Highly-organized and productive Senior Executive Assistant eager to contribute extensive talents toward supporting a progressive company in optimizing overall performance.

 

 

         High-level administrative skills with particular strengths in executive support, calendar management, expense tracking and reporting, corporate marketing initiatives, and special project coordination.   

         Strong capabilities in report writing, orchestrating meeting and travel logistics, workload planning, and facilitating positive client relations.

         Excellent computer skills; proficiently design spreadsheets and databases to meticulously track vital business information.

         Reputation for integrity, commitment to confidentiality, and a team player work approach.    

         Exercise sound judgment to adeptly handle a vast range of responsibilities, priorities and distractions for executive management.

         Considerable strengths in media relations and creating dynamic PowerPoint presentations.

         Proven ability to process a high volume of work without sacrificing quality, and continuously seek out new approaches to streamline and expedite complex administrative and/or operational processes.

 

 

Ernst & Young LLP, McLean, VA, 2005 to Present

Executive Coordinator and Executive Assistant

• Perform broad-scope administrative functions encompassing calendar management, domestic and international travel arrangements, business correspondence, expense tracking and reporting, and creating presentations.
• Efficiently coordinate meetings and events such as audit work paper reviews.
• Contribute multi-tasking capabilities toward maintaining database for internal project team, devising Excel spreadsheets for executive management, and disseminating communication to clients.
• Evaluate and establish department procedures and communicate daily with internal partners, business development executives and Transaction Advisory Leaders.

 

Grant Thornton LLP, Vienna, VA, 1999 to 2005

Executive Assistant / Senior Marketing Associate

• Promoted twice based on exceptional performance to most recent role as Senior Marketing Associate, proficiently coordinating graphic design efforts for presentations, ads, invitations, announcement cards, marketing materials, and tradeshow panels. 
• Championed 10-month project to produce Government Contractor Industry Survey for Government Contracting practice to generate sales leads and drive revenue growth; led survey implementation which identified $15K in company savings and increased response rate by 30%.
• Applied sharp prioritization skills toward balancing daily schedules and travel arrangements for Marketing Director, preparing press kits, planning meetings, and maintaining CRM database.
• Generated wide range of reports including win-loss and pipeline summaries and prepared compelling proposals and press releases.
• Collaboratively developed integrated marketing initiatives and monitored telemarketing company to track return on investment and adherence to marketing plan and budget. 

 

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Picturevision, Inc., Herndon, VA, 1998 to 1999

Executive Assistant

• Effectively supported Senior VP of Sales and Marketing by facilitating cooperative vendor relationships, managing business correspondence, formulating reports, maintaining databases, and filing legal documents.
• Conducted market research and competitive intelligence, and creatively designed informative and convincing sales and marketing presentations.
• Assessed and budgeted marketing projects for upper executives and diligently tracked progress to ensure and optimize cost control.
• Seamlessly coordinated business and personal travel, meetings, itineraries, seminars and special projects.

 

Graystone Homes, Inc., Manassas, VA, 1996 to 1998

Executive Administrative Assistant

• Oversaw administrative needs of company president and two managing partners, expeditiously coordinating schedules, calendars, meetings, investor events and seminars.
• Created databases and spreadsheets, provided transcription services, participated in developing annual budget, and generated accurate and timely monthly reports.

• Decisively screened and answered incoming calls to company president.
• Researched, evaluated and processed Workers Compensation claims.

 

CommTek Communications Corp.,  Vienna, VA, 1991 to 1996

Executive Assistant 

• Provided high-level support to COO and CEO and proactively represented company at tradeshows and industry events.

         Worked closely with Patent and Trademark attorneys to ensure legal compliance and protection of company s products.

         Supported human resources department by administering healthcare plans to staff members. 

 

 

Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint); Lotus Notes; ACT; SalesLogix; Adobe Acrobat; Schedule Plus; type 70 WPM