LAURA GAITAN
Campbell,CA
Summary
A self-driven individual looking to leverage my skills, leadership and strong work ethic towards being part of an inclusive and engaging work environment.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Budget Analyst
Apple Inc
07.2022 - Current
- Coordinating of the Purchase Order process for Wallet, Payments & Commerce Team
- Manage incoming invoices and track through to payment
- Collaborated with vendors/agencies to ensure consistent invoicing processes are followed
- Project management
- Program budget management
- Forecast vs Actuals analysis
- Training coworkers/business partners on systems and processes.
Budget Coordinator | Project Manager
Apple Inc
07.2004 - 07.2022
- Coordinating of the Purchase Order process for assigned Marcom organizations
- Handled administrative tasks as assigned by management team
- Manage incoming invoices and track through to payment
- Lead management of Marcom Expense Report process
- Subject expert for all expense report policy questions/issues
- Collaborated with vendors/agencies to ensure consistent invoicing processes are followed
- Manage Marcom Finance Policy updates
- Project management / Program budget management
- Coordinated all Marcom Equipment orders
- Responsible for quarterly inventory audit
- Manage custom approval routes and annual audits.
Payroll | Project Manager | Business Process Analyst
City of Santa Clara
02.1996 - 07.2004
- Project team subject matter expert for new financial system implementation
- Performed fit/gap analysis and process reengineering to accommodate new system
- Designed training documentation for payroll processing
- Performed data integrity testing between legacy payroll system and report writer database
- Payroll Processing and Auditing
- Accounts Payable back up support.
Administrative Assistant| Office and Finance support
Anglo American Brass Company
03.1986 - 02.1995
- Executive calendar management
- Organized all travel for executives
- Sourcing rare items
- Supported Shipping and Receiving staff as needed
- Calculated Payroll hours for hourly employees
- Processed all invoices for payment
- Reviewed and processed all employee expense reports.
Education
No Degree - General Education
De Anza College
Cupertino, CAAssociate of Arts - Medical Office Administration
West Valley College
Saratoga, CA06.2026
Skills
- Manages projects effectively
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to adapt to changing priorities
- Motivated to work smarter, not harder
- Strong aptitude for systems and technologies
- Adequately qualified to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Well-versed in Excel and other reporting tools
Volunteer Work
The Monkey Tail Ranch, Hollister, California
The Bay Area Women's Soccer league, Campbell, California
Accomplishments
- Finance SME for Planet implementation.
- Project Lead on several FileMaker database upgrades
- Maintenance of Marcom Finance policies
- Created and Managed FileMaker database to track Apple property released to advertising agencies
Timeline
Budget Analyst
Apple Inc
07.2022 - Current
Budget Coordinator | Project Manager
Apple Inc
07.2004 - 07.2022
Payroll | Project Manager | Business Process Analyst
City of Santa Clara
02.1996 - 07.2004
Administrative Assistant| Office and Finance support
Anglo American Brass Company
03.1986 - 02.1995
No Degree - General Education
De Anza College
Associate of Arts - Medical Office Administration
West Valley College