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Gig Harbor, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

Develop and maintain financial processes and functions so key stakeholders have relevant information to make decisions that are data driven.

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Successfully automated monthly financial reports in the company SharePoint. Created project time submission forms through excel VBA programming. Balanced Board approved budgets with working budgets for fiscal year 2017 and 2018 in Microsoft Dynamics. Provides analysis support to data-driven insights and recommendations. Developed and implemented multiple successful SharePoint programs. Reconcile monthly multi-million dollar endowments and member donations. Automate the extraction, transformation and loading of data. Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques. Developed processes and tools to monitor data accuracy and performance. Protect the safety, integrity and privacy of data.

Greater Seattle Area

Review Banquet Event Order to gain understanding of client’s expectations and contractual obligations of the hotel. Prepare, decorate, serve and clear room as per event contract.

Sydney Area, Australia

Successfully created and implemented processes to automate purchase order, budget tracking, and invoicing systems for multiple multimillion dollar motion picture advertising campaigns. Categorized marketing expenses to ensure compliance with budget. Created, tracked and updated purchase orders and invoices in SAP and Excel. Communicated with merchants to close over $1,750,000 worth of outstanding purchase orders.

Sydney, Australia

Established small business which imported and sold yoga products throughout Australia. Created and updated all website content, marketing collateral, accounting and legal records. Forecasted and managed advertising campaigns across a variety of online and offline mediums. Communicated and negotiated with manufacturers, exporters, wholesalers and customers to procure and sell high-quality products. Successfully exited business.

Sydney, Australia

Created and submitted written copy for deals across two separate daily deal platforms, sales for which exceeded $1 million.

Sydney, Australia

Populated website back-end with graphics and written content, assisting in the creation and growth of a distinct LivingSocial brand. Managed end-to-end workflow for deals with sales of over $25 million. Selected graphics from stock image library, customized as necessary. Created, implemented and updated tracking system for internal and third-party content approval.

Greater Seattle Area

Generated complex reports on company and industry-wide performance and trends. Summarized reports in written and graphical formats and communicated findings to General Manager and Director of Sales & Marketing.

Remote

Created, tracked and updated purchase orders and invoices. Conducted extensive market research. Created websites.

Remote

Sydney, Australia

Managed calendar for various senior accountants and attorneys. Created and tracked client invoices totaling over $5 million.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Managed and tracked vender invoice information. Reviewed all accruals, re-classes, and reversing entries within month-end reports. Reviewed departmental actual vs. expenses, then prepared and communicated variance report to Director.

Bachelor Of Arts Communication

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma, U of A Baseball Hostess

Study Abroad Program - Credits Went Towards My Bachelor Of Arts, Communications

Certificate Iv, Bookkeeping