Elizabeth Azzarelli

• Streamlined executive communication by managing emails, phone calls, and scheduling appointments.
• Improved office efficiency by implementing new filing systems and document management processes.
• Supported executives in decision-making processes by conducting research and presenting findings in clear formats.
• Managed office inventory, tracking supplies and placing orders to ensure smooth daily operations.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (formerly known as UMDNJ)

• Provide high-level administrative support to the Director of IST – Business Systems & Technologies
• Provide high-level administrative support to the Director of IST – Finance & Operations
• Maintained purchase requisitioning and departmental budget through Banner Financial Systems
• Responsible for monthly fiscal reporting to the sub-units of IST/BST
• Interface daily with senior executives, customers and outside vendors while simultaneously coordinating Leadership Forum Meetings, supporting the Executive Assistant of the VP Office, conference planning, and communication directives, agenda preparation, video conference arrangements, group events, reservations, catering.

• IS&T Newsletter Committee Chair: Collected, edited, and published and coordinated monthly IS&T newsletter data; maintained database to ensure that current management personnel throughout the university received monthly publication
• Element K Training Administrator: Researched professional development online courses, implemented Element K for all IS&T Employees, tracked all enrollments, registration approvals, and maintained and updated employee files in database
• IS&T Staff Recognition Program (IRC) Chair: Developed and implemented on line nomination form for outstanding employee customer care project, worked to improve employee moral by acknowledging all nominations (including non IS&T employees), identified areas for improvement and implemented those actions in a database
• Budget Analyst: Assisted senior level management with fiscal budgetary items, worked to reconcile accounts, and offered solutions to improve cost-effectiveness of current spending levels
• Events Coordinator for high profile internal and external university events
• Coordinated all aspects of special events within IS&T & BST.

• Provide high-level administrative support to the Director of IST – Business Systems & Technologies
• Provide high-level administrative support to the Director of IST – Outpatient Systems & Technologies
• Maintained purchase requisitioning and departmental budget through Banner Financial Systems
• Responsible for monthly fiscal reporting to the sub-units of IST/BST
• Manage HEAT Help Desk Tickets for the Application Development Group.

• Planned, implemented and supported the organization's centralized and comprehensive wireless programs that provided all employees and locations with consistent and reliable wireless service as well as receiving, validating, ordering, tracking, and distributing wireless devices
• Served as the primary liaison for selected wireless service providers to process orders and resolve issues
• Maintain accurate inventories of wireless assets and employee usage databases.

• Updated and managed the budgets for the Directorate ($68M) and all of the Local Business Units ($103M) as well as managing and distributing the Local actuals financial results to the Director and to the Chief Financial Organization
• Researched and discovered errors in expenses amounting to $1.9M incorrectly charged to the Directorate resulting in reclassification and charge-back journal entries to the appropriate Director / Division Manager.

• Supported a Division of 200 employees that included preparing contract negotiations
• Duties included developing, administering, and tracking Planning & Architecture schedules, Human Resources, and budgets
• Assumed ownership of space planning issues across the Business Unit (2,000 employees)
• Initiated action in investigating discrepancies reported, accounting charges, occupied space and actual vacancies
• This analysis resulted in a saving of $350,000 monthly charges in billing discrepancies.

• Interfaced daily with senior executives, customers and outside vendors while simultaneously coordinating Leadership Forum Meetings, supporting the Executive Assistant, and assisting the Communication Manager in data collection, conference planning, and communication directives.