Kerline Laurent
Chicago, IL. 60625
**************@*****.***
Professional Efficiencies:
> Strong communications skills as author, lecturer, teacher, debater
> Excellent relationship builder with students, faculty, and
administration
> Excellent interpersonal, writing, verbal communication and research
skills.
Professional Strengths:
> Detail-oriented and possess ability to handle multi-task effectively.
> Ability to read and interpret complex oral and written instructions.
> Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
> Familiar with office machines like scanners, copy machines, fax
machines, and multi-line phones.
> Familiar with major operating systems like basic graphic editing
programs, word processing and the internet.
> Possess excellent management and organization skills.
> Ability to type 60 word per minute with 100% accuracy.
> Patience and the ability to perform tasks accurately.
> Ability to prepare, compose and assemble confidential information.
Professional Experience:
DeVry University-Chicago Campus
2005-2010
Operations Support Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
> Responsible for preparing reports, invoices, letters, memos, financial
statements and spreadsheets by word processor, spreadsheet, database
and software.
> Handled the tasks of accounting like managing the department's
employees' expense reports, processing accounts payable i.e. expense
reports for manager & employees for reimbursement, maintaining budget
control, finalizing monthly budget reports and preparing investment
register.
> Assisted clients in completing the formalities of housing tenant
applications.
> Performs facilities management and general office duties like ordering
supplies and maintains the records of management systems.
> Responsible for providing administrative and secretarial support for
CEO like assisting visitors and answering telephone calls.
> Solved a number of administrative problems and queries.
> Served as a liaison in operational issues and resolution of day-to-day
administrative tasks.
DeVry University-Chicago Campus
2004-2005
Lead Federal Work Study Assistant
> Supervised and delegated daily tasks assignments to 3 FWS employees.
> Processed the daily Account Receivable payments from students (i.e.
checks, credit cards, and money orders).
> Daily data entry of student parking permits, parking violations, and
visitor's parking.
> Assisted new students with the financial aid process (i.e. FAFSA,
Master Promissory Notes (Lender/Loan application), and loan quiz.
> Prepared and distributed daily parking reports to the Security
Department for further investigations.
> Assisted the Financial Aid Advisors with special projects i.e. the
quarterly graduation project filing each folder for each graduating
students with their loan repayment information.
> Assisted with creating Excel data spreadsheets, filing, faxing,
answering multiple phone lines, and distributing mail to office.
> Developed and maintained a relational MS Access database to store
students' information for graduation.
Educational Summary:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree, DeVry University,
Chicago, IL 2007
Master in Business Administration, Keller Graduate School of Management,
Chicago, IL 2010