Experience

Layne Christensen

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2011 - Present

  Responsible for the management of a Shared Services Center for the Water Resource Division. This includes A/P, A/R/Collections, Payroll and credit card processing. The Shared Services staff of 12 handles these processes for 25 offices in the US. A/P - responsible for the processing of 5,000 vendor invoices per month - inputting and allocating the costs to various jobs/overhead accounts. Exporting those invoices to JDE Oracle Enterprise One for payment. Research and fix all miscodings that happen in other offices not part of these 2 divisions to get costs in the correct buckets. Also handle all calls from vendors regarding payments on their accounts. A/R - responsible for the data entry and processing of all customer billings for these 25 offices. Enter, log and track payment of each invoice. We make the initial and follow up collection calls and follow it through to payment. All calls are logged and noted within our JD Edwards Enterprise One V. 9.2 - that is viewed by all account managers and general managers company wide. Payroll - responsible for the processing of time cards for 600+ field employees. Enter hours, review hours to make sure appropriate wages and Davis Bacon contributions are made. Then follow it through to final payment to ensure payroll check is correct. Credit Card processing - we have 2 company credit cards. One Visa card & one Fuel card. Responsible for the allocation of each transaction associated wtih each card holder throughout the billing month. With 700+ cardholders, that is upwards of over 10,000 transactions per month. I am a member of our Corporate Sustainability Council, work on various corporate teams to improve processes & more. I am the liaison between operations & finance to ensure things run smoothly for operations. I assist in overseeing all administrative type issues. I interview/hire replacement administrative assistants at the local offices. I train as needed administrative assistants within the division. Show less

• • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Assisted in the supervision of administrative staff in 40+ offices in the US. Performed performance reviews, fixed people issues, and established efficient processes for them to streamline work load. Also continued in role of Office Manager of single location during this same time period.

• • Sep 1995 - Jan 2010

  Supervised 3 clerical staff members. Sole owner of getting payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and collection of accounts in Pewaukee, WI location.

• • Dec 1988 - Aug 1995

  As assistant to the General Manager, I handled all of his travel plans, typing, scheduling, etc. that was needed. I planned his meetings from start to finish. In addtion to this, I cotinued in the role of Secretary for the rest of the office.

• • Nov 1987 - Nov 1988

  I handled all clerical tasks in the office. Answering phones, typing, copying, faxing, etc. I also did al of the typing of reports for the geoscience department.