Employee Spotlight: Eagle-Eyed Accountant Loves A Good Potluck

Cindy Buerman has been with Finken since 2013, working in the accounts receivable department.Cindy lives north of Cold Spring. She has three now-grown children: Kelli, 27, married to Garrett; Nikki, 24, married to Stefan; and Heather, 22.She grew up on a farm in Farming, Minnesota, between Richmond and Albany. She grew up picking rocks, milking cows, detasseling corn and hoped to eventually be a teacher.Cindy enjoys working for a family-owned business and travels each day to the St. Joseph office. Over her four years, she’s worked daily to make sure finances are in order by entering payments, preparing deposits, checking over contracts and making collection calls.Around the office Cindy’s sometimes known as “Eagle Eye”, for her attention to detail. However, one time she was embarrassed when she wasn’t accurate: she once forgot the security code for the alarm, and the police were called and came with a canine unit!Besides her day-to-day work, Cindy also enjoys the holiday potlucks at Finken, where the entire team can get together to eat and visit.If there was one job at Finken she could try besides her own, she’d like to try being a delivery driver to see if she could physically do it. One of her favorite innovations at Finken has been related to water delivery; bottom load coolers!Outside of work and family, Cindy enjoys reading, walking and cardio cross training. She also enjoys listening to Spirit 92.9 and taking on new challenges in life!If you stop in or call and speak with Cindy, be sure to tell her you saw her online!