MARIA CATALINA RESUME
MARIA CATALINA RESUME

Maria Catalina Caicedo
2602 Venetian Drive
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
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EXPERIENCE


Event Staff, Miami, FL June 2011- Present (part time)

• Participate in corporate conferences and events as hostess, miscellaneous runner, registration staff, and coordinator.

Brand Ambassador, Promotional model Miami, FL
June 2011 – present (part time)

Brand Represented: Ford (Barrett Jackson), Mercedes Benz, Veev liquor, Camarena tequila, Redline energy drink, Red bull, Marlboro, Puma, Nike, Avon, L’Oreal, , Whole foods, within others.

Shows attended: Sony Ericsson tournament, Miami Home Show, Miami Car show, Miami boat show, Miami Health and Fitness show, Food and Wine Festival, within others.
• Activated and engaged customers
• Identified & secured venues for product display (Trade shows, festivals & retail)
• Reinforce and increase brand awareness, educate consumer about key brand attributes, create a positive association between experience and brand.
• Set up and break down of product display, exhibit and draw attention to product, know and communicate product messages to qualified consumers, engage in games with consumers for giveaways, distributing samples and premiums, maintain neatness of event area.

Advocare, Inc., Delray Beach, FL 10/08/18 - Current

Bookkeeper/Customer service/Logistics
• Help customers with complaints and questions, give customers information about company services, do intakes, clarifying billing questions, and make sure all the company clients are satisfied with the company’s services.
• Control of the billing department such us issue invoices to clients, process credit memos, review the accounts, issue monthly customer statements, assist customers with general questions about billing and provide a monthly sales report to supervisor.
• Responsible of collecting accounts receivables and handling accounts payable.
• Bookkeeping duties, including keeping banking and financial records and reconciling the corresponding accounts to ensure they are duly balanced.
• Coordinate bank deposits and report financial results on a regular basis to management.
• Monitor Monthly company expenses and provide corresponding reimbursements.
• Manage payroll to staff and contractors.
• Operational management.

Inteccon Inc., Boca Raton, FL 04/17/17-9/28/18
Finance Assistance/Logistics
• Responsible of accounts receivables and accounts payable
• Bookkeeping duties, including keeping banking and financial records and reconciling the corresponding accounts to ensure they are duly balanced.
• Monitor Monthly company expenses and provide corresponding reimbursements.
• Monitors and maintains current inventory levels; processes purchasing orders as required and tracks orders.
• Maintains database, performs physical count of inventory, and reconciles actual stock count to computer-generated reports.
• Perform routine calculations to produce analyses and reports as requested by the finance director within other administrative tasks.
• Operational management.


E & F Latin Group LLC, Weston, Florida August 2011 – December 2016
Accounting Assistance
• Bookkeeping duties, including keeping banking and financial records and reconciling the corresponding accounts to ensure they are duly balanced.
• Ensures timely payments of vendor invoices and expense vouchers and maintains accurate records and control reports.
• Process accurately employee payments. Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely. Understand proper taxation of employer paid benefits. Process accurate and timely Payroll reports and payroll tax payments. Also, year-end reporting likes W2 Forms, etc.
• Analyze Monthly and Quarterly sales to prepare sales tax reports and make the corresponding payments.


Palmetto Bay Insurance, Miami, Florida May 2010 – December 2010
Customer Service/Sales
• Review settled insurance claims to determine that payments and settlements have been made in accordance with company practices and procedures. Report overpayments, underpayments, and other irregularities.
• Interact with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints.
• Sell auto, property, business and health insurance.


The Chart House, Miami, Florida January 2010 – June 2010
Customer Service/Bookkeeper
• Bookkeeping duties, including invoicing and reconciling the banks accounts to ensure they are duly balanced.
• Answer phone at all times making sure to complete reservations procedure.
• Organization and planning of the seating chart, reservations and events.
• Customer support.


Pc Doctors of Florida, Hialeah FL August 2008 – March 2010
AP, AR, Admin
• Diplomatically handled customer complaints and strategized resolutions.
• Created weekly and monthly reports for inventory control.
• Processing accounts payable and receivable. This includes making purchase orders, corresponding purchase orders against supplier accounts, monitoring seller invoices and making relevant checks preparation.
• Assist with purchasing of camera equipment and parts.
• Implement advertising strategies and develop sales leads to attract potential clients.
• Support staff in assigned project based work (bids, RFQ’s, RFP’s, etc.).

EDUCATION

• Florida International University, Miami, Florida August 2009 – December 2011
Bachelor of Business Administration; Major: International Business
• Florida Atlantic University
Certification in Managerial Accounting 2016
• H&R Block Tax Certification 2014
• Florida Real Estate License / Sales Associate 2015
• Notary Public of the State of Florida 2013-2017


COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, QuickBooks Professional.

LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Spanish, oral and written communication proficiencies; able to translate.