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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

HR Generalist and administrative duties including monthly client billing, accounts payable and receivable, invoicing, coordinating all aspects of hiring, onboarding and training of new hires and termination/exit interviews of employees, also payroll, benefits, software usage and training. • Directed HR functions encompassing payroll, benefits administration, and employee training initiatives.• QuickBooks – payroll, accounts payable, manage delinquent accounts, financial reports • Deliver and pick up reports from city and county offices • Proposal Template Preparation • Schedule equipment reservations • Coordinate and support a self-directed, collaborative team • Assist in acquisition of Geotech company & change management • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to present clean, organized and thorough information and data appropriate for the intended audience • Self-motivated and work well with minimal supervision, remotely or in a team environment, consult with team members and management as needed • Ability to work with non-technical customers to explain technical concepts • SLACK, Monday, Harvest, Forecast, Gusto, Trello, Evernote, • Demonstrated analytical capabilities • Managing customer expectations

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Supported three Attorneys and supervise day-to-day operations of two administrative staff with a focus on efficiency and time management, including overseeing document flow and processing. ▪ Manage administrative duties including monthly client billing, accounts payable and accounts receivable, coordinate onboarding of new hires and termination of employees. ▪ Receive checks, input payments into Timeslips and prepare business and client trust account deposits; allocate fees and costs using Timeslips report; maintain up to date business and client trust accounts in QuickBooks. ▪ Maintain strict standards of client confidentiality and appropriate handling of sensitive information. ▪ Maintain time records for billing and entry in Timeslips, electronic records; and complete conflict checks. ▪ Ensure annual compliance with state agencies for attorneys licensed in Oregon and Washington.

Astoria, Oregon, United States

▪ Control inventory levels by conducting physical counts, reconciling with data storage system. Came up with a more efficient, time and money saving system to store product for easy access and filling orders for shipping processes. ▪ Maintain physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts, inspecting equipment, ordering work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement. IT Technical Support, Software updates. Human Resources assistance, hiring, training onboarding. ▪ Complete warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees, following up on work results. ▪ Maintain warehouse staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. ▪ Maintained warehouse staff job results by coaching, counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring and appraising job results.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Coordination and assistance with all aspects of the Department's search for a new Dean. Formal and informal onboarding which included job posting, travel coordination for all potential candidates, meals, introductions and multi-interview sessions. • Fielding questions and being an overall gatekeeper to effectively manage the Dean’s time. • Prepare and provide secretarial briefings with corresponding support material. Handle, sort and reply to all methods of incoming and outgoing correspondence. • An understanding of the Dean’s and School’s priorities and an ability to restructure scheduling and agendas accordingly and independently. • High level of honesty, integrity and discretion in handling confidential information and dealing with professionals inside and outside the department and university. • Ability to coordinate effectively and efficiently with various internal and external stakeholders as well as Events Manager and Calendaring Assistant. • Provide solid judgment in dealing with confidential information, ensuring accurate and timely distribution of information. • Effective communication skills, including learning the Dean’s communication style and preferences for ease of coordinating projects. • Excellent writing skills, including learning the Dean’s “voice” to effectively draft correspondence. Supervise Administrative Coordinator, who performs complex calendaring, maintains calendar, plans travel and coordinates expense.

Seattle, Washington, United States

▪ Maintain and process travel expense records in compliance with state, federal and institution regulations and procedures, allocate travel expenses to appropriate budgets, billing process, filing, documentation. ▪ Maintain record keeping system using Excel for recording transactions for three departmental administrative projects totaling $400K/year, review expenditure reports for these projects, verify accuracy and take corrective action if necessary. ▪ Maintain purchasing records and resolve anomalies; review, approve and allocate telecommunication service/equipment purchases, purchase orders, to proper budget and category; ensure compliance with departmental institutional and/or granting agency policies, rules and regulations. Processing payments, reconciling financial statements for the executive team, routing and researching. ▪ Responsible for booking international and domestic reservations for rail tickets, air travel, hotel, and car rentals and negotiating contract rates.▪ Handled customer queries and provides alternatives for customer travel in cases of emergency situations.▪ Provided information to customer on mode of transportation, financial considerations, travel dates, and accommodations required.▪ Coordinated, supervised and implement every aspect of travel arrangements for executives.▪ Reviewed travel associated invoices as well as statements for accuracy plus codes for Accounts Payable.