Annette L. Steinhardt
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
***********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Strengths include the ability to organize, investigate and communicate
financial and operational information and translate it into usable
information for management decisions. Gained a broad array of business
experience by working in a variety of different industries that included
pharmaceutical research, telecommunications and retail management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Andrew / Commscope 2010-2013
After Market Analyst (2010-2013)
Manage and support service level metrics for internal and outsourced repair
and return equipment for cell towers.
Led weekly status calls and tracked open issues to closure.
. Prepare repeat return and no trouble found analysis for engineering
and operations.
. Increased royalty revenue by 40%.
. Coordinate activities for department and work with cross functional
teams to ensure project phase is on schedule and within budget.
Macy's, New Jersey 2010-Present
Part Time Sales Associate
Verizon Wireless, New Jersey 2004-2009
Network Coordinator (2004-2009)
Responsible for purchase orders, vendor management, delivery schedules and
budget details for Network Support Systems and Commercial Data Systems.
. Obtained quotes, processed purchase orders, paid invoices and
reconciled data.
. Reduced maintenance expense by several million dollars.
. Successfully tracked, monitored and communicated status of capital
equipment for several network equipment centers.
. Updated various reports for Senior Management and Finance that was
used for decision making.
. Point of contact for 75 vendors and successfully managed any issues
that arose.
NOP World/MMC, New Jersey 2002-2004
Project Controller/Cost Accountant, (2002-2004)
Responsible for the ongoing delivery and analysis of sales delivery
schedules, cost reports and work in process reports by business unit and
therapeutic class.
. Created a process that ensured accurate revenue recognition.
. Attended project status meetings as the financial liaison supporting
research and operations.
. Aligned cost and revenue to the correct project which led to accurate
pricing and greater profitability.
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AT&T, New Jersey 1989-2002
Associate Finance Manager, CFO (1999-2002)
Responsible for the ongoing delivery of EBIT results, creation of monthly
and weekly status reports and development of executive financial packages.
. Improved the overall level of reports by identifying individual codes
for specific products/services that enabled them to be analyzed as a
direct cost as opposed to being grouped without distinction.
. Developed an executive briefing package that was prepared for a
limited number of senior executives.
Supervisor, Service Asset Management (1998-1999)
Responsible for the detail cost and expense analysis for the 5E switches as
well as the management of vendor payments for call center operations.
. Identified areas of expense excess and duplication in budgeted items
that helped streamline not only financial reporting but also allowed
for monies to be used in areas that were under budgeted.
Associate Manager, Business Platform Development & Testing (1997-1998)
Responsible for creating and assembling software tests that support AT&T
Digital Link business customers.
. Created measurable reports and monitored test cases that ensured all
system components worked together in an integrated environment.
. Conducted and led conference calls that ensured AT&T quality standards
were met by local service providers.
. Coordinated the efforts to allow AT&T to gain access to various local
service providers' platforms.
Assistant Analyst, Assistant Controller (1995-1997)
Fiduciary responsibility for managing the manual and inter-entity journal
entry process for over 200 journal entries per month.
. Utilized expertise as certified financial code consultant to ensure
proper financial coding and customer interface.
. Achieved 100% accuracy ratio in passing every audit performed.
. Managed a 30% increase in the journal entry process without additional
headcount.
F.W. Woolworth, NJ 1984-1997
Supervisor
Supervised front end and sales associates regarding cash register
operations.
. Attained 100% customer satisfaction as measured by corporate standards
on complaints.
. Met or exceeded all revenue and profit targets.
EDUCATION
BS, Business Administration, College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station,
NJ
Master's Certification Project Management, Stevens Institute of Technology,
NJ
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
PeopleSoft, Crystal, Hyperion, Oracle Project Accounting, QuickBooks, Cost
Point, SAP