Experience

Goodwill Industries of Erie, Huron, Ottawa and Sandusky Counties

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Payroll and Accounting Specialist

  • May 2017 - Present

  Sandusky, Ohio



James A. Bertsch Jewelers

• Bookkeeper

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

  Sandusky, Ohio



Coles Consolidated Companies, Inc.

• Payroll and Human Resources Manager

  • Apr 2013 - Oct 2016

  Milan, OH Processed payroll for over 600 employees on a weekly basis. Kept HR records updated, maintained employee banking information with accuracy and confidentiality. Prepare detailed reports for management, researched employment tax laws to ensure company continued compliance. Input new employee information into the system, administer employee benefit plans including enrollments and qualifying life event changes following the company, provider, and state and federal requirements. Process benefits… Show more Processed payroll for over 600 employees on a weekly basis. Kept HR records updated, maintained employee banking information with accuracy and confidentiality. Prepare detailed reports for management, researched employment tax laws to ensure company continued compliance. Input new employee information into the system, administer employee benefit plans including enrollments and qualifying life event changes following the company, provider, and state and federal requirements. Process benefits enrollment/changes in HRIS system and retrieves pertinent information retained for reporting and billing purposes. Show less



FedEx Freight

• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Service Center Support

  • Jun 2012 - Feb 2013

  Huron, OH Responsible for handling the needs of customers, processing bills of lading, packing lists and customs paperwork that accompanies the movement of freight, billing/data entry and performing other administrative and customer service duties as necessary in the daily operation of the service center.



Robert Half

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Payroll Data Entry Clerk

  • Apr 2011 - Jun 2012

  North Olmsted, OH Data entry of prior shift and current shift labor production into the BPCS payroll system. Created new work orders for current and future work schedules, compared data with source documents and re-entered data in verification format to detect errors. Compiled and sorted the accuracy of data before it was entered and located and corrected data entry errors and reported them to a supervisor.



YRC Freight

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Customer Service and Senior Corporate Account Sales Support Specialist

  • May 1998 - May 2008

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Assisted several significant corporate account customers in managing all their needs as their initial and only point of contact. Responsible for maintaining and growing a relationship with current and critical corporate account clients. Provided customer service and support to several beneficial corporate accounts along with administrative and clerical support to seven Corporate Account Executives. Duties included general clerical, receptionist and project based work. Recognized… Show more Assisted several significant corporate account customers in managing all their needs as their initial and only point of contact. Responsible for maintaining and growing a relationship with current and critical corporate account clients. Provided customer service and support to several beneficial corporate accounts along with administrative and clerical support to seven Corporate Account Executives. Duties included general clerical, receptionist and project based work. Recognized strengths in account maintenance, problem-solving and trouble- shooting, sales staff support, and planning/implementing proactive procedures and systems to avoid problems in the first place.

• Senior Accounting Support Specialist

  • Feb 1988 - May 1998

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Performed various accounting functions in Accounts Receivable, Banking, Payroll, Account Payable, Invoicing and General Accounting departments. Guaranteed compliance with accounting deadlines. Accounts Receivable – 04/1995 to 05/1998 Responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely posting of cash, checks, and payments. Posted all payments, checks, C/C, cash, set up new creditors, printed A/R statements, reconciled Accounts Receivable schedules, and answered any questions customers… Show more Performed various accounting functions in Accounts Receivable, Banking, Payroll, Account Payable, Invoicing and General Accounting departments. Guaranteed compliance with accounting deadlines. Accounts Receivable – 04/1995 to 05/1998 Responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely posting of cash, checks, and payments. Posted all payments, checks, C/C, cash, set up new creditors, printed A/R statements, reconciled Accounts Receivable schedules, and answered any questions customers may have concerning their account. Invoicing – 05/1993 to 04/1995 Accountable for generating and issuing invoices to customers, entered & audited vendor bills for accuracy, resolved any invoicing-related discrepancies, ensured invoicing timeliness and accuracy. Accounts Payable – 02/1991 to 05/1993 Responsible for coding and entering invoices. Made sure there were proper approvals for invoices before processing in the right company accounting software. Processed manual payments for ACH/Wire payments, sent email remittances for ACH/Wire payments made, printed, distributed and mailed checks on company’s regular scheduled check days and other checks as needed on other days, backup for ACH/Wire payment initiation banking. Payroll – 02/1988 to 02/1991 Responsible for payroll processing, on-boarding new employees into the payroll system, employee file maintenance, review time/attendance information and manage PTO, followed scheduled deadlines for weekly, bi-weekly and monthly payrolls.