Steve Bartels Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver reports and audits leveraging Excel, Access, and relational databases. This involves using ad-hoc and canned queries to analyze and transform datasets within Excel and Access.• Automated Excel reports with VBA leading to a 95% improvement in processing time which ensures consistent successful execution which creates opportunities to accomplish additional tasks.• Produce financial reports each day, week, month, and quarter for the purpose of updating clients and senior leaders on their investments.• Provide management support by supplying them with trend dashboards which assist their strategy.• Respond on incoming metrics, exams, reporting requests from internal and external sources.• Audit existing data to identify issues related to accuracy, speed, and process. Interpret issues to identify corrective actions and resolutions.

• Established an increase of department revenues from 10.8M to 11.4M, between 2016 and 2017.• Motivated the teams to achieve measurable increases in sales and customer satisfaction levels.• Received recognition for merchandise optimization and sales team coaching.• Co-directed liquidation activities for the store during its transition to close.• Designed insightful weekly performance dashboards from provided raw data.• Oversaw philanthropy activities in conjunction with March of Dimes.