Project Analyst
Resume:
NORA C. SMITH
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am an IT Support Professional with excellent analytical skills. As a
Purchasing Analyst, I report on cost savings measures. As a Restructuring
Analyst, I served on a warehouse team that reduced footprint and
consolidated IT assets. As an IT Project Analyst, I researched and closed
overdue projects. As a Network Technical Administrator, I was
administrative tech support at a communications company. As a Financial
Analyst, I created and managed Excel Workbooks used to mine data for
financial metric reporting. I am familiar with corporate procedures and
job processes. I am a self-starter and a problem solver with the ability to
research expenditures, keep costs at a minimum and projects on time. I have
rapport with executives, co-workers, and customers and have excellent
verbal and writing skills. Please check out my LinkedIn page:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/noracooksmith
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Languages/Tools: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, MS Photo Editor,
Lotus Notes, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat
Databases: MS Access
Environments: Windows 7, Windows 8, Intranet, Internet
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Infotree Service, Inc. July 2012 - October 2014
Purchasing Analyst - Contracted to Delphi
Member of a team that manages cost savings initiatives
. Analyze raw data
. Create Excel reports with formulas, filtering and macros
. Delphi cost savings database support
. SharePoint document control - SME for global sourcing group site
. Create PowerPoint presentations
. Contribution: Restructuring of SharePoint Site. The site data was
large and unwieldy. I redesigned the site into branches that cut down
time it was taking visitors to our site to find reports.
Modis (formerly Ajilon Consulting) July 2009 - March 2012
IT Restructuring Analyst - Contracted to General Motors
Member of three company team (General Motors, HP and Ajilon) challenged
with a time sensitive financial opportunity to reduce leased asset
responsibility.
. Coordinate early lease return (ELT) project
. Meet with stakeholders
. Create Job Processes
. Create Excel spreadsheets, pivot tables and charts and PowerPoint
presentations
. Contribution: Winner of PIO Award for role in implementing IT
warehousing process resulting in cost savings of $1,000,000,
Ajilon Consulting June 2008 - October 2008
IT Project Financial Analyst - Contracted to General Motors
Short-term consult to investigate open IT projects.
. Create Excel IT project log and charts
. Create pivot tables and ad hoc Excel reports
. Create Microsoft Word and Excel forms
. Contribution: Over 100 projects closed which freed up funds for
future projects. Estimated amount returned to allocations was 1.5
million.
WOW Internet Cable Phone December 2007 - April 2008
Network Technical Administrator
Coordinator on team that reduced cable leakage in accordance with federal
regulations.
. Technical/Administrative support for maintenance manager
. Create Excel spreadsheets, including pivot tables, links, VLookups,
Validation.
. Research and resolve customer issues
. Contribution: Creation of Excel workbook that tracked phases of the
leakage resolution process which resulted in one-stop-shopping for all
data. Time saved per each request from upper management was one hour.
Ajilon Consulting April 2005 - December 2007
Financial Analyst - Contracted to General Motors
Served on team of financial analysts that tracked IT project dollars.
. Create and maintain Excel workbooks, including pivot tables,
validation, lists, links, conditional formatting, formulas, etc. for
use in departmental data entry
. Roll up data from analysts and report to upper management
. Create PowerPoint Presentations for training
. Contribution: Created PowerPoint training session for on-boarding new
department financial analysts which cut training time in half.
EDUCATION
Bachelor Degree
Apostolic Bible Institute, St. Paul, MN
Liberal Arts Courses toward an associate's degree
Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Microsoft Office Software Classes
Writing for Business
Project Management Classes
Published Book Author (Com-Publishing)
http://www.noracooksmith.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Well-Haunting-St-Lukes/dp/146*******
http://noracooksmith.blogspot.com/
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