Rita Benham Email & Phone Number

Saline, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Delivered dedicated, first-class administrative support to an elementary school principal, teachers, full-time office professional, and parents.Enrolled new students, update students’ cumulative files, and prepare.
• Streamlined and created Excel spreadsheet alternatives to hand-written documents and accounting processes.
• Researched and provided updates to existing PowerSchool form letters, envelopes, and labels for correspondence with parents and guardians. Created new documents in PowerSchool for situations that had not been.
• Coordinated and gathered enrollment and other required documents into a filing system for easy access.
• Created and generated annually a quick reference spreadsheet from PowerSchool for the teachers and school nurse listing students and their health issues and medications.

• Delivered timely and organized executive support for the Human Resources Director and HR Payroll Manager. Key Contributions:
• Hired substitute teachers and para-educators, ordered background checks, and initiated input into Aesop online substitute placement system for them.
• Managed the bi-weekly payroll for contracted employees.
• Posted job openings on the school system’s website, contacted interview candidates, generated website emails, prepared hire letters, and processed new employee paperwork.
• Researched and edited Michigan Department of Education Registry of Educational Personnel report.

• Provided administrative support to the Mortgage Sales and Investment Executives.Scheduled appointments and client meetings, coordinated seminar arrangements, and prepared reports and databases using Excel, PowerPoint.
• Created advertising, seminar flyers, and brochures; organized client appreciation events and investment seminars, as well as employee volunteer participation activities for the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run, the Ann Arbor.
• Assembled mortgage closing packages, ordered appraisals, and completed investment documents for new and existing clients.
• Prepared for and achieved top-rated brokerage firm audits for the investment department.

• Provided accounting and administrative support to the Accounts Payable Supervisor and the Accounting Department.Responsible for accounts payable functions: posting entries, generating checks, vendor card updating, and.
• Updated portions of Accounts Payable manual and assisted in workflow reorganization due to new legislation requirements for corporations.
• Reviewed and approved purchase orders requested by departments; and reviewed, authorized, and processed payments for reimbursable employee expenses.

• Provided administrative support in various positions at the branch level and then into the Branch Operations Department during an 18 year career.Coordinated checking account program by working effectively with branch.
• Created and taught in-house training seminars for branch personnel regarding checking account procedures and retrieval of all customer information.
• Updated and revised procedure manuals and communicated procedural changes to branches through memorandums. Completely revamped the Central Information System manual.
• Researched and assisted the Legal department in considerably reducing non-compliance of taxpayer identification numbers and 1099 issues.
• Resolved problems and/or questions by branch personnel and customers related to policies and procedures.
• In prior years, delivered dedicated, first-class service as a teller (customer service representative), back-up supervisor, savings counselor, and mortgage counselor.

Bachelors, General Studies, Minor In English

Activities and Societies: Member of Golden Key International Honor Society, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Associates, Business Technician, Secretarial