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SARAH VALENTINO

Chicago,IL

Summary

Results-driven Operations Specialist with over 10 years of experience optimizing operational processes and supporting diverse teams - both on-site and remotely. Dedicated to fostering collaborative environments, identifying areas for improvement, and delivering solutions to advance organizational goals.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Specialist

Rightpoint Consulting
04.2019 - 04.2025


  • Collaborated with remote Operations team to ensure smooth functionality and timely completion of projects.
  • Managed local office facilities for 150+ employees, both onsite and remotely.
  • Co-led, with the Director of Finance, the bi-weekly collection, reporting, and reconciliation of 800+ global and US based timesheets; improving compliance by ~15% year over year.
  • Oversaw daily processing and storage of client contracts in Salesforce, SharePoint, Adobe Sign and Power BI.
  • Assigned and resolved employee service requests through Jira.
  • Scheduled and coordinated onsite/offsite events for internal employees and external stakeholders.
  • Collated and reconciled monthly expense reports for 5+ corporate credit card holders.
  • Provided training for new hires, fostering a supportive learning environment conducive to success in their roles.

Administrative Assistant

Columbia College Chicago
02.2016 - 04.2019
  • Direct all administrative and front desk operations at the Columbia College Chicago Career Center.
  • Manage calendar of the Associate Dean and support 5 Assistant Directors with day-to-day tasks, data reports, billing, interview scheduling, event coordination.
  • Prepare and process departmental invoices, expense reports, p-card reconciliations and supply orders via PeopleSoft.
  • Oversee the scheduling of approx. 2,100 student appointments per semester and compose semester data reports.
  • Register on-campus employment documentation for roughly 1,000 students per academic year. Handle confidential student records.

Account Coordinator

Groupon
01.2015 - 04.2015
  • Corresponded with buyers, vendors and warehouses to ensure accuracy of inventory, metadata and associated images.
  • Generated and reviewed Groupon records within the Salesforce database.

Education

BFA - Art History

Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY

Skills

  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Office management
  • Power BI
  • Financial and time reporting
  • Google Workplace
  • Database supervision
  • Salesforce
  • Event coordination
  • OpenAir
  • Contract tracking
  • Jira
  • Budgeting

Timeline

Operations Specialist

Rightpoint Consulting
04.2019 - 04.2025

Administrative Assistant

Columbia College Chicago
02.2016 - 04.2019

Account Coordinator

Groupon
01.2015 - 04.2015

BFA - Art History

Pratt Institute