Ashira Provost

• Served as a reliable liaison between the Chairman and internal/external stakeholders, fostering positive relationships.
• Conducted thorough research on industry trends and competitor analysis to inform Chairman''s decision-making process.
• Streamlined office operations for efficiency with strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Prepared comprehensive meeting agendas and materials to ensure smooth executive meetings and decision-making processes.
• Answered phone promptly and directed incoming calls to correct offices.
• Gained experience in utilizing industry-standard tools such as Bloomberg Terminal and Microsoft Excel for data analysis purposes.

• Gained valuable experience working within a specific industry, applying learned concepts directly into relevant work situations.
• Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions.
• Participated in workshops and presentations related to projects to gain knowledge.

• Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
• Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate business insights.
• Created various Excel documents to assist with pulling metrics data and presenting information to stakeholders for concise explanations of best placement for needed resources.
• Improved decision-making processes with accurate data analysis and visualization techniques.

• Analyze and see trends: Market prep performance reports for meetings with vendors. Analyzed performance reports for strengths opportunities and weaknesses

- Financial reports insights drove strategic plan for a 15% profit margin increase for one of Burlington's top vendor.

- Pulled weekly and daily reports from Merchandise 2.0 and edited the reports in Microsoft Excel.

• Clerical tasks: Management of phones and email correspondence for over 200 units. Management of filing system and data entry of accounts payable
• Finance and Accounting: Conducted invoicing. Investigation of accounts receivable discrepancies. Completed Daily Cash functions such as account tracking; payroll and wage allocation and budgeting. Reviewed accounting procedures on a daily basis to identify areas of improvement. Gathered financial information and prepared documents. Corresponded B2B and with vendors

- Utilized Microsoft Accounting Software to pull reports form corresponding business units.

- Cash management for over 500 Hospitality business units.

- Submission of cash payments to over 500 Hospitality business units.

- Reconciliation of balances for each individual portfolio on a monthly basis for over 500 Hospitality business units.

• Reading Contracts: Audit of contracts for discrepancies between the physical contract and the contract in the operating system

- Audit of over 1000 contracts across the Southern California region.

• Processing permits via City Planning: Correspondence with media agencies and city planning for the Southern California region for copy compliance and obtaining city approval. Cross functional meetings with partners on my team to process construction projects

- Duties for all digital billboards and wall ads in Los Angeles and Riverside county.

• Landlord Relations: Landlord relations for all inventory in the Los Angeles and West Hollywood

- Fulfilling maintenance requests for the Los Angeles and West Hollywood area.

• Media Agency Correspondence: Correspondence with media agencies to ensure ad copy is compliant. Yielding exceptional roll outs and deadlines

- Utilized Microsoft Outlook Calendar and color coding to organize over 500 media agencies/ business entities for exceptional efficiency measures.

Clerical: Preparation of expense reports on Concur Software. Index and Coding of contracts, ad copies

- Organized expense reports for executive team and submitted the reports monthly.