Brenda Marie Cruzado
Bronx
Summary
Dynamic administrative professional with a proven track record at Bank of America, excelling in calendar management and travel coordination. Adept at financial reporting and compliance oversight, I leverage effective communication and problem-solving skills to enhance operational efficiency and support executive leadership. Committed to delivering exceptional results in fast-paced environments.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Temp Contract
Bank of America
New York
05.2025 - 10.2025
- Communicates with executives and line management to gather and convey relevant information.
- Answer manager’s phone line, documenting accurate messages and handling calls with appropriate judgment.
- Manages the calendar of multiple stakeholders proactively, effectively resolving conflicts that arise in a professional manner.
- Manages all travel planning and expenses, coordinating schedules for executives to maximize time and create efficiencies.
- Prepares meeting minutes and related meeting documents, utilizing written and oral communication skills.
- Liaises with outside groups to coordinate events where the executive is a corporate chair, director, or committee member.
- Engages in high-level contact and supports conversations related to sensitive information, utilizing considerable diplomacies.
Office Manager/Bookkeeper
Amato and Partners
New York
05.2018 - 11.2023
- Maintains records of financial transactions by establishing accounts; posting transactions; ensuring legal requirements compliance.
- Records financial transactions by establishing accounts: posting transactions; ensure legal requirements compliance.
- Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
- Oversee a company’s financial data and compliance by maintaining accurate books on accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and daily financial entries and conciliations.
- Organizing meetings and managing data bases.
Administrative Assistant
SUNY- Maritime College
Bronx
07.2012 - 01.2015
- Provide confidential personal, administrative and secretarial support to the Vice-President of Operations.
- Provide telephone coverage – answer phones, take accurate messages, handle urgent calls with appropriate judgment.
- Created, organized and maintained office binders and filing system.
- Coordinated conferences and special preparing documents utilizing Word, Excel, Power Point (letters, spreadsheets, and database management), exhibiting exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including composition and editing for final distribution.
Administrative Assistant
Wohl, Goldenberg, Ehrlich Ltd.
New York
09.2009 - 06.2011
- Provide confidential personal, administrative and secretarial support to Partners.
- Provide telephone coverage – answer phones, take accurate messages, handle urgent calls with appropriate judgment.
- Mailing out Tax Organizers and putting together Tax Reports to be mailed.
- Preparing documents utilizing Word, Excel, Power Point (letters, spreadsheets, and database management), exhibiting exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including composition and editing for final distribution.
Office Manager
Hadley Consulting Inc.
New York
08.2007 - 09.2008
- Provided confidential personal, administrative and secretarial support to President.
- Provide telephone coverage – answer executive phones, take accurate messages, know president’s whereabouts at all times, handle urgent calls with appropriate judgment.
- Prepared documents utilizing Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint (candidate profiles, contracts, letters, spreadsheets, schedules, presentations, and database management), exhibiting exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including composition and editing for final distribution.
- Met and greeted clients and candidates.
- Responsible for arranging travel, calendar scheduling, making reservations, ordering car service for both clients and candidates as needed.
- Responsible for ordering all office supplies, including restocking of pantry.
Education
General Buisness -
Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY12.2023
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Cabrini College
Radnor, PA05.2000
Skills
- Calendar management
- Travel coordination
- Financial reporting
- Document preparation
- Compliance oversight
- Office administration
- Records maintenance
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Detail orientation
- Flexible and adaptable
- Time management
- Data entry
- Google drive
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Organization and time management
- Microsoft office
- Research
- Friendly, positive attitude
- MS office
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Strong history in project management from inception to completion
- Proficient in Windows XP, Concur, Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Quick Books, Mailchimp
Timeline
Temp Contract
Bank of America
05.2025 - 10.2025
Office Manager/Bookkeeper
Amato and Partners
05.2018 - 11.2023
Administrative Assistant
SUNY- Maritime College
07.2012 - 01.2015
Administrative Assistant
Wohl, Goldenberg, Ehrlich Ltd.
09.2009 - 06.2011
Office Manager
Hadley Consulting Inc.
08.2007 - 09.2008
General Buisness -
Metropolitan College of New York
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Cabrini College