12 Jan
by Derrick Vander Waal
SIOUX CENTER, IOWA – Carrie Vander Schaaf has a knack for working with numbers.
SIOUX CENTER, IOWA – Carrie Vander Schaaf has a knack for working with numbers.
She will put that skill to good use at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center.
Vander Schaaf recently assumed the position of finance assistant, a new role that has been created at Promise.
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| Carrie Vander Schaaf has assumed the role of finance assistant at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. She hopes her accounting work will help Promise serve its patients as efficiently as possible. |
“I enjoy serving others, and Promise is a place where I can do that every day,” she said.
Vander Schaaf grew up on a farm southwest of Maurice and graduated from MOC-Floyd Valley High School in Orange City in 2007. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Northwestern College in Orange City in December 2010 – with a major in accounting and a minor in Spanish.
After college, she worked for Cain Ellsworth & Co. in Sheldon, January 2011-October 2013; Sioux County Auditor’s Office in Orange City, November 2013-December 2014; and Van Bruggen & Vande Vegte in Orange City, January 2015-December 2015.
“For accounting, I like making sure the numbers are working together properly, and I like the challenge of fixing numbers that are out of balance,” she said.
Vander Schaaf was interested in the variety of duties of Promise’s finance assistant position, including working with accounts payable, maintaining the fixed-assets schedule, assisting in preparing monthly financial reports, and working with independent and government auditors. To be sure, she doesn’t mind not doing taxes anymore.
“I am excited to help make sure the financials are well-organized so Promise can run efficiently and serve patients in the best way possible,” she said.
She also hopes she can bring “a smiling face and encouragement” to those around her.
Promise Community Health Center, headquartered in Sioux Center, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in the far northwest corner of Iowa. Promise provides medical, dental, prenatal and behavioral health services. To learn more, visit www.promisechc.org.
MORE ABOUT CARRIE:
Carrie Vander Schaaf and her husband, Michael, live in Orange City. They have a 11-month-old daughter, Hannah. She enjoys playing keyboard for the praise team at Maurice First Reformed Church, crocheting, reading and bicycling.