Jerry Heijkoop, Ea Email & Phone Number

Tallahassee, Florida

· Assist with reconciliation of the agency’s Departmental accounting records to Central Accounting.· Assist with Unemployment Trust Fund cash reconciliation to Departmental and various other bank and agency system reconciliations.· Maintain and reconcile Inter-agency and Intra-agency transfers files.· Create reconciliation reports by accessing FLAIR database via SQL, Access, and Excel.

Tallahassee, Florida

• Member of economic team that prepares monthly employment reports and presentations.• Produce, analyze, and deliver timely and reliable labor statistics to improve economic decision-making.• Provide/analyze labor market, economic, and demographic data such as labor force, employment, unemployment, and unemployment rates.• Perform job vacancy/hiring needs survey.

Tallahassee, Florida

• Prepare tax returns for individuals, assist with IRS notices, and offer advice with managing taxes.• Have access to and regularly work with information of a sensitive and confidential nature.• Regularly deal with diverse matters that require working knowledge of business and tax laws.• Expertise in all areas of individual taxation.• Partnership returns and S-Corp returns.

Jacksonville, Florida

• Manage warehouse and seven Logistics employees (and an additional 10-15 indirect team members) for a rebar-producing plant.• Shipped 50,000 tons, 1,800 trucks, and 100 railcars per month. (Also includes ordering railcars and negotiating with railroad with a goal of minimizing demurrage.)• Team leader on plant-wide project to reduce fuel costs by eliminating/consolidating fuel tanks and locations; (re)assigned tanks to correct departments; and negotiated fuel contract to reduce volatility in fuel prices.• Instruct employees/equipment operators on job responsibilities, site safety, and ways to eliminate waste and constantly improve work efficiency.• Analyze freight routes and communicate with customers to determine most efficient and cost effective transportation modes. Saved over $200,000 annually and reduced transit times from two weeks to one day by switching from rail to truck for two major customers.

Implemented all aspects of curriculum, including designing educational materials and evaluation instruments, presenting lectures, and handling classroom management for Macroeconomics and Microeconomic courses.

Washington, Dc

• Conducted extensive research for members of Congress, Committees, and staff on various public policy issues, as an employee of one of three support agencies of the U.S. Congress.• Served as point man and resident expert on market structure/competition during Congressional consideration of the 2002 Farm Bill, which set federal agricultural policy for the next six years.• Wrote analytical reports on issues that encompassed market structure, industry competition and federal regulation, trade and economics, commodity programs, and budgets.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Economics

B.S., Agriculture

A.A.

Accounting