NORA C. SMITH

248-***-****

acg29h@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am an IT Support Professional with excellent analytical skills. As a

Purchasing Analyst, I report on cost savings measures. As a Restructuring

Analyst, I served on a warehouse team that reduced footprint and

consolidated IT assets. As an IT Project Analyst, I researched and closed

overdue projects. As a Network Technical Administrator, I was

administrative tech support at a communications company. As a Financial

Analyst, I created and managed Excel Workbooks used to mine data for

financial metric reporting. I am familiar with corporate procedures and

job processes. I am a self-starter and a problem solver with the ability to

research expenditures, keep costs at a minimum and projects on time. I have

rapport with executives, co-workers, and customers and have excellent

verbal and writing skills. Please check out my LinkedIn page:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/noracooksmith

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Languages/Tools: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, MS Photo Editor,

Lotus Notes, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat

Databases: MS Access

Environments: Windows 7, Windows 8, Intranet, Internet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Infotree Service, Inc. July 2012 - October 2014

Purchasing Analyst - Contracted to Delphi

Member of a team that manages cost savings initiatives

. Analyze raw data

. Create Excel reports with formulas, filtering and macros

. Delphi cost savings database support

. SharePoint document control - SME for global sourcing group site

. Create PowerPoint presentations

. Contribution: Restructuring of SharePoint Site. The site data was

large and unwieldy. I redesigned the site into branches that cut down

time it was taking visitors to our site to find reports.

Modis (formerly Ajilon Consulting) July 2009 - March 2012

IT Restructuring Analyst - Contracted to General Motors

Member of three company team (General Motors, HP and Ajilon) challenged

with a time sensitive financial opportunity to reduce leased asset

responsibility.

. Coordinate early lease return (ELT) project

. Meet with stakeholders

. Create Job Processes

. Create Excel spreadsheets, pivot tables and charts and PowerPoint

presentations

. Contribution: Winner of PIO Award for role in implementing IT

warehousing process resulting in cost savings of $1,000,000,

Ajilon Consulting June 2008 - October 2008

IT Project Financial Analyst - Contracted to General Motors

Short-term consult to investigate open IT projects.

. Create Excel IT project log and charts

. Create pivot tables and ad hoc Excel reports

. Create Microsoft Word and Excel forms

. Contribution: Over 100 projects closed which freed up funds for

future projects. Estimated amount returned to allocations was 1.5

million.

WOW Internet Cable Phone December 2007 - April 2008

Network Technical Administrator

Coordinator on team that reduced cable leakage in accordance with federal

regulations.

. Technical/Administrative support for maintenance manager

. Create Excel spreadsheets, including pivot tables, links, VLookups,

Validation.

. Research and resolve customer issues

. Contribution: Creation of Excel workbook that tracked phases of the

leakage resolution process which resulted in one-stop-shopping for all

data. Time saved per each request from upper management was one hour.

Ajilon Consulting April 2005 - December 2007

Financial Analyst - Contracted to General Motors

Served on team of financial analysts that tracked IT project dollars.

. Create and maintain Excel workbooks, including pivot tables,

validation, lists, links, conditional formatting, formulas, etc. for

use in departmental data entry

. Roll up data from analysts and report to upper management

. Create PowerPoint Presentations for training

. Contribution: Created PowerPoint training session for on-boarding new

department financial analysts which cut training time in half.

EDUCATION

Bachelor Degree

Apostolic Bible Institute, St. Paul, MN

Liberal Arts Courses toward an associate's degree

Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Microsoft Office Software Classes

Writing for Business

Project Management Classes

Published Book Author (Com-Publishing)

http://www.noracooksmith.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Well-Haunting-St-Lukes/dp/146*******

http://noracooksmith.blogspot.com/

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