Amanda Bertram
Finance Manager and Human Resources
Wherever Amanda gets her energy from, we’d like to visit. Or live there.
“I provide financial analyses and reporting to help monitor business performance and identify improvement opportunities,” she says. “I collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish processes and frameworks that increase our efficiency and effectiveness. I manage the maintenance of general and subsidiary ledgers, accounts receivable, revenue distribution, depreciation, cost, property, and operating expenses, and insurance records. I prepare and oversee departmental budgets and control expenditure of funds in budget as well as supervising and participating in the preparation of various financial statements and reports.”
All that seems rather daunting, but Amanda offers a reasonable explanation. “I am driven to succeed and love to be challenged. I am a very hard worker, some may say a workaholic, but I love the taste of success.”
Amanda studied at both Indiana University Southeast and Sullivan University, with a concentration on finance. She and SmartBox are clearly a great fit. “I have really enjoyed having the amazing opportunity to blaze the trail with my position by being able to implement new procedures and processes,” she says. “I love that everyone’s thoughts and ideas matter here. I also love our very focused, but fun, working environment. We are constantly doing things to build employee morale and camaraderie, something that many companies tend to ignore.”
When she’s not indulging her reputed workaholism, Amanda takes her energy outside. Period.
“I’m an only child who grew up on a farm,” she relates. “I married my best friend, Ben, in July of last year. We attended all of grade school together and reconnected on Facebook about four years ago. We have two dogs, Jade and Dixie, whom we adore. Jade knows how to open doors, turn on water spigots, beep a car horn, and escape from basically anywhere, which definitely keeps us on our toes. I LOVE horses and we have three now. Abby, my mare, just had a baby on Easter. His name is Apache. This was my first time delivering a foal, and it was very exciting to say the least! Most of my time goes to training my horses and dogs. My husband and I love to ride horses, camp, hike, go fishing, and anything else that has to do with nature. I love being outside and get very grouchy when cooped up inside too long.”
If you think that Amanda is a very passionate person, you’ve somewhat undershot the mark. “I am passionate about my animals, my family, and my career,” she says. “Let me go into detail: I love my horses so much I sleep in the barn and spend a couple hours every day with them to show them consistency and that I am their leader. My family comes first and I would do anything for them. I always follow through with my word and try to be a role model for my younger cousins. My career at SmartBox is the best move I could have ever made. I believe fully in our company’s mission and goals and want to do everything possible to help our dentists achieve more and better patients. This will allow them to have more time with their families and do the things that make them most happy rather than working their lives away. We help people every day and that makes me happy and fulfilled. To provide a service or product that can change people’s lives is quite spectacular.”
Her commitment to changing lives doesn’t extend only to SmartBox dentists, though. “I really want to make a difference in this world somehow. I love to serve others and make people feel good. I try to be very insightful as I want everyone around me to succeed. I try to always have a positive outlook and understand that with every trial comes a lesson to be learned. I love to be surrounded with people who enjoy life as much as I do. I always want to be a better person than I was the day before. And I’m a very determined person. If I don’t receive the answer I want, I will keep searching until I do. I do not give up.”
We believe you, Amanda.