Experience

SkyRun Vacation Rentals

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Full Charge Bookkeeper and Marketing Specialist

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Full-charge bookkeeper but I handle 95% of all financial accounting for the company. My monthly responsibilities include ensuring all transactions are recorded to the proper accounts, creating journal entries, paying vendors and invoicing customers, reconciling accounts, estimating cash flow, and reporting my findings directly to the owner and operations manager on a weekly basis.Additionally, I help develop marketing strategy and implementation for both potential and existing vacation guests, as well as homeowners who are seeking a management company for their vacation property.



Diamond Dance Academy

• Owner / Studio Director

  • Sep 2014 - Nov 2018

  Diamond Dance Academy was founded with the goal of providing high quality movement, strength and flexibility training through the mechanism of dance. Our training is based on nurturing the individual through encouragement, recognition and respect while at the same time developing strong bodies, confident minds and amazing dance techniques.Diamond Dance Academy is the premier dance studio in Bulverde, Texas. Just north of San Antonio (located at 30070 US 281 North at FM 1863), this studio will feature classes, workshops, and camps for recreational, competitive and upcoming professional level dancers in the disciplines of Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop, Bollywood, and Broadway, as well as Acrobatics, Yoga, PiYo, Ballet Bar, and Corrective Exercise.Our systematic approach to the pursuit of excellence in dance instruction begins with our teachers and trainers who will put the health and well-being of the student above all else. With training programs incorporating strength, flexibility and technique, coupled with an environment of optimism, respect and fun, each member of our faculty will train-up students to become confident and strong performers in the art of dance.



Dixie Watkins III & Associates

• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Sep 2014

  Oversees project administration, business development, and office management. Maintains project status and tracking reports to include financial standing of projects; invoices clients for projects, and manages all reimbursable expenses to clients; creates proposals, costing spreadsheets and contracts; facilitates scheduling requirements with staff and clients including project needs and committee meetings; manages daily HR issues; manages marketing efforts, updates website and social media sites; and monitors relevant local, political and industry news as well as public and private business development opportunities. Dixie Watkins III & Associates specialize in landscape architecture, land planning, and natural and cultural resource management. The firm strives to provide the best possible planning, design and environmental management services to meet the needs of our clients, their projects, and the strategic balance between the built and natural environments.



BD

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Transactions Team Leader

  • Dec 2010 - Jul 2011

  Develop process maps and desk top procedures for the purpose of transferring indirect procurement functions from decentralized site procurement to one centralized shared service center. Standardize processes from multiple sites including capturing a wide range of knowledge from corporate departments to distribution centers to manufacturing plants.Train new buyers and prepare them for the transfer of work from the site locations to the new shared service center. Evaluate the processing of purchase orders and invoice resolution for accuracy and timeliness.Manage the daily performance and development of buyers who are responsible for transactional purchasing of indirect goods and services, including bidding, negotiation and supplier selection where applicable. Coordinate the activities of the buyers, ensuring appropriate scheduling, work allocation, timely responses to internal customers, ongoing improvement activities and training.



ReSource Guides, Inc

• Founder and President

  • Sep 1996 - Aug 2010

  Manage daily operations; hire, supervise and train employees; schedule, plan and meet deadlines; purchasing; proposals, contracts and budgets; general accounting, A/P, A/R, payroll and journal entries; sales, marketing, graphic design and desktop publishing; concept, design and implementation of websites; analytical, highly organized and communicates well orally and in writing. Manage daily operations; hire, supervise and train employees; schedule, plan and meet deadlines; purchasing; proposals, contracts and budgets; general accounting, A/P, A/R, payroll and journal entries; sales, marketing, graphic design and desktop publishing; concept, design and implementation of websites; analytical, highly organized and communicates well orally and in writing.



Primary CareNet of Texas

• Senior Buyer

  • Sep 1995 - Aug 1996

  Hired, trained and supervised buyers; reviewed contracts and negotiated pricing for medical/pharmaceutical supplies & equipment, office supplies & furniture, and office equipment leasing for numerous doctors’ offices; on-site review of furniture and equipment needs for repair and replacement; worked directly with facilities director during new build-out and renovation of doctors’ offices. Hired, trained and supervised buyers; reviewed contracts and negotiated pricing for medical/pharmaceutical supplies & equipment, office supplies & furniture, and office equipment leasing for numerous doctors’ offices; on-site review of furniture and equipment needs for repair and replacement; worked directly with facilities director during new build-out and renovation of doctors’ offices.



Humana Health Plan

• Support Services Manager

  • Dec 1992 - Sep 1995

  Negotiated pricing and analyzed costs for products and services including medical supplies and equipment, office supplies, facsimile and copier equipment, printed materials, janitorial and landscaping services, and a variety of other products and services.Produced multi-million dollar capital expenditure budget.Communicated with all levels of management to identify capital expenditure needs for various departments and cost centers.Analyzed and reviewed all options to meet the needs of the department and corporate budgeting requirements.Negotiated contracts, investigated options, managed vendor relations and communicated directly with department managers.Prepared capital expenditure budget and submitted for final approval.Managed budget throughout year through CER documentation and review.Managed $1.5 million construction and renovation projects for administrative and health care facilities.Worked with architects and designers on the initial design or renovation of space.Prepared written documentation of the project including highly detailed CER.Obtained approvals from the highest level management.Administered over the construction project through on-site visits, plan reviews and communication with the superintendents, architects and designers.Oversight of Safety Committee to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations as well as company safety policies and procedures.Hired, trained and supervised employees in numerous support services departments.



Monex Resources, Inc., (now called Boral Material Technologies Inc

• Staff Accountant/Supervisor of A/P

  • Aug 1990 - Dec 1992

  Coded invoices.Processed invoices.Prepared payments.Reconciled accounts.Maintained inventories.Prepared journal entries.Allocated, accrued and analyzed costs and assets.Researched and analyzed cost discrepancies.Directly assisted in the conversion to a new accounting system. Coded invoices.Processed invoices.Prepared payments.Reconciled accounts.Maintained inventories.Prepared journal entries.Allocated, accrued and analyzed costs and assets.Researched and analyzed cost discrepancies.Directly assisted in the conversion to a new accounting system.