Theresa J. Canjar, CPM
*******@*****.***
www/linkedin.com/in/theresacanjar
Westminster, CO 80031
720-***-**** Cell
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
• Over 20 years of C Level Executive Support, Office Management and Project Manager experience in
telecommunications industry with increasing levels of responsibility in diverse office settings
• Demonstrated ability to provide office management oversight and general office support for large groups
of professional management and occupational employees including HR support and I9 functions
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and working with all levels of
management
• Skilled in acting as liaison with key internal stakeholders and external contractors including executive
customer escalations and managing special projects
• Certified Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July, 2011 to November, 2014 Executive Office Manager, Denver Finance – CenturyLink
• Perform comprehensive administrative support for executive level managers along with
office management oversight and general support for 1200 Denver Finance employees
• Support Monroe headquarters Executive Assistant for Denver all hands meetings and other
requests and maintain current organizational charts and distribution lists for finance
• Maintain all office equipment (computers, printers/fax, and copiers), inventory of
supplies, conference rooms, offices and processing all Denver Finance invoices
• Real Estate liaison and space planning for Denver Finance office
• Set up all new employees and contractors for finance and process finance employee exits
• I9 coordinator for finance
• Responsible for executive customer escalations until customer issues are resolved
• Review and make recommendations to Controller of all contracts for finance
• Distribute and track all event tickets for finance
• Manage specific projects (i.e.: Fire/Life/Safety, people/job placements, etc.)
• Set up quarterly accounting close meeting and process legal hold requests for finance
2007 – June, 2011 Executive Assistant to the Controller – Qwest Corporation
Performed advanced administrative support for C Level Executives which typically involved work of a
confidential nature and required extensive knowledge of department, business unit and company practices,
policies, programs and product lines
• Plan executive/leadership conferences for the CFO and Controller’s organizations
• Prepared financial and operational reports for Executive team as well as Audit Committee
presentations for Audit Committee meetings
• Managed calendars, agendas and travel as well as prepared expense reports and invoices for
payments
• Coordinated training for entire finance organization as well as created and maintained finance
library for finance employees
• Performed other special projects such as tracking of external auditor data requests for quarterly
audits and SOX compliance needs
• Managed all moves and space planning for Denver Finance office
• Any other tasks as requested by supervisor
Theresa J. Canjar
2005-2007 Senior Administrative Assistant Denver Finance – Qwest
• Performed administrative support for Executive level Directors which required extensive
knowledge of department, business unit and company practices, policies, programs and product lines
• Prepared financial and operational reports and manuals for Executive Directors and manages
• Managed calendars, agendas and travel as well as prepared expense reports and invoices for
payments
• Maintained all general office equipment and inventory of supplies
1985 – 2005 Other Experience
Project Manager – Denver – USWest Finance
• Created and managed the process for the Universal Services Fund – a federal government program
Administrative Assistant to Senior Director – Denver – Regulatory Finance
• Regulatory finance – supported senior director and 11 directors in the Chain-of-command
Technical Research Librarian/Records Manager – Boulder – Advanced Technologies
• Provided technical research for AT engineers and maintained the legal records for the
company
Operations Specialist – Kansas City, MO – Financial Services
• Promoted and moved with the VP operations to Kansas City to position the company for sale –
assignment completed within one year as assigned
Administrative Assistant to VP Operations – Denver – Financial Services
• Administrative support for VP and department – including supervising 8 direct reports
EDUCATION
• Recertification of Project Management Certificate - 2013
• Microsoft Office Suite 2007 Certification (scored 100% on all exams) 2011
• I9 HR Government Coordinator Training 2011
• SAP Finance Tool Training 2011
• University of Phoenix Business Writing – Denver, CO 2006
• SalesForce.com Systems Administrator Certification – San Francisco, CA 2004
• Project Management Institute Certification – Denver University – Denver, CO 2000
• Billings Business College Certificates in Accounting and Bookkeeping – Billings, MT 1977
• Billings West High School – Diploma - 1975
Theresa J. Canjar