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Dallas, Texas, United States

- Assist over 10 Partners and Managers in Advisory and Audit specialty areas in the firm. Conduct thorough research using clients and markets tools and participated in account planning meetings and calls to provide valuable insights. - Maintain an up-to-date client relationship management system by entering and updating opportunities, contacts, activities, and entities. - Manage email and calendar activities, scheduled meetings, drafted email correspondence, and organized virtual meetings and conference calls.- Produce and edit various engagement documents such as engagement letters, master service agreements, and scope of work with high accuracy and consistency. - Coordinate with Engagement Setup Administrators and Engagement Management Coordinators to ensure efficient engagement setup and support. - Resolve external client billing schedules and approved invoices on behalf of partners and managing directors. - Develop and monitor team SharePoint sites, onboarded new team members, and procured technology and equipment for them.

Assist Engineering students with course approval and scheduling.Build schedules during registration, approve course overrides, and prepare reports using Argos and Banner. Collect and extract student and faculty data for Banner reports. Supervise student assistants, approve timesheets for payroll, and perform other human resource functions in the Workday system. Provide support to students, faculty and staff in the Engineering Department, including but not limited to composing correspondence from verbal direction or from knowledge of the organization, remaining active in planning, analysis and revision of department schedules and calendars, arranging meetings, and maintaining department documentation and files. Liaison for the department with other areas in the University. Utilize the Aggiebuy procurement system to order supplies, prepare requisitions, and monitor contracts. Assist in budget preparations using the FAMIS and CANOPY budget systems for the university. Utilize various forms in Banner and Microsoft Office software such as Word, Excel and Access to complete internal and external requests from management, students, faculty, staff, and the general public.

Houston, Texas

Analyze and verify faculty salaries using Banner and Access. Verify and process course information for university using Banner, Access, and Excel. Assist in retrieving data from Banner and PeopleSoft to assist in producing the university fact book. Gather data for IPEDS and other state reports to be submitted using FTP. Complete surveys for the university such as U.S. News and World Reports and Peterson's Graduate Survey. Complete open records requests. Assist faculty and staff with various data requests. Data entry of faculty information in Banner. Participate in various university activities such as addressing employee benefits with UHD Staff Council, Welcome Week and UHD Giving Campaign.

Prairie View, Texas

Produced the university daily enrollment reports and weekly reports using SQL Oracle and Banner systems for the President, Director of Institutional Research, and other senior level staff. Assisted in retrieving data from Banner to assist in producing the university fact book. Gather data for IPEDS and other state reports. Completed surveys for the university such as U.S. News and World Reports and Peterson's Graduate Survey. Assisted faculty and staff with various data requests. Data entry of faculty information in Banner.

2008 Winner of the City of Austin National Safety Month Campaign for Emergency Preparedness Kits proposal.2008 City of Austin Supervisor Academy Graduate.Supervisor of administrative and technical personnel. Conducted performance evaluations and trainings. Participated in employee grievance hearings.Liaison for the department on financial and budget information and performance measures of the division. Approve purchases up to $5,000 using City of Austin WORKS system. Monitor budget for division using City of Austin Ecapris system.Liaison for office configurations and building issues. Assistant safety coordinator and fire warden assistant.Assisted managers in responding to open records requests within the legal time frame of 10 business daysUpdated current department projects on a weekly basis for meetings with the director. Develop policy and procedures for the division.

2005 Completed Federal Emergency Management Association training course.2004 Department of State Health Employee Steering Committee Member.Supervisor of administrative personnel. Processed leave requests, timesheets, and reproduction requests using PeopleSoft under the AccessHR system.Processed and approved purchase requisitions using Health and Human Services Administrative System (HHSAS).Processed grants submitted for signature, approval or review by the unit manager. Performed administration of federal and state contracts awarded to over 200 substance abuse providers using the SOURCE and the Texas Review and Comments System (TRACS).Developed policy and procedures for the division using Microsoft Word.

Assisted director with organizing the ACCRA Economic Conference in Austin, Texas.Supervised Business Information and Referral (BIR) staff. Conducted staff trainings.Prepared quarterly Legislative Budget Board reports, monthly board reports and division performance reports for executive staff using Excel, Microsoft Word and WordPerfect.Prepared purchase orders, travel requests, and vouchers using Excel.Provided quality customer service to customers on the 800 number call center for prospective businesses.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, 3.0

Masters Degree

Masters, Human Resources

Activities and Societies: 2007 Member of SHRM

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 2.5

Activities and Societies: Accounting Society PresidentCooperative Education Participant 1988 - 1995