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Sr Administrative Assistant

Location:
Raleigh, NC, 27614
Salary:
51000
Posted:
April 03, 2009

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Resume:

Jill Awe

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Summary of Qualifications

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Attention to detail, able to work independently

Experience supporting Senior Management

Heavy Meeting Planning experience

HR and Finance experience

Systems: Very Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) Lotus Notes, Visio, PeopleSoft

November 2008 – Present

Clinsys Clinical Research, Inc., Raleigh, NC

Senior Administrative Assistant

• Support Chief Information Officer/VP of Biometrics

• Work closely with other senior staff on behalf of manager

• Heavy Calendar Management

• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, letters, and correspondence as needed

• Manage travel (domestic and international) arrangements

• Read/route emails/correspondence on behalf of manager

• Complete and maintain various reports and spreadsheets

• Coordinate and handle the scheduling, logistics, agenda, materials preparation, travel arrangements, food and presentations for meetings as needed

• Prepares minutes and any other required documents related to development and operations for department

• Prepare and submit expense reports

January 2006 – November 2008

GlaxoSmithKline, Sales Division, RTP, NC

Regional Office Administrator

• Supported Regional Vice President with sales staff of 170 reps, including, travel, calendar management, process invoices

• Managed new hires, terminations, transfers, salary adjustments, promotions, & profile changes

• Monitored regional budgets and worked closely with finance to manage the budgets

• Managed multiple projects – both in house and field based.

• Generated/Analyzed variety of customized reports

• Worked closely with regional sales directors/district sales managers as liaison to RVP

• Maintain regional personnel records

• Planned local and regional meetings. Secured meeting sites and negotiate hotel rates adhering to GSK policy

• Prepared/Monitored expense reports adhering to Corporate Policy and Procedure guidelines

April 2004 - January 2006

GlaxoSmithKline, Creative Services & Event Management, RTP, NC

Administrative Assistant

• Supported Director of Speaker Events, Professional Education, Creative Services & Event Management

• Monitored and managed department budgets, 6 cost centers

• Responsible for extensive calendar management

• Back up point of contact for all invoices received from Speaker Events vendor (invoices totaling approximately $400K per day). Certify that all line items are correctly coded, investigate and correct any inaccuracies, and follow-up to ensure all invoices are paid in a timely manner

• Purchase office equipment/supplies to support departmental needs while remaining within budget

• Managed multiple departmental relocations with Space Planning, ensuring adequate space and equipment for RTP-based employees within the Creative Services & Events Management Departments

• Supported the “Non-Independent Speaker Events Audit Team”. Was Point person on Audit Document, managing multiple edits from Legal, Audit, and Speakers departments with final document going to President, US Pharma.

• Maintained current employee data in PeopleSoft. Make changes as necessary via ERC

• Planned cross campus staff/teambuilding meetings, securing hotel and making group travel arrangements

• Provided back up support to Speaker Events department, answering Physician & Sales Rep calls as needed

November 2001 - April 2004

GlaxoSmithKline, Advertising Media Services, RTP, NC

Administrative Assistant

• Provided support for 2 Directors, and 4 managers in high profile environment

• Managed and tracked dept budget, extensive travel activity, invoices, and expenses

• Supported daily cross-campus activity with staff support of all GSK brands

• Supported and/or rely on detailed tracking systems (x3, including JDE)

• Administrator for media-tracking system representing GSK DTC spend ($250M)

• Worked daily with brand management contacts, as needed

• Worked daily with GSK creative (representing GSK spend of $70M) and media agency of record contacts, to coordinate GSK communication/meetings, as needed

• Worked daily with external Media Industry contacts, including network and print executives (representing a GSK spend of $250M) to coordinate GSK communication/meetings, as needed

• Department liaison with Legal and Procurement; track approvals of creative agency and media agency contracts (representing approx $4M each)

• Supported APS executive management as point on designated initiatives with high degree of complexity and confidentiality

October 2000 - Nov 2001

Glaxo Wellcome, Inc., GSK, Tax Department, RTP, NC

Administrative Assistant

• Provided support to VP, Director, and direct reports

• Maintained Access Database

• Managed Tax Return Library

• Schedule complex travel arrangements, domestic and international

• Prepared International and Domestic Expense Reports

July 1999 - October 2000

Glaxo Wellcome, Inc., Clinical Genetics, RTP, NC

Administrative Assistant,

• Provided support to 1 director and 4 staff

• Scheduled complex travel arrangements, domestic and international

• Maintained multiple calendars

• Prepared expense reports, domestic and international

• Coordinated offsite meetings

• Tracked and monitored budgets

June 1996 - June 1999

Marshall E. Niedecker Co., Long Beach, CA

Sales Representative,

• Sold Industrial / Oilfield Equipment in Southern California area

• Established new customer base within new industry

• Created electronic inventory database of resale equipment

October 1990 - June 1996

Brea Cañon Oil Co. - Harbor City, CA

Office Manager/Field Accounting

• Managed monthly Oil & Gas production payments

• Generated daily, monthly and yearly production reports

• Prepared presentations and charts for monthly corporate meetings

• Purchased major office equipment

• Benefits Administrator

Associations

Meeting Planners International (MPI), Associate Editor on Quarterly newsletter

References Provided Upon Request



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