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
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Nonprofit; 5001-10,000 employees; Religious Institutions industry
January 2010 – March 2012 (2 years 3 months) Greater Salt Lake City Area
• Accelerated the process of converting thousands of documents into an XML format.
• Accelerated the process of converting thousands of documents into an XML format.
• Evaluated documents for readiness to be transformed into an XML format.
• Developed applications to facilitate the transformation of documents into XML format.
• Developed processes to transform documents into XML format.
• Worked in an agile environment to meet deadlines.
Office Manager / Accounting Assistant
T&A Management
August 2009 – October 2009 (3 months) Greater Salt Lake City Area
• Performed accounting duties for customer businesses:
»» Bookkeeping
»» Payroll
»» Quarterly Taxes
• Ran the office in the afternoons unsupervised.
• Provided assistance to customers
• Helped digitize customer files for easier retrieval
Associate
Deseret Industries
Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Retail industry
March 2008 – August 2009 (1 year 6 months) Greater Salt Lake City Area
• Worked in the Collectables area.
• Priced Collectables in accordance with guidelines.
• Helped to keep other areas of the store clean, and organized as assigned.
• Worked cash register
• Interfaced with customers to provide assistance and a positive experience
Partner Account Manager
Overstock.com
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OSTK; Internet industry
April 2006 – November 2007 (1 year 8 months) Cottonwood Heights, UT
• Worked to get new product on site, via third party drop ship program.
• Developed spreadsheet to quickly manually build product listings which took productivity to the same level as 4 people working.
• Kept pricing and product information accurate
• Helped to resolve customer service issues.
Collateral Review Auditor
Security Connections, Inc.
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Banking industry
June 2005 – September 2005 (4 months) Idaho Falls, ID
• Checked Mortgage Documents (Name Affidavits, Note, Note Addendums, Mortgage, and Mortgage Riders) for First Franklin Mortgages for accuracy, and completeness in preparation for their sale to investors.
• Completed Inventory of all Mortgages
• Worked on Special Projects Utilizing Excel and Visual Basic.
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.
• Facilitated the use of software for completion of projects
• Cross trained on new technologies to better assist customers
Full-Time missionary
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
• Informed interested persons about the beliefs and teachings of the church
• Performed up to 4 hours of community service a week
• Provided instruction of up to twenty missionaries at a time
• Provided statistical reports weekly
Computer Tutor
Butte College
Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry
November 1996 – August 1997 (10 months) Oroville, CA
• Facilitated the use of software for completion of projects
• Helped to remodel two computer labs to better serve students and faculty
• Assisted in monitoring network conditions
Certifications
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Professional Bookkeeper (PB)
- Universal Accounting Center
- November 2007
Skills & Expertise
- Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Excel
- Customer Service
- Budgeting
- PowerPoint
- Word
- 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 Management
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 Management
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