Wishing You a Wonderful Retirement Kathy Vossler
As her retirement draws near, please join us in celebrating Kathy Vossler and the beautiful career she has built with Royal American/First Service Corporation over the last 27.5 years. She is currently the Vice President of Accounting and has run this wing of our company for over 10 years. There is not one part of our company that isn’t touched by her department and she has run it with efficiency, leadership, and grace. Currently she oversees over 30 people and 3 major departments – Accounts Payable (AP), Payroll, and General Ledger (GL). Not only do they get an enormous amount of work done, but they also do it well. Kathy is beloved by her team and will be missed tremendously.
It would be near impossible to cover all the contributions and accomplishments amassed during her time at Royal American. Just to note a few – During her tenure, Kathy was instrumental in us changing our banks from Bank of America to Summit Bank later known as Bancorp South. This has allowed RA to make money as opposed to being charged monthly banking fees. In addition, she converted our company credit card into a money maker. She was instrumental in several Timberline conversions throughout the years. She led the accounting department through the Great Recession of 2008 and the chaos that followed Hurricane Michael which took out our entire corporate headquarters in October 2018. With no office space and limited resources, her team was able to get checks cut and payroll paid to employees within 10 days of Hurricane Michael. This was an incredible moment we still talk about today! It took an open mind, a willingness to adapt, and an abundance of strength.
Kathy’s consistency brought year after year of ‘year-end’ audits completed with excellence. Kathy’s ability to adapt quickly made it easy to establish new accounting procedures for newly acquired businesses such as restaurants, airplanes, and many third-party apartment owners to name a few. Kathy has brought so much to this company and she will be greatly missed. Many do not know that Kathy was part of the first accounting department of the newly acquired Boardwalk Beach Resort in 1993. A special thanks to Bobbi Cown, the then VP of Accounting, who convinced Kathy to transfer to the corporate office way back. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be wishing Kathy all the happiness and joy as she embarks on a well-earned retirement.
Truly enjoyed working with you Kathy. Take care, and enjoy your retirement.
Congratulations on your retirement Kathy:) Many blessings to you!
Congratulation Kathy, well deserved! I know you have many plans to enjoy your retirement and wish you much happiness. I will miss you greatly!
Congratulations on your MUCH deserved retirement, Kathy! You will be missed for sure.
You will be greatly missed Kathy! That being said, you have earned your retirement and we wish you God Speed in all your future endeavors!
Kathy,
We will definitely miss your leadership, your friendship and your wisdom here in our office. You are such a wonderful woman of God and you continually teach with grace and purpose. I have learned so much from you over the years. Not the least of which is kindness. I hope we are able to continue your outreach efforts to the community that you started. Easter baskets to the less fortunate, adopting a senior citizen or a family for Christmas, doing fundraisers for the Humane Society. All of us are better accountants and better people for your efforts. I am so glad that you have been a part of my life and I hope you will continue to visit us for the occasional lunch to keep sharing those pearls of wisdom in the future. I hope you truly enjoy all that retirement has to offer, from those exercise classes you are wanting to take, to time with Chuck, to travel, to gardening, to lots of time with the grandbabies. But know how much you will be missed here at FSC. You leave behind a big hole in our department that will never be filled. Philip will bring his own brand of quirkiness, enthusiasm, and guidance, but you will always be missed by those who have known you so well. I hope you will remember us as fondly as we remember you. We send you off with lots of love and tears in our eyes for a wonderful retirement blessing!