Melanie Simmons is an experienced administrative professional and bookkeeper seeking a new position. She has over 20 years of experience in various administrative, accounting, and customer service roles. Her skills include accounting, bookkeeping, administration, and proficiency in QuickBooks, Excel, and other software. She most recently worked as a business manager and bookkeeping support specialist and has experience in a wide range of industries.

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