Administrative Assistant, Human Resources, Recruitment, Event Planning

SARA STAMM

**** ********* *****

San Jose, CA *5118

408-***-**** - **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BAY AREA SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, San Jose, CA July 2012 to Present

Administrative Assistant

• Promoted by CEO to Administrative Assistant, developing a reputation for self-directed behavior and willingness to

hold additional responsibility.

• Provide benefits, high-volume scheduling, and expense reporting to high-profile surgery center

• Lead team in scheduling operations and point of contact for all associated doctors.

• Proactively communicate with Materials Department, maximizing insurance payment through comparison of

procedure cost to insurance reimbursement rate.

• Coordinate staffing needs for procedures and initiate communication with anesthesia group.

Billing Assistant July 2011 - July 2012

• Contributed daily follow-up on insurance claims, wrote appeals, and tracked insurance payments.

• Developed spreadsheet to track insurance payments and claims submission to streamline monthly ad hoc

reporting, resulting in an average increase in monthly collections from $800,000 to $1.2 million.

• Collaborated with Billing Account Manager to analyze and draft new claims appeals template and process.

• Maintained full compliance with HIPAA policies and procedures when handling all patient information.

ZORAN CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA June 2010- September 2010

Human Resources Intern

• Assisted and coordinated with Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and candidates in arranging for test and interview

appointments while monitoring and offering critique to develop an effective recruitment plan.

• Coordinated new hire orientations (e.g. onboarding paperwork and offer letter generation).

• Led event coordination in maintaining contact with vendors, marketing the event, and supervising volunteers,

resulting in 500+ guests operated within budgetary restrictions.

• Reduced reporting time during weekly recruitment progress meetings using self-generated spreadsheet in

addition to ATS maintenance.

• Managed HR policy information on company intranet providing a single-source information system for all

internal departments.

UCLA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION & INFORMATION STUDIES, Los Angeles, CA October 2009- June 2011

Data Clerk

• Reviewed, analyzed, and maintained data management guidelines operating under strict deadlines.

• Generated data summaries using Excel spreadsheet compilation and thorough review of case reports.

• Created monthly progress reports, generating effective data retrieval and summaries.

• Assisted in implementing strategy for confidential data input and extraction for easier access to information

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

University of California, Los Angeles- Los Angeles, CA- June 2011

• B.A. in Communication Studies and minor in Film & TV with 3.77 overall GPA cum laude

Honors and Activities:

• Elected into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society- graduated in the top 10% of the 2011 UCLA graduating class.

• Recruitment Coordinator of UCLA Relay for Life (2009-2011)

• On-Air Coordinator of UCLA Radio (2009-2010)

• Event Planning and Development Intern at TheatreWorks (Summer 2009)

Relevant Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

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