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Andrew Smith

287 Custer Street, Hopewell, PA 00000
[email protected]
(000) 000-0000

Professional Summary

Director of Administration/Administrative Assistant with +25 years of experience in a corporate environment. Outgoing, detail-oriented, and self motivated. Possess an enthusiastic and ambitious personality with wide-spread transferable skills in management, sales, and operations.  Exceptional ability to connect with people and understand their wants, needs, and desires and delivering legendary service on every interaction.

Employment history

Director of Administration, Mertz, Lakin and Abshire. Gaylenemouth, Washington
Apr. 2006 – Present
Director of Administration. Oversees home office of 27 of the 45 employees; as well as the two remote offices in two other states. Responsible for: 
  • Administrative tasks including but not limited to Human Resources, Account Receivable & Payable, Purchasing & Invoicing. 
  • Perform payroll functions, such as maintaining timekeeping information and processing and submitting payroll.
  • Collect and deposit money into accounts, disburse funds from cash accounts to pay bills or invoices, keep records of collections and disbursements, and ensure accounts are balanced. 
  • Create, maintain, and enter information into databases.
  • Set up and manage paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, such as attendance records, correspondence, or other material.
  • Open, read, route, and distribute incoming mail or other materials and answer routine letters.
  • Greet visitors or callers and handle their inquiries or direct them to the appropriate persons according to their needs.
  • Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.
  • Order and dispense supplies.

Dance Teacher, Spinka LLC. West Gay, Montana
Jun. 1994 – Oct. 1994
Taught dance to children two days a week in the areas of tap, ballet, and gymnastics. 

Manager, Luettgen, Hackett and Heidenreich. Schimmelshire, Washington
Jun. 1985 – Aug. 1992
Manager of Bantam Stores.    
Responsible for:
  • Opening/Closing Store
  • Buyer for Hallmark Gift Department
  • Weekly Scheduling
  • Payroll
  • Daily Bookkeeping
  • Human Resources
  • Training
  • Customer Service

Education

Northern Brown, Schummshire, Kentucky
Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education, Oct. 1981

Skills

Organizer
Expert

People Person
Expert

Time Management
Expert

Self Motivated
Expert

Leadership
Expert

Ability to work under pressure
Expert

director of administration

  • Administrative tasks including but not limited to Human Resources, Account Receivable & Payable, Purchasing & Invoicing. 
  • Direct or coordinate the assigned task to hotel general managers
  • Set goals and deadlines for the hotel general managers.
  • Conduct training sessions on procedures and task to hotel general managers

director of administration

  • In charge of overall administration HR duties for the college.
  • HR functions for staff in terms of payroll, recruitment, drafting HR Policies, procedures etc. Staff recruitments (currently looking into Nursing staff recruitment).
  • Drafting of administration procedures (Academic, Administration).Performance appraisal exercise for staff, Benefits procedures etc. 
  • Drafting of students rules and regulations. Liaising with relevant authorities for expansion and development of business for the college. 
  • Contacts with agents to bring in foreign students for different programmes to improve the sales target for foreign market. 
  • University contacts to introduce new programmes in the college like (Swinburne University Australia, Newcastle college, Northumbria University U.K).Introducing short certificate marketing programme from Melbourne International College. Sales/Marketing programmes in terms of organizing open day, previews. Taking part in Education exhibitions. 
  • Meeting sales targets to achieve the student numbers according to projections. Drafting sales strategies to bring in more students for degree and diploma programmes to increase the revenue.