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Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Work
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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, CA

Associate of Arts - Medical Office Administration

West Valley College
Saratoga, CA
06.2026

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
LAURA GAITAN