Michelle Rogers

Experience

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  RW Armstrong

  May 2008 - Dec 2008

  Senior Project Analyst

  ---Analyzed budget costs and interacted with Project Managers on a daily basis.---Sent out monthly billing reports to Project Managers for analysis.---Vouchered employee expense reports.---Entered mileage logs into related projects.---Generated monthly client invoices.---Completed A/R deposits received from clients on a daily basis.---Contacted subcontractor vendors to update certificates of insurance.

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  Marion County Assessor's Office

  Mar 2009 - Aug 2014

  Business Personal Property Auditor

  --Reviews over-40,000 personal property returns filed in the Marion County Assessor’s office annually to safeguard compliance with Indiana laws as well as agency policies and procedures.--Assists taxpayers with the preparation of personal property returns to encourage compliance.--Communicates effectively with tax professionals, as well as lay people, to resolve issues arising from the review process.--Defends review results as an expert witness under cross-examination from tax lawyers before the Marion County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals and the Indiana Board of Tax Review in the event taxpayers challenge the review on appeal.--Maintains confidentiality of information, where 80% of the personal property tax return information is statutorily confidential.--References the Indiana Code and the Indiana Administrative Code and other research materials, as it applies to personal property --Manages a large case load in a timely manner according to the priority.--Updates and maintains database using in-house software (PVD) of the Business Tangible Personal Property Returns and supporting documentation.---Assists other personal property staff on an as-needed basis to ensure a smooth work-flow. Show less

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  Department of Local Government Finance

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2019

  Assessor Auditor

  ***Reviewing Budget Forms with Fiscal Officers of local government during the Budget Process***Advise the fiscal officer of statutory deadlines and assist, if necessary, in the determination of publication dates and other information that is needed***Provide guidance on making excise estimates***Work with Local Government Officials to estimate a percentage of previous year's certified net assessed values to use as an estimate for the net assessed value until they receive the certified value***Work with Local Government Fiscal Officer to determine Working Maximum Levies***Review all budgets in assigned counties after submission deadline so that 1782s can be issued Show less

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  Indiana Commission for Higher Education

  Jan 2019 - now

  Director of Financial Aid Operations

  Oversees various processes necessary for administering the Commissions's student financial aid programs. Works with Commission staff to distribute over $300 million in student financial aid annually.