Project Management

GWENTASHA MIMS *** **th Street, NW

678-***-**** Apt. 4305

E-mail: ********@*****.*** Atlanta, GA 30309

QUALIFICATIONS Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and

verbal communication skills; Great tactical

leadership abilities with strong business acumen;

Excellent project management skills; Strong attention

to detail and commitment to excellence in work

product; Ability to work collaboratively with a

commitment to achieving corporate goals

COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Publisher, Access (ACT), Visio, Outlook, Lotus Notes,

General Ledger, PeopleSoft, Oracle, GFS and the

Internet

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Atlanta, GA

Master of Business Administration (MBA), June 2010

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA

BA, Political Science

EXPERIENCE

02/08 - Present TOWERS WATSON Atlanta, GA

Professional Resource Group Manager / HR Administrative Manager

. Performance management, compensation review, staff

assignments, and competency development for

administrative staff of 23 while actively taking

steps to improve employee morale and instill

knowledge of corporate guidelines, goals, and

service expectations

. Recruiting for administrative staff. Duties

include screening candidates to determine

qualification, conducting interviews, coordinating

interview schedules, handling decision making

process and informing candidates of decision, and

completing on-boarding package

. Assists with the development, recommendations and

implementation of personnel policies and

procedures; performs benefit administration,

conducts investigations, resolves employee

relation issues

. Conduct new hire orientation training sessions

. Serve as liaison and provided conflict resolution

between administrative staff and consultants;

resource for crisis management (mediation)

07/07 - 02/08 KPMG LLP Atlanta, GA

Practice Administrator

. Provided support to the Business Unit Partner In

Charge and the Resource Management Group

. Administrative Performance Management: Perform

Administrative Assistant performance reviews;

Track Administrative Assistants Time and Expenses,

Assist Partners and Administrative Assistants with

support cohesion to ensure positive communication

and relationship building; Provide Administrative

Assistants with training opportunities to optimize

role performance

. Supervised/provided technical direction to the

administration support staff

. Provided direction on administrative workflow to

help ensure work was distributed appropriately and

available resources utilized

. Lead the practice with events marketing, national

practice meetings, finance reporting, and business

planning and development

. Analyzed and addressed issues by evaluating

different alternatives within a wide variety of

established procedures

10/04 - 07/07 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Atlanta, GA

Project Team Specialist

. Coordinated and delivered seamless engagement

support services to clients

. Orchestrated client service engagements from

inception to acceptance including request for

proposals, engagement letters, budget to analysis

reporting, and business analysis framework

. Integrated and synthesized information from

multiple sources in order to anticipate issues and

solve problems

Executive Assistant Coordinator (Team Lead)

Atlanta, GA

. Team lead for 8 Executive Assistants by assisting

with work load, scheduling EA vacations to ensure

coverage, go-to person for EA resolution,

conducted performance reviews, hiring and year

end closing, and providing back up and resources

for EA team

. Researched and resolved invoices; communicated

resolution with managers and or partners;

developed allocation of adjustments; coordinated

credit with unapplied cash and adjust invoices to

reflect findings

. Reconciled and balanced Internal Projects report

for partners; Prepared Revenue, A/R Aging, Work In

Progress (WIP), and Cash and Balance reports

weekly for various partners and managers

. Assisted with managing client engagement process

from start to finish (client research analysis by

running relationship, independence and non-public

audit checks, Initiated Client Acceptance for

Partners, Drafted client engagement letters,

Client set-up in GFS including obtaining WBS Code,

and ensured the process was completed so managers

and partners could began field work).

. Managed diversity project with partner by pulling

survey results together, analyzing results

utilizing excel, and creating presentation in

PowerPoint for Partner

. Provided administrative support to Advisory

Partners and team of Dispute Investigative

Analysts which included preparing presentations,

drafting correspondence, scheduling travel,

arranging conferences and meetings, and process

time and expense reports for Partners, Directors

and Managers.

*Promotion to Project Team Specialist*

09/01 - 10/04 CINGULAR WIRELESS

Atlanta, GA

Project Management Support / Senior Executive

Assistant

. Supported Vice President, three Executive

Directors and four Directors of Sales Operations

and Local Network Porting (Project Management) by

handling diverse administrative duties which

included expense reporting, schedule and travel

coordination: domestic/international with timeline

and budget readiness, conference and event

planning

. Project management for various projects including

new cellular equipment and enhancement features;

Managed the timely identification, logging and

resolution/escalation of issues during the life of

projects; Managed the project's priorities,

including assisting with the performance of

running risk assessments and mitigation

strategies; Tracked various groups progress to

ensure that their responsibilities to the project

were being met; Willingness to assist various

teams to ensure that goals and timelines were

being met; Sat on various panels with executive

management and communicated executive management's

expectations to project team members as needed;

Ensured key project documentation was preserved

and could be retrieved for audit, review and

project purposes

. Responsible for vendor relations and facilities

coordination for a department of 95 by selecting

vendors, reviewing and presenting invoices for

payment; responsible for floor seating

arrangements and reporting various vacancies and

relocation to building leasing

Executive Assistant

. Assistant to CFO of Cingular Interactive and five

Directors

. Ran financial reports for CFO utilizing Access;

created spreadsheets for analyzing and comparing

data; reported findings to CFO and staff

. Maintained calendars, coordinated meetings, and

scheduled conference calls

. Made extensive domestic/international travel

arrangements

. Selected vendors and reviewed and presented

invoices for payment

. Responsible for employee time entry and payroll

adjustments

. Prepared presentations for executive meetings

using PowerPoint

*Promotion to Project Management

Support*

4/00 - 9/01 COMMONFUND SECURITIES, INC. Wilton, CT

Administrative Endowment Associate

. Supported and enhanced productivity of Group Head

/Head Relationship Officer and two Managing

Directors by performing general

research/administrative tasks

. Supervised and distributed work load to

Administrative staff

. Scheduled trustee and staff meetings; made follow-

up calls to Members on conferences, seminars and

meetings; coordinated tele/video conferencing

schedules

. Created presentation material using PowerPoint and

supported production

. Assisted clients with account and portfolio

information by doing various portfolio and

projection analysis

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