Jordan McGilvray
Entry Level Accountant Seeks Accounting or Audit Position
- Location
- Greater Salt Lake City Area
- Industry
- Accounting
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Summary
I am a recent graduate (2011) of the University of Phoenix with a Masters of Science in Accountancy. I graduated from BYU-Idaho with a Bachelors of Science in Business Management. I also hold two Associates Degrees from Butte College: Business Administration and Computer Information Systems.
I chose accounting as my next degree because it offered me the use of my analytical skills and my customer service / business skills.
Specialties
Small Business Bookkeeping, Personal and Business Taxes, Saving Businesses and Individuals Money.
Experience
XML Editor
LDS Church
Nonprofit; 5001-10,000 employees; Religious Institutions industry
January 2010 – Present (2 years 2 months) Greater Salt Lake City Area
Work with content in legacy systems, and convert it into an XML format. The sources of content are Microsoft Word, HTML, and PDF. Have done C# Development for converting HTML documents into XML.
Regional Convenor
Clan MacGillivray Society, USA
June 2007 – Present (4 years 9 months)
The Clan MacGillivray Society, USA is a social society for all people who have a Clan MacGillivray heritage, or interest who live in the United States.
Responsible for a presence at Scottish themed events in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
Assists the national leadership of the association in designing t-shirts for the gatherings of the clan in the United States,
Assisting in organizing the gatherings when they will be held in area of my responsibility.
Office Manager / Accounting Assistant
T&A Managment
August 2009 – October 2009 (3 months) Greater Salt Lake City Area
Was responsible for assisting clients with needed services. Created payrolls, did quarterly taxes, and helped to perform business and personal taxes. Showed customer service at all times.
Collateral Review Auditor
Security Connections, Inc.
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Banking industry
June 2005 – September 2005 (4 months) Idaho Falls, ID
Checked the Name Affidavits, Note, Note Addendums, Mortgage, and Mortgage Riders on First Franklin Mortgages for accuracy, and completeness in preparation for their sale to investors.
STC Lab Assistant
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry
July 2003 – December 2004 (1 year 6 months) Rexburg, ID
The Student Technology Center's mission is to help students, faculty, and staff of Brigham Young University - Idaho to utilize all forms of technology efficiently.
Assisted students with software
Assisted with lamination machine, binding machine, hot press and other technologies.
Church Representative
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Nonprofit; 5001-10,000 employees; Religious Institutions industry
October 1997 – October 1999 (2 years 1 month) Greater Denver Area
Trained other representatives individually and in groups of up to 20
Informed interested persons about the teachings and beliefs of the church
At various times responsible for welfare efforts, statistical reports
Certifications
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Professional Bookkeeper
- Universal Accounting Center
- November 2007
Skills
- Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- HTML
- Excel
- Customer Service
- Budgeting
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Customer Relations
- Microsoft Office
- Problem Solving
- Accounts Receivable
- Analysis
- Planning
- Writing
- HTML + CSS
- Wordpress
Publications
-
The Middle Way: the Definitive Guide to the Middle Way Method
- www.jordanmcgilvray.net
- December 15, 2011
Authors: Jordan McGilvrayHow to implement the Middle Way Method of planning and productivity. The Middle Way Method is the blending of top down and bottom up planning systems.
Education
University of Phoenix
Masters of Science, Accountancy
2010 – 2011
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Bachelor of Science, Business Managment
2003 – 2004
Business, Finance, and Computer Science
Butte Community College
Associates of Arts, Business Administration
2001 – 2002
Economics, Accounting, Business
Activities and Societies: Institute Men's Association, SIFE
Butte Community College
Associates of Science, Computer Information Systems
1996 – 2001
Algorithms, C++, Visual Basic
Gridley High School
1992 – 1996
Courses
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Bachelor of Science, Business Managment
Brigham Young University - Idaho
- International Economics (ECON 358-01)
- Advanced Writing for Business (ENG 312C-05)
- Financial Management (B 301-42)
- Organizational Behavior (B 321-41)
- Marketing Management (B 341-42)
- New Venture Creation (B 383-41)
- Operations Management (B 361-03)
- Investments (B 410-01)
- Managing Information Technology (IS 350-03)
- Advanced Financial Management (B 401-21)
- Financial Planning (B 418-31)
- Business Strategy (B 499B-31)
- Mgmt of Financial Institutions (B 405-01)
- Advanced Investments (B 411-31)
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Associates of Science, Computer Information Systems
Butte Community College
- Intro to Micro Computer Applications (CSCI 60)
- Programs and Algorithms 1 (CSCI 20)
- Programs and Algoritms 2 (CSCI 21)
- Special Problems in Computer Science (CSCI 97)
- Computer Literacy (CSCI 2)
- Programming in Basic (CSCI 6)
- Programming in Assembly Language (CSCI 10)
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Associates of Arts, Business Administration
Butte Community College
- Managerial Accounting (ACCT 4)
- Financial Accounting (ACCT 2)
- Intro to Business (BUS 20)
- Business Communication (BCIS 13)
- Legal Environment of Business (BUS 8)
- Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 4)
- Group Discussion (SPCH 4)
- Calculus for Business Decisions (MATH 13)
- Intro to Statistics (MATH 18)
- Intro to Logic (PHIL 6)
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Masters of Science, Accountancy
University of Phoenix
- Financial Accounting (ACC 537)
- Accounting Theory & Research (ACC 541)
- Accounting Information Systems (ACC 542)
- Managerial Accounting & Legal Aspects of Business (ACC 543)
- Internal Control Systems (ACC 544)
- Financial Reporting (ACC 545)
- Auditing (ACC 546)
- Taxation (ACC 547)
- Not-For-Profit & Government Accounting (ACC 548)
- Forensic Accounting (ACC 556)
- Accounting Ethics (ACC 557)
- Communications for Accuntants (COM 530)
Additional Information
- Websites:
- Interests:
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Accounting, Technology, Family History, Amateur Radio