PROFILE SUMMARY
Heather Ratliff is an experienced consultant with 9 years experience offering business solutions to her clients from a myriad of small and medium scale enterprises. Possessing great people and task management skills, she is adept at utilizing your firm’s resources to the maximum. Her expertise includes payroll, bookkeeping, recruitment, expense reporting, travel arrangements, Employee Handbooks, Policies and Procedures Manual and regulatory compliance.
Her professional career spanned thirteen years, in which she steadily rose from the role of an executive assistant to the managerial level. In her roles as an accounting and human resource manager, she added value to her employer and honed her skills which later motivated her to become an individual consultant.
EXPERTISE INCLUDES:
BOOKKEEPING/PAYROLL - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONS - RECRUITMENT- HUMAN RESOURCES - QUICKBOOKS
RELATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Created position of Director of Human Resources (2003) and replaced company Accounting Manager/Bookkeeper (2008) while maintaining Executive Assistant duties. (position merger saved $75K per year)
- Managed HR aspects and maintained compliance changes of employee handbook for up to 60 employees.
- Responsible for the administrative creation and dissolution of multiple LLCs/Corporations.
- Point of contact and liaison for labor attorneys and regulatory matters.
- Wrote and implemented standard accounting, stockholder and office procedures to increase security and productivity.
- Procured and managed company’s insurance portfolio (liability, auto, worker’s comp., E&O, employee health, disability and life insurance) monitor and maintain relevant coverage.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Business Consulting 2013 – Current
Bookkeeping / Accounting and Business Management / Human Resources
- Alchemy Creative, Inc. - San Francisco, CA (Video Advertising Agency) 2018 - Current
- Flymachine, Inc. – Berkeley, CA (Live Event Streaming Platform) 2021 - Current
- Precision Pool Builders – Austell, GA (Pool Contractors) 2021 - Current
- Second Life Equipment – Suwanee, GA (Non-Profit Sports Cleat Donations) 2020 - Current
Bookkeeping / Accounting Management
- AAI Partner Development – Atlanta, GA (Residential Multi-Family Developers) 2014 – Current
- Bringoz – Israel (Delivery Logistics Platform) 2017 – Current
- Ciarra Siller Media – Tucker, GA (Food Photographer & Blogger) 2020 – Current
- Cycology Bike Shop– Hiram, GA (Bicycle Shop) 2016 – Current
- Four Wind Recovery – Marietta, GA (Addiction Treatment Center) 2021 – Current
- Planet Industries – Atlanta, GA (Screen-printing, Embroidery, Marketing) 2017 – Current
- SocialBox – Roswell, GA (Interactive Event Marketing Booths) 2014 – Current
- The BestNotary.net – San Mateo, CA (Virtual Notary Service) 2021 – Current
- ValCinema Productions – Cumming, GA (Wedding Videography) 2021 – Current
Heather Ratliff
Business Consultant
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS / TRAINING
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Planners and Engineers Collaborative, Inc. - Norcross, GA
Accounting Manager 2008 - 2013
Human Resources Manager 2003 - 2013
Executive Assistant to President 2001 - 2013
Executive Assistant for Recruiting 2000 - 2001
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suites ▪ QuickBooks Desktop & Online ▪ Quicken ▪ Deltek Accounting Software ▪ FreshBooks ▪ Xero
HEATHER RATLIFF
BLAKE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
Suwanee, GA 30024 • 678.360.8287 • heather@blakebizsolutions.com
Bookkeeping / Accounting ♦ Business Management / Operations ♦ Human Resources
- Licensed Notary (Current)
- HIPAA Compliance Training
- Certificate for Outstanding Performance, Previous Employer
- Maintaining a Workplace Free From Harassment, Fisher & Phillips, LLP
- Human Resources Academy, Fisher & Phillips, LLP
- Atlanta Employment Law Seminar, Fisher & Phillips, LLP
- Lees McRae College
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