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*** Writing/Research• Writing a proposal to develop an academic global communication course• Creating letters of inquiry, funding pipelines, and funding plans for research grants• Participating in a Red Team Review of proposal materials• Writing blog articles*** Editing• Copyediting a non-profit website, recommending design changes, and testing navigation/links• Editing academic essays and journal articles

*** Professional and Technical Communication• Developing modules for MicroStrategy classroom training sessions• Delivering MicroStrategy classroom training sessions• Creating MicroStrategy training videos• Meeting with Deans and Admissions Directors of the individual colleges to assess their needs, define their requirements and develop individualized analysis and reporting• Representing the Vice President for Enrollment Management on multiple committees• Delivering executive briefings to senior management*** Data Analysis and Reporting• Developing a standard system of weekly reports and dashboards with appropriate metrics to inform operational decisions for undergraduate and graduate admissions • Developing supplemental “ad-hoc” reporting in an environment of quickly changing priorities• Collecting, combining and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data from a variety of internal sources and external sources to determine trends, produce projections and assist in academic planning• Performing quality assurance checks on data from multiple sources to resolve discrepancies and ensure accuracy• Performing market/competitor analysis to support the strategic enrollment management plan • Analyzing historical data to identify trends*** Project Management • Managing schedule, data collection, and outcome review of a large financial aid leveraging study• Defining requirements, managing schedule, supervising data collection, and reviewing outcomes of varied short-term external consultant projects*** Academic Data Marts/Business Intelligence Working Groups• Recommending improvements to data quality and report consistency• Performing user acceptance testing for Data Mart upgrades • Soliciting input from users for use in long term strategy and business improvements• Analyzing business needs for data, defining requirements, and designing new reports and visualizations

*** Research and Data Analysis (Higher Education)• Conducting research to identify information about the client’s major competitors• Analyzing data and preparing tables and visualizations*** Report Writing and Editing (Higher Education)• Writing sections of client deliverables pertaining to data analysis• Revising, copy-editing and proofreading client deliverables

This position was with Global Information, the PwC group responsible for managing global client information. Responsibilities included: *** Data Analysis• Manipulating and analyzing large financial data sets• Developing metrics to analyze client profitability • Producing routine and ad-hoc analyses and reporting for client financial data• Analyzing historical data to identify trends*** Management/Communication/Collaboration• Managing the global implementation of a cost and profitability metric across 90+ countries• Interacting with global leaders from 100+ countries to ensure the monthly submission of client data• Managing financial data in the Global Data Warehouse (GDW) and Global Client Portal (GCP) • Managing the operation of the GCP (7000+ users) and overseeing the GDW/GCP Help Desk operation• Conducting webconferences with key international stakeholders to discuss relevant issues • Delivering executive briefings to senior management, producing training presentations and facilitating stakeholder working groups • Managing and prioritizing multiple projects while supervising analysts and associates*** Business Intelligence• Creating relevant business intelligence from global data repositories• Analyzing business needs for data, defining requirements, and developing relevant processes/reports • Evaluating existing reporting processes, identifying gaps, and developing enhancements• Soliciting input from users for use in long term strategy and business improvements*** Software Development Lifecycle• Leading the entire software development lifecycle• Designing and developing SAS software to calculate and analyze profitability of client engagements• Developing data management, analysis and reporting software using varied SAS products• Maintaining a software system to assure efficient loading of monthly financial data into PwC's key system for managing client-specific revenue and profitability

Responsibilities included:• developing software systems to calculate and analyze profitability of client engagements throughout PwC • working with PwC member firms to calculate cost rates and create mapping systems using a newly developed methodology in order to achieve a consistent inter-territory cost and profitability measure• maintaining a software system to assure efficient loading of monthly financial data into the PwC network's key system for managing client-specific revenue and profitability• developing software to compute data quality metrics for the global Data Quality Centre of ExcellenceSoftware used: SAS, MicroStrategy, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, PL/SQL