Executive Assistant Customer Service

ANNA BARYLSKI

************@*****.*** 201-***-**** Nutley, NJ 07110 linkedin.com/in/anna-barylski/

Procurement Analyst and Management Professional

Enthusiastic and self-driven professional with superior skills in working in both team-based and independent capacities. A proven strong work ethic and excellent organizational skills with a focus on driving performance and productivity to meet business objectives. A change agent with strong leadership and communication skills. Areas of expertise:

Problem resolution Customer service Strategic Planning Team Leadership

Process improvement Financial Analysis Time Management

Experience

Prudential Financial - Newark, NJ 6/2001 - 07/2020

Senior Procurement Analyst

Partnered and planned with internal Project Managers & Finance contacts to ensure contract and financial spend details are most current within Enterprise Procurement System. Manage IT vendors’ expectations with timeliness of payment while ensuring invoice details are processed as contracted.

•Created Metrics to help assess the costs and savings trends related to IT Consulting Services.

•Partnered with cross functional teams to strengthen the data decisions around reports related to spend, statistic information and other requests.

•Provided feedback on decisions of how to automate specific processes to create greater efficiencies related to capturing spend details and processing invoice payments.

•Managed (2) direct reports and provided training to new hires to ensure they are consistently on track in reaching their goals, meet deadlines and have the opportunity to voice concerns on process enhancements that will enable the department to create better automation in process improvements.

•Ensured invoices are processed correctly with support documentation stored within a central depository managed by the department.

•Through running ad-hoc reports monitored the accuracy and leverage opportunities tied to spend and IT contracted details.

MIS Procurement Associate, 06/2005-Jan/2007

Deepened the relationships with existing internal and external customers to provide feedback on what the department needed to improve on related to processes that effected cross functional teams within the company. Assisted in created Standard Operating Procedure database for the department so that team members can utilize as a reference and update when applicable through an automated process.

•Established a central depository for everyone, within the department, to receive automated notifications of updates related to center depository system and processes.

•Created monthly metrics, accrual reports, and ad-hoc reports to review and verify the costs and savings related to IT consulting services.

•Managed the completion and accuracy of contracts/confidentiality agreements tied to Time & Material contract details tied to specific cross functional teams within the company.

•Ensured IT consulting invoices were processed correctly and timely on a monthly basis.

Senior Accountant, 01/2002-12/2005

Partnered with cross-functional teams to create a cohesive approach on improving the accuracy of financial spend details while improving the accuracy of how IT consulting invoices are processed through established relationships.

•Resolved long time pending invoicing issues with various vendors through strong communication skills and professionalism.

•Partnered with internal associates and business partners, such as Comptrollers, to ensure spend information was sent out to cross functional teams accurately and timely.

•Successfully has taken the lead in training new hires with the department on how to verify the accuracy of the monthly vendor invoicing. Also, trained other associates on how to post journal entries into a centralized accounting system.

Intern/Accounting Associate, 06/2001-Dec/2001

Verified accuracy and completeness of monthly IT consulting vendor billing details while showing interest in learning the processes involved to analyze vendor spend.

•Verified whether charges complied with company expense and service guidelines.

•Determined whether proper authorization and accounting details were consistent with center depositories.

•Dependable and responsive to ensure an issue is resolved.

Additional Relevant Experience

Norwest Financial Corp - Parsippany, NJ

Customer Service Representative

Promatech Inc. - New York, NY

Executive Assistant

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Accounting

Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ 05/2002

Certifications

Women In Finance

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