Chandra M. Mercer
Cypress, TX 77433
******.*******@*****.***
Education:
Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI)
Bachelor of Science in Political Science/Pre-Law
Experience
Raymond James Financial (Independent Branch)
Operations Manager 6/15 – present
• Employee payroll processing
• Responsible for employee hiring and dismissal
• Maintain all client relationships
• Completion of all new and existing account paperwork
• Handle daily periodic payments and ACH requests
• Manage company spending and budgeting
• Provided administrative assistance in all aspects of providing support to executive management
• Handle daily coordination of electronic wire payments
• Sole person handling all office tasks and responsibilities The Meridian Resource Corporation, Houston, TX
(acquired by Alta Mesa Holdings, LP in 2010)
Treasury Analyst 5/10 – 05/15
• Monitor daily cash positioning and bank account balances
• Analyze and review with upper management daily/weekly/monthly cash performance
• Handle daily coordination of electronic wire payments
• Process checks and ACH payments for the A/P and Revenue departments
• Provide assistance in monthly hedge settlements and documentation
• Prepare monthly and quarterly journal entries and reconciliations
• Oversee corporate credit card programs
• Support Treasury in audits and internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• File annual tax reports with various companies (subsidiaries) and maintain monthly tax withholding payments
• Coordinate and enhance existing and potential banking relationships
• Assistance with debt compliance, including borrowing base calculations and covenant calculations
Executive Assistant to CAO 8/07 – 5/10
• Assist in writing all quarterly and annual reports required by the SEC
• Work closely with auditors for quarterly and annual audits of the company
• Print A/P and Revenue checks on a weekly basis
• Monitor the company’s finances, create weekly cash reports for all bank accounts
• Provide assistance to the CAO and CEO in various capacities
• Create expense reports and travel plans
• Manage company’s petty cash expenditures
Waveworks Digital Media, McLean, VA 10/04-8/07
Operations Manager
• Managed and coordinated the operational infrastructure of video and audio post production facility; including overseeing a staff of 4 (2 audio editors, 2 video editors)
• Developed and applied company polices and procedures to maintain smooth operation and productive workflow
• Scheduled and managed client projects for: The Washington Post, IBM, Nextel, AOL, Allergy Care Centers, America’s Most Wanted
• Interfaced with senior management on plant operations, budgets and strategical planning
• Represented the organization at various community and/or business meetings
• Developed budgets in conjunction with clients for audio/video projects
• Assisted in marketing and advertising for the company; developed marketing letters, designed invitations and fliers, coordinated fundraising events
• Coordinated logistics, personnel and equipment for production shoots on location
• Assured success of client projects through to completion and final delivery America’s Most Wanted, Bethesda, MD 8/03-10/04
Executive Assistant to Co-Executive Producer
• Maintained schedule and day to day tasks for executive level manager of weekly, prime time television series
• Spearheaded the launch of new website; writing, proofing and coordinating copy and photo selections
• Produced expense reports and arranged travel for business trips and production location shoots
• Processed hundreds of viewer mail correspondences; formulating written responses in a timely fashion on behalf of Co-Executive Producer
• Organized and distributed primary informational material known as, case sheets, for every successive show produced for national broadcast
• Researched and developed story ideas for upcoming shows
• Pitched story ideas and wrote scripts
• Provided administrative assistance in all aspects of providing support to executive management
Calvin College Multicultural Office, Grand Rapids, MI Summer 2003-2005 Assistant to the Director and Head Counselor of Summer Youth Programs
• Planned summer youth programs that incorporated the interests, strengths and cultures for groups of 100 or more
• Assisted new students in adapting to the expectations of the college campus
• Acted as head counselor during summer program events; training the staff and leading students in various activities
• Assisted the Director of the Multicultural Office with administrative support Computer Skills:
MS Office Programs; WordPerfect; Internet Explorer; Lexis-Nexis; QuickBooks; ACT; Adobe Photoshop; BOLO; OnBase