rush work as necessary.- Organized workflow through printing press to ensure maximum efficiency.

Working part-time while attending SAIT Polytechnic I was accounting representative on a process to improve efficiency by establishing automated cost posting. - Consulted firm on expense and cost entry workflows regarding accounting tasks.- Liaised with IT department on workflow processes.- Trained small groups of staff (up to 10 persons) in day to day use of cost entry software.

As expenses clerk I worked with my direct supervisor to reduce expense errors by approximately 80% during a period of rapid expansion for the firm. - Sorted, coded and entered expenses and weekly expense cheques for lawyers and staff, paying strict attention to detail.- Identified issues and errors with expenses, either correcting with submitting parties or rejecting expense forms.- Consulted with management to determine solutions to expense form and process issues.- Trained staff in orientation sessions on expense forms and accounts payable processes.

While working at Bennett-Jones and attending SAIT Polytechnic I taught evening courses in QuarkXPress. - Planned and delivered lessons via Powerpoint for classes of 10 to 15 students in a computer lab.- Facilitated student progress on assignments, offering technical and creative advice.- Assessed previous instructor’s class outline and adapted lessons to follow.- Used QuarkXPress production software in presentations to class to demonstrate core principles and techniques.