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Terre Haute, In, Us

Terre Haute, In, Us

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Director of Facilities, Lending, Business Office, Library Experience, Public Relations, and IT departments . Serving as Chief Financial Officer overseeing a $10 million annual budget. Working in support of the VCPL goal to generate change and transform lives! Ensuring we remain good stewards of taxpayer dollars while providing much needed services to the community.

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Approve expenditures, reconcile bank accounts, present financial information to the board at their monthly meeting, make recommendations to the board regarding investments.

Terre Haute, Indiana Area

Work in conjunction with the current appointed Library Board Treasurer to manage and supervise Library banking, including cash flow, purchasing, and investments, requesting timely advances from the County Treasurer, and securing loans as necessary.Oversee the approval process for staff requests for orders to the Business Office and approve all purchase orders.Supervise and approve purchase of supplies, equipment, and furnishings and disburse to appropriate staff/department.Coordinate and assist Business Office Clerk with the processing of daily purchase orders and claims using computerized accounting system.Issue checks/epayments/ACH payments as approved by the Library Board of Trustees.Enter financial data in computerized accounting system and maintain General Ledger of all library financial transactions.Supervise Business Office staff.Oversee payroll process to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing and distribution.Work in conjunction with the current appointed Library Board Treasurer to Reconcile general claims checking account in accordance with library checks and balances system.Prepare monthly Cash Statement Report, Materials Report, Expenditure Report, and General, Special, and Payroll claims reports Research and perform budget trending/forecasting and prepare/compute annual 18 month budget for salaries, benefits, supplies, consulting, services, and materials.Manage Library Liability Insurance Plan.Work in conjunction with HR Manager to manage employee fringe benefit package.Manage Lease Contracts and Network Service Accounts.Workers' compensation plan management

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Approve expenditures, reconcile bank accounts, present financial information to the board at their monthly meeting, make recommendations to the board regarding investments.

Provide administrative support to the director of the Library and the human resource manager.Manage personnel records for 83 employees and ensure ADA guides are up to date.Maintain policy and procedure manuals while interpreting library policy and procedure for the public and staff.Created and manage shared Outlook calendar for administrative team.Serve as administrative liaison to the Friends of the Library organization.Increased monthly book sales for Friends of the Library by over 15% through alternative advertising and increasing product availability.Improved relations between Library administration and Friends of the Library through effective communication and leadership resulting in greater funding of Library programs.Created and manage membership database for 200 members of the Friends of the Library.

Served as first point of contact for Corporate College students and visitors.Assumed additional responsibility of installing updates and software on Corporate College computers.Utilized knowledge of Banner database to perform business office functions, and create course numbers.Developed a survey and created an Access database for the collection of information regarding staff involvement in volunteer organizations.Served on the Safety and Security Committee and assisted with active shooter emergency response training for staff.Maintained shared Outlook calendar for program managers.

Proctored various electronic and paper exams ensuring testing guidelines were adhered to.Entered student test scores into Banner database with accuracy.Created new student identification numbers in the Banner database.Installed computer updates on testing center computers as required.Maintained confidentiality and security of tests to be proctored.

Bachelor’S Degree, Human Resources Development, 3.95 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society, Society for Human Resource Management

Associate'S Degree, Computer Information Systems, 3.96 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta KappaMagna Cum Laude