Jordan McGilvray

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Jordan McGilvray

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 2010Present (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 2007Present (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.

Writer

DIYPlanner.com

January 2005Present (7 years 2 months)

DIYPlanner.com is a community site which is about productivity and creativity. It is home to the D*I*Y Planner kit, and templates, as well as many articles.
Weekly writer contributing longer articles to short tips an reviews.

Office Manager / Accounting Assistant

T&A Managment

August 2009October 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.

Associate

Deseret Industries

Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Retail industry

March 2008August 2009 (1 year 6 months) Greater Salt Lake City Area

Helped customers purchase items behind glass. Assisted in pricing. Restocked shelves. Provided great customer service.

Partner Account Manager

Overstock.com

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OSTK; Internet industry

April 2006November 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Facilitated the posting of new products to the Overstock.com website.
Resolved order problems, and developed new business.

Collateral Review Auditor

Security Connections, Inc.

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Banking industry

June 2005September 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 2003December 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.

Direct Care Professional

California Vocations, Inc.

April 2000December 2002 (2 years 9 months) Paradise, CA

Worked with adults with developmental disabilities, and facilitated their enjoyment of life, and learning of life skills.

Church Representative

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Nonprofit; 5001-10,000 employees; Religious Institutions industry

October 1997October 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

Computer Tutor

Butte Community College

Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry

November 1996August 1997 (10 months) Oroville, CA

Worked in a campus computer lab, and assisted students with using the computers.

Certifications

  • Professional Bookkeeper

    • Universal Accounting Center
    • November 2007

Skills

  1. Accounting
  2. Bookkeeping
  3. HTML
  4. Excel
  5. Customer Service
  6. Budgeting
  7. PowerPoint
  8. Word
  9. Customer Relations
  10. Microsoft Office
  11. Problem Solving
  12. Accounts Receivable
  13. Analysis
  14. Planning
  15. Writing
  16. HTML + CSS
  17. Wordpress

Publications

Education

University of Phoenix

Masters of Science, Accountancy

20102011

Brigham Young University - Idaho

Bachelor of Science, Business Managment

20032004

Business, Finance, and Computer Science

Butte Community College

Associates of Arts, Business Administration

20012002

Economics, Accounting, Business

Activities and Societies: Institute Men's Association, SIFE

Butte Community College

Associates of Science, Computer Information Systems

19962001

Algorithms, C++, Visual Basic

Gridley High School

19921996

Courses

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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

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Interests:

Accounting, Technology, Family History, Amateur Radio

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