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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

• Reconcile, research, and resolve holding variances within the investment accounting program, trading system, and custodial banks• Analyze, process, and correct payment differences between the investment program and custodial banks• Process complex transactions on fixed income and equity securities including private placements and collateral• Streamline existing processes to improve efficiencies and accuracy in data• Provide our clients and custodians with exceptional customer service • Build internal and external relationships through effective communication • Create and distribute monthly reports • Supported new hire process and training as well as cross team training• Led automation initiative on loading and processing transactions• Contributed to the success of transitioning our reconciliation to a new system • Successfully led a cross-functional project of removing a fund from our system • Led the Lean Project for partial lot processing and submitted recommendations that were estimated to save over 18 hours a month and reduce processing time by 50%• Successfully established an agreement between a custodian and Aegon which improved response time to claims

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Owned accounting of multiple company fixed assets, including recording depreciation, asset purchases and disposals, and reconciliation of all fixed asset accounts to general ledger • Balanced over 25 cash accounts for all CRST companies• Managed financial aspects of lease purchase program, including pricing trucks, processing buyouts, working with drivers, and calculating maintenance settlements • Responsible for tracking investment accounts and producing Sch D reports for financial reporting• Improved month end process productivity by increased efficiency and reduced hours• Administered title work for over 200 purchased, sold, and transferred equipment each month

• Managed independent business by building clientele, organizing, and completing goals• Dedicated to customer satisfaction and building client relationships • Used sales techniques to successfully up-sell product including effective group presentations• Achieved top sales first five consecutive months

Owned processing of over 60 employees' payrolls and payroll liabilitiesReconciled company bank statements at the end of each month Monitored corporate credit cards to make sure of proper use and to make paymentsManaged accounts receivable and payable accounts while working directly with the ControllerGenerated customer bills daily Gained great knowledge and experience in QuickBooks and spreadsheetsResponsible for purchasing and providing office supplies for all employees Maintained confidential records, filing, and general office duties

Provided superior customer service and positively interacted with customersOperated and balanced the cash register dailyDemonstrated leadership skills by supervising when the manager was absentResponsible for computing opening and closing inventory

Accurately prepared and processed company invoicing and billingsAccountable for accurate calculation of employee timesheetsAnalyzed and balanced bank statements Worked with MAS-90 and spreadsheets