Administrative Assistant

Suzanne DeWitt

To be in a position where I can utilize my skills, and make a contribution to the organization.

Committee Assistant – State of NH Legislative Services

January 18 to May 12 – Temporary Assignment – Scheduling hearings, typing minutes and reports setting up meetings – all having to meet deadlines, filing and answering phones. This position required a great deal of organization.

Customer Service Professional – H& R Block

January to April, for ten tax seasons including 2016

ProTemps – Temporary assignment October, 2010 serving as receptionist for Horizon Beverage and in 2012 for Stein Law Offices

September 2000 - November 2008

Marketing Assistant – Lincoln Financial (Jefferson Pilot Financial)

And 1035 Specialist

Responsible for the management and coordination of mailing lists for product rollouts for all distribution lines, scheduling meetings, tracking project status, and internal distribution of marketing materials, travel arrangements, ordering supplies and various mailings to producers. Microsoft Word and Excel used extensively as well as some Quark Express. I used Outlook daily to setup meetings, to keep track of tasks and calendars and for e-mail.

My position as Marketing Assistant was eliminated in July, 2006 as a result of the merger of Jefferson Pilot with Lincoln Financial so I took a position as a 1035 Specialist in the New Business area where I worked until the latter part of November, 2008.

December 1999 – August 2000

Administrative Assistant – Leddy Group and Randstad

Temporary assignments in various office settings. Will furnish details upon request.

November 1998 – November 1999 FairPoint Communications Manchester, NH

Admistrative/Sales Assistant

At FairPoint, I was responsible for all office operations and support for

the Regional Sales Manager and eight Account Managers.

December, 1997-November, 1998

Office Assistant/Bookkeeper and Legal Secretary

I worked part-time (24 hours per week) for Nancy Carlisle Interior Plantings as Office Assistant-Bookkeeper using Peachtree accounting software, for

H&R Block as a tax preparer and for Attorney Alfred J. Rubega (12 hours per week) as a Legal Secretary, using Word Perfect, Time Slips and Time Matters

1995-1997 BrannanCross, Inc. Concord, NH

Administrative Assistant

Organized and set up office procedures and tracking system to run office efficiently

Responsible for researching office and computer/software needs and making the proper recommendations for purchasing decisions.

Responsible for the timely preparation and shipping of time-sensitive training materials

Responsible for A/R and A/P, coding, payments and tracking

Took over the creation of the training materials and overheads which were formerly outsourced thus saving the company approximately $7,000 per year

1993-1995 Temporary Assignments for Office Specialists and Health Source.

I worked as a Legislative Committee Assistant during the 1994 session.

1988-1993 First NH Bank Concord, NH

Secretary II - Commercial Lending

Secretarial and administrative support to Senior Vice President and commercial lenders

Typing credit proposals, minutes and financial reports and preparing letters of credit and maintaining log

Extensive contact with and assistance to customers

1986-1988 Orr and Reno, P.A. Concord, NH

Legal Secretary

Secretary to lead attorney in Estate Planning/Probate/Tax Division

1974-1986 Continental Telephone Co. Concord, NH

Secretary to Director of Network Design

Coordinated and maintained training records and schedules for the Network Design Department

Set up system of records and method of identifying energy consumption for the entire New England Division

Responsible for ordering and inventorying all office supplies for office consisting of seventy people and providing support to eight engineers

Associate Degree in Business Management, New Hampshire College - 1988

LOMA – Level 1 Fundamentals of Life and Health Insurance completed April, 2002. AIB Principles of Banking and Marketing for Bankers courses. I also have proficiency in Microsoft Word, Quark Express, Power Point and Excel and Publisher, PeachTree Accounting, Time Slips, MS Outlook and ACT. I also successfully completed the H&R Block Tax course.

Interests Active in church and community activities, gardening, cooking and quilting.

I am a member of the Canterbury UCC Church choir and the Capital Quilters Guild. I have served on the board of the church as well as that of the guild. I did the monthly newsletter for the church and the guild for two years each. The newsletter for the quilt guild was done using Microsoft Publisher. Also, my husband, Wayne and I were in charge of the sausage stand at the Canterbury Fair for many years.

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