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Wixom, Mi, Us

Wixom, Michigan, United States

Milford, Michigan

FINANCE MANAGER * OFFICE MANAGER * HUMAN RESOURCESMerlo Construction Co., Inc. | Milford, Michigan | 2019 - PresentResponsible for managing multiple functions throughout the organization, including support to the CEO and Director of Operations. Duties include:• Assist Project Managers with monthly invoicing, including preparation of sworn statements and waivers• Accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll• Benefits administration• Process and maintain lien paperwork• Manage cash flow, including banking• Collaborate with CFO on year-end tax reporting• Responsible for Workers Comp and OSHA reporting• Supervise accounting team staff• Travel arrangements

Waterford, Michigan

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, HUMAN RESOURCES, ACCOUNTING & OFFICE MANAGEMENTA & R Sealcoating, Inc. | Waterford, Michigan | 2000 – PresentExecutive support to the President and Owner:• Expanded company exposure by creating a professional website. This resulted in several new high-profile clients and contributed to a significant increase in yearly sales.• Created a residential work order schedule using Excel. This allows organizing the schedule by customer location to reduce and improve travel time between jobs. It also prevents overbooking by tracking and limiting the number of jobs scheduled per day.• Created a payroll spreadsheet using Excel. This includes totaling each employee’s regular and overtime hours, tracking deductions due to FOC, garnishments and payroll advances, and monitoring sick days, personal days and vacation time. This vastly improved the efficiency and accuracy of processing the weekly payroll.• Implemented a customer email system using QuickBooks. In addition to improving customer communication, it decreased paper waste and postage costs by reducing the need to mail quotes, invoices and statements. It also accelerated the speed with which the customer receives the quote, schedules the work, and mails their payment. This resulted in an increase in residential sales and a decrease in collection issues.• Designed a 31-page company handbook that is provided to new employees upon hire. Contents range from EEO to pay practices, benefits, time away from work, safety and wellness, the substance abuse policy and general information. This guide serves to inform the employee while also protecting both the employee and the company’s interests.• Created an organized filing system for the customer records, employee records, AP/AR documents, banking and human resource files.

Walled Lake, Michigan & Webberville, Michigan

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, ACCOUNTING & OFFICE MANAGEMENTBehr America | Walled Lake, Michigan | 1999 - 2000Executive support to the General Manager and the Director of Corporate Purchasing:• Contributed to the opening of a new office in Webberville, Michigan. This included setting up the offices, ordering the office equipment and furniture, and relocating employees. • Created a system for processing and tracking purchase orders as well as coding and processing the vendor invoices. This significantly improved relationships with our vendors by speeding up the payables process.

Novi, Michigan

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT & OFFICE MANAGEMENTSiemens PLM Software f/k/a Tecnomatix Technologies, Inc. | Novi, Michigan | 1996 - 1999Executive support to the General Manager of U.S. Operations, the Director of Technical Support and to the Sales & Marketing teams:• Contributed to opening four regional sales offices across the U.S. This included acquiring office space, ordering the office equipment and furniture, and relocating employees.• Assisted in the implementation of forecast reports and training the sales staff.

Southfield, Michigan

REGIONAL SALES ADMINISTRATORQMS, Inc. | Southfield, Michigan | 1993 - 1996• Created a sales administrator handbook and training program that was adopted and implemented by the corporate office.• Implemented a process for tracking and reconciling the demo/fixed asset inventory.• Implemented a process for coding and processing vendor invoices.

Chicago, Illinois

ASSISTANT TO THE CEO, CFO, PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTAMLI Realty | Chicago, Illinois | 1989 - 1990• Reorganization of the company’s entire filing system• Assisted in implementation of new voice mail system