Executive Administrative Assistant

WORK EXPERIENCE

Administrative Assistant to the Executive Editor and News Room

Savannah Morning News

Savannah, GA

June 2016 to January 2017

• Reported directly to the Executive Editor.

• Supported the Executive Editor, VP of Audience and all departments within the News room managing the department's administrative work flow in a timely manner and performing various duties to include paying invoices for other departments and satellite publications.

• Transcribed and submitted incoming information to be considered for a column of the News Paper.

• Processed and submitted Payroll Time sheets. Paid Time off Requests, Overtime Reports and Expense Reports.

• Position requirements included Strong verbal and written communication (good grammar and spelling skills) and the ability to multi-task.

• Handled many tasks simultaneously under pressure never missing a deadline.

• Was highly motivated and a team player.

• Member of the Safety Committee.

• Computer programs that were used included Microsoft Office programs, Ceridian, SAP/EBPro, Content Watch Sage Timberline, and Adobe.

Administrative Assistant

Georgia Bank and Trust

Savannah, GA

September/2010 to April/2012

• Supported managers, loan originators, processors and closers, in the form of setting up new mortgage and construction loan files and data entry of files into Encompass.

• Prepared marketing information, copying and shipping files to underwriters and post-closing department etc.,

• Performed verification of employment, tax transcripts and other verifications as required

• Pulled and read mortgage credit reports for loan officers out of the office.

• Provided payoffs to attorneys, prepared draw cards for new construction in progress, calculated draws after receiving data from the inspector and issued wire requests,

• Sent interest payment past due letters to builders and forwarded the interest payments to loan operations when received.

• Updated inventory weekly and updated builders risk insurance when new policies were received.

• Responsible for the attraction, retention and expansion of new and existing customers by ensuring each customer's experience exceeds their expectations by taking personal responsibility for customer satisfaction, solving service issues and "owning the experience"

Corporate Administrative Assistant

Savannah Quarters

Pooler, GA

October/2006 to October/2007

• Responsible for providing general administrative and accounting support for the Operations and Development Departments, located outside of the US, Corporate Sector of the Company.

• While I conducted, an internal Audit comparing project budgets against contractor billing to assist in controlling costs and expenditures for the company, my findings concluded that some Contractors were double billing and saved the company a significant amount of money.

• Assisted the Accounting Department analyzing and verifying accuracy of incoming payables.

Created and implemented the companies' OSHA program to comply with State and Federal Government standards and Regulations. This included all monthly reports and in-house inspections and verification of contractor compliance.

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