Frances Estes
Asset Management Specialist at Housing Vermont- Claim this Profile
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Bio
Credentials
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Current Issues In TIN Validation and B Notices
Lorman Education ServicesJan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
IRS Form 1099-Misc Reporting Requirements and Updates
Lorman Education ServicesJan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Unclaimed Property Reporting in VT
State of VermontAug, 2014- Nov, 2024 -
Intercultural U
Champlain CollegeMay, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
Data Processing & Accounting I & II
Essex Vocational Training Center, Essex Junction, VTSep, 1982- Nov, 2024 -
Fundamentals of Asset Management
NeighborhoodWorks Training Institute
Experience
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Housing Vermont
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Asset Management Specialist
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Apr 2019 - Present
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Asset Manager
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Jul 2018 - Present
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Corporate Secretary & Technology Support
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Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
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Evernorth
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Asset Management Specialist
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Sep 2017 - Present
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Champlain College
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Accounts Payable Coordinator
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Jun 2011 - Sep 2016
- Implementation & administration of Purchasing Card program- Implementation & administration of Electronic Purchase Order program- Administration & process improvements to Accounts Payable system- Implementation & administration of Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT/ACH) payment process- Oversight of Cash Advance program- Partnering with the Accounts Receivable Office (Student Accounts) to implement EFT refunds and process student refunds weekly- Reconciliation of vendor accounts, and improving vendor relations- Administration of 1099 reporting & tracking process- Administration of unclaimed property reporting and tracking process- Partner with Risk Management to capture vendor Certificates of Insurance as necessary- Partner with Payroll department to ensure vendors and employees are classified & paid according to the IRS guidelines- Partner with Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium to leverage spending for lower contracted vendor rates.Recent accomplishments include: - Attaining goal of more than 50% of Accounts Payable payments and 70% of Student Refund payments sent via EFT consistently.- Reducing weekly accounts payable batches by leveraging purchasing card program to reduce the need for employee reimbursements and many payables.- Growing Purchasing card spend to reach college monthly goal
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Sr. Administrative Coordinator
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Nov 2007 - Jun 2011
Office manager for IS Department, responsible for administrative assistance to Chief Information Officer, AVP. Responsibilities included:- Contract & License tracking, obtaining renewal bids & building vendor relationships.- Material cost control, and ordering- Processing of department payables, and timesheets- Planning & event coordination.- Budget tracking & assisting with annual projections & funding requests.Partner with IS personnel to ensure timely delivery of goods & services necessary to support department projects. Partnered with Accounts Payable office to ensure timely payment of Invoices & documentation of transactions.Notable accomplishments:- Assisted help desk to be able to be more responsive to customer needs thru improved communications. - Part of campus wide phone & network upgrade project, and took the initiative to get bids for the old equipment that was going to be scrapped, netting the college $90k to help offset the project expenses.
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Engineers Construction, Inc.
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United States
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Administrative Assitant & LAN Administrator
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Sep 2006 - Oct 2007
- Administrative Assistant responsible for daily office operations including; processing of daily mail, answering multi-line phone system, ordering office supplies, reception duties, entering accounts payable, and processing quarterly NY HUT & IFTA Taxes. Processed weekly job cost analysis field reports and provided job cost analysis reports. - LAN administration responsible for new user setup, system backups, & Spam filter management. Vendor liaison with network vendor. Assisting vendor in the migrations from Novell Network platform to Microsoft 2003 Network platform, including converting all business computers to new platform, and providing first line of tech support to company employees. - Executive Assistant to company founder & VP. Duties include typing quotes, bids & contracts, creating & maintaining a customer, estimate & project file system for improved record keeping and organization of VP's records. Assisted other VP's with typing & filing of formal bids, and blue print copying & distribution.
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St. Hilaire Trucking, Inc.
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Essex, VT
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Office Managager
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Sep 2002 - Oct 2004
Office Manager responsible for daily trucking company operations, including negotiating Load rates, dispatching drivers & equipment, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, customer service, auditing of driver logs, oversight of DOT drug screening program, quarterly NY HUT & IFTA fuel tax reporting, time sheet processing, new hire process, cash flow projections and assisting owners with budgeting & tracking preventive maintenance program. Improved cash flow process to allow company to grow from $400k annually to over $900k annually.
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ADT
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United States
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Consumer Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Field Service Technician
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May 2000 - Sep 2002
Field service technician responsible for customer service & installation, trouble shooting, maintenance & repair of security services equipment. Systems of expertise included Card Access Systems, Fire Alarm Systems, Burglar Systems, Critical Condition equipment & CCTV Camera Systems. Additional responsibilities as Lead Service Tech included reviewing work orders to ensure techs are closing them out properly or escalating as necessary, and minimizing repeat service calls. Major accomplishment of note: - Recreating system & database of multi-location Card Access System of a fortune five hundred customer, after the system was corrupted and crashed. Enabled system to continue operating while reprogramming & recreating the entire database that encompassed multiple time zones and various regional corporate offices.
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US Navy
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Electronic Technician Second Class
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Nov 1986 - Oct 1992
Maintain, troubleshoot & repair shore communications equipment to component level. Last Duty station, Navy Communications & Telecommunications Station, Navy Yard, Washington DC. Duties included: - 3M Coordinator (Materials, Manpower, & Maintenance) of 5 Navy Detachments; Indian Head, Ward Circle, Pentagon, Pax River & Crystal City. - Project Leader for implementation of multi-location T1 network - T1 multiplexor technician, telecommunication technician - KG84 & KG13 encryption equipment technician - HF & VHF transceiver technician - Held Top Secret Clearance
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Education
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City University, Washington OR
Associate's degree, General Studies