1. MELANIE SIMMONS
102 Hollingsworth Court Apt J, Cary NC 27513 | C: (818) 438-4079 | melaniesimmons.bz@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
Experienced administrative professional seeking to bring a diverse skill set and excellent
organizational skills to provide superior administrative and book keeping support to inspiring and
challenging environments
HIGHLIGHTED SKILLS
 ACCOUNTING: General Journal, Payroll, Costing, Tax Reporting, State Compliance, Record
Keeping, Bank Reconciliation, AP/AR
 ADMINISTRATION: Reception, Scheduling, Written and Oral communication, Organization,
Efficiency, Exceptional Customer Service, Experienced Telecommuter
 PROGRAM PROFICIENCY: QuickBooks (desktop and Online), Excel, Word, Windows 8.1, Outlook,
Various Online merchant profiles and cloud accounting, 10-Key, Type 75+ WPM
EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS MANAGER, LYTLE MACHINERY REPAIR, LLC - Union, WV 09/2014 -Current
 Set up business from initial filing to business plan, financial platform, client database and
banking accounts, including monthly and annual reconciliations and tax filings
BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT SPECIALIST, IAC PROFESSIONALS – Doral, FL 03/2016 –09/2016
 Full charge bookkeeping support services, full remote position
CAPTIONER, Rev.com - REMOTE 02/2015 -03/2016
 Captioned video, film and TV shows per company style guidelines, with 100% on-
time submissions and average 95.3% accuracy in Formatting, Accuracy and
Alignment (7.3% above top-level company required accuracy rate).
BUSINESS CONSULTANT, NEW ENGLAND EMERGENCY TRAINING - Lebanon, NH 01/2012 -12/2015
 Administrative consultant for logistics, accounting and website management
PRODUCTION AND SALES, BRAILLEWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC - Seffner, FL 09/2013 -10/2014
 Increased sales by providing project quotes to clients for document conversion to
Braille, Large Print and audio formats using Excel per company parameters
 Formatted documents for Braille and Large Print on a timeline with priority rush and
consistently delivered all projects on or before deadline
ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, BELLA VINEYARDS AND WINE CAVES - Healdsburg, CA 01/2008 -01/2012
 Oversaw increase in wine club sales to record levels, including processing of wine
clubs and payments, shipments, customer service and administrative office support
 Spearheaded creation of customized scheduling procedures for new tour program
that increased touring revenue more than 300% over 2 years
 Assumed and streamlined all bookkeeping duties, including state compliance and tax
reporting for 42 states, internal financial reporting, AP/AR and reconciliation
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, AMERICAN DREAMWEAR LLC - Sun Valley, CA 01/2007 -01/2008
 Managed daily office affairs for online retailer in warehouse/call center setting,
including customer service, inventory, sales, order fulfillment and shipping
 Assistant to CEO via remote communication during frequent overseas business trips

2. BUSINESS MANAGER, SILK PURSE PROPERTIES - Los Angeles, CA 01/2005 -01/2007
 Managed real estate business including property project design and management,
book keeping, records and general administration
SHIFT MANAGER, STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY - Various, USA 01/2002 -01/2008
 Worked in various locations and job positions, including barista, shift manager, coffee
master, sales and inventory manager, and cash reconciliation
OFFICE MANAGER, HARRIS GOLDMAN PRODUCTIONS - San Diego, CA 01/2000 -01/2002
 Managed office administration for commercial production company, including customer
service, scheduling, logistics and executive assistance
PRODUCTION MANAGER, MYSTERY CAFE - San Diego, CA 01/1999 -01/2002
 Provided on-site management for dinner theatre, including client lists, customer service,
merchant services, and administrative assistance to company executives
TECHNICAL MANAGER, SALOMON THEATRE - San Diego, CA 01/1996 -01/2000
 Technical manager for theatre department. Provided administrative support to university
alumni association in establishing a Theatre Alumni division
EDUCATION
2000 POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY - San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Arts - Communication from Point Loma Nazarene University, 2000
2010 UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Masters C.P.A. Program - University of Phoenix 2010
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member Alpha Psi Omega
Member MENSA
MELANIE SIMMONS
102 Hollingsworth Court Apt J, Cary NC 27513 | C: (818) 438-4079 | melaniesimmons.bz@gmail.com