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Melissa Reen

Raleigh

Summary

Driven, quick-learning, and highly organized professional with extensive experience in fiscal operations, executive support, and administrative management. Demonstrates strong analytical skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while supporting leadership and cross-functional teams. Seeking to continue building expertise within a growth-oriented organization.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Fiscal Specialist

City of Raleigh
05.2024 - Current

Responsible for providing comprehensive fiscal support by processing, auditing and reconciling financial transactions, maintaining financial data and reports, assisting with budget development and special projects, submitting requisitions and managing purchase orders, invoices, and contract changes, responding to internal and external inquiries, resolving account discrepancies, generating operational reports on inventory and technician productivity, and providing vehicle telematics data support to internal and external stakeholders.

Senior Executive Assistant

KLS Financial Services, Inc
04.2021 - 05.2024

Responsible for providing high-level account support to both internal and external parties, facilitating communication between CEO, Vice President, and clients, coordinating company and regional events, managing team schedules and calendars, directing and training data entry department, drafting monthly progress reports, updating internal databases, providing support to bankruptcy and skiptracing departments, supervision and onboarding of administrative team, and distribution of daily business reports to senior management and active clients.

Legal Liaison

KLS Financial Services, Inc
12.2018 - 04.2021

Responsible for assessing legal status of all consumer and commercial accounts, researching, contacting, and hiring appropriate law firms to spearhead litigation, providing consistent and timely status updates to account owners and upper management, approving and distributing funds recovered, conducting bankruptcy and secretary of state business status searches, leading bankruptcy and skiptracing departments, directing all consumer and commercial mail communications, and processing and posting of consumer payments.

Lead Administrative Assistant

KLS Financial Services, Inc
10.2017 - 12.2018

Responsible for all data entry of new accounts, manning main phone lines, directing client and consumer calls, authoring biweekly blog posts, scanning, copying, and filing records, mailing and faxing consumer documents, assisting skiptracing department, reviewing collections status of medical insurance claims, and sending daily sales reports.

Operations Manager

Sephora Inside JCPenney
04.2016 - 09.2016

Responsible for leading merchandise processes, updating store visuals and pricing, conducting hourly sales reports, facilitating instructional communication with clients, manning store and office phone lines, scanning, copying, and filing records, overseeing interviewing and hiring processes, organization and distribution of stock, daily data entry, and supervision of sales team.

Product Consultant

Sephora Inside JCPenney
11.2015 - 04.2016

Responsible for providing product knowledge, meeting daily sales goals, restocking merchandise, and meeting standards of safety, cleanliness, and organization.

Education

No Degree - Art Education

Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD

High School Diploma -

La Plata High School
La Plata, MD
06-2011

Skills

    Financial Literacy: Data analysis and reconciliation, reviewing transactional accuracy, identifying discrepancies, ensuring compliance with internal controls, and maintaining consistency across financial records and reporting systems

    Software: Intermediate to Advanced Level: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Outlook, Salesforce, Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google, etc)

    Leadership: Structuring problem(s) within a team setting, research for possible solution(s), making and/or direct ultimate decisions, implementing and monitoring feedback, overseeing and supervising departmental tasks

    Typing: 110 WPM

Timeline

Senior Fiscal Specialist

City of Raleigh
05.2024 - Current

Senior Executive Assistant

KLS Financial Services, Inc
04.2021 - 05.2024

Legal Liaison

KLS Financial Services, Inc
12.2018 - 04.2021

Lead Administrative Assistant

KLS Financial Services, Inc
10.2017 - 12.2018

Operations Manager

Sephora Inside JCPenney
04.2016 - 09.2016

Product Consultant

Sephora Inside JCPenney
11.2015 - 04.2016

No Degree - Art Education

Maryland Institute College of Art

High School Diploma -

La Plata High School
Melissa Reen