I am on month 4 of a new job.  I have found that what I am doing is not what I expected it to be.  I have 18 years of work experience in Accounting and purchasing.  I took a job that was somewhat mispresented ( which I did  not know at the time) and now find myself doing nothing more than making collection calls and releasing orders on credit hold.   My boss has no idea how bored I am, and I am afraid to say anything.  This is a small company ( 50 employees, 11 million in sales).  I think my boss would be floored that I am bored and not challenged.   I believe she thinks that I should have enough collection calls to last me everyday.  The aging report is only about  20 pages long, at most and the number of problem customers is small - maybe no more than 20.   Several of the people have been their for decades  and they feel that they are a fast moving company.  They are not, and that is fine, but I really am used to a faster pace and so the days drag for me.    I am working on where I want to go next and after much introspection have found that some of the things that make me happy are teaching others how to use computer software, and Excel, as well as troubleshooting problems.  I enjoy finding ways to  automate tasks and organzing work so that it flows smoothly and logically.

My past experience has been AP, AR, GL maintenance, financial statement preparation, bank and account recs, account analysis, working with outside auditors, handing creating and maintenance of annual workpapers, mananging company credit card and gasoline card programs, and so forth.    I have also been responsible for documenting how to do various jobs and training and supervising others.    I get a sense of accomplishment when I can finish a task and move on to the next thing, and I also get a sense of accomplishment when I see the light go on and someone understands what they need to do.  I strongly feel that in order to be an effective leader, that I need to understand what I am doing well enough that I can explain it to someone else.

I am trying to figure out how else I can apply these skills.  I am wondering if anyone has had experience in teaching adults how to use programs such as Word and Excel, Internet searching, and other programs, and if so, how they got into doing such jobs.   Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks