Executive Assistant with strong multi-tasking, organizing skills, pro-active, show initiative, take-charge, can do attitude.

1. BETH A. CORCORAN
17 ASSISI WAY ♦ NORWALK, CT 06851 ♦ (203) 845-7961
E-Mail: bam246@hotmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Executive Assistant with solid experience in multi-tasking, coordinating, planning and supporting daily
operational and administrative functions for c-level executives including Chief Legal Officer, Chief Accounting
and Compliance Officer and Chief Information Officer. Highly organized and detail-minded, exercising
discretion when handling sensitive and confidential matters. Proficient use of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint,
Excel, Outlook), Lotus Notes, SAP, Serengeti and Polycom.
THE NIELSEN COMPANY, Wilton, CT (Contract) 2011 - Present
Project Coordinator - Tax Department
Provide administrative support to newly appointed VP, Tax of the Americas
• Actively provide office administrative support in the areas of answering incoming calls, review, prioritize
and execute e-mail requests, Outlook calendar management, scheduling meetings and room set-up,
file set-up, mail distribution and Federal Express shipments, photocopy, scan and ordering office
supplies.
• Submit invoices for payment through company’s external A/P system and perform month-end
reconciliation of T & E expenses.
• Coordinate and confirm domestic and international travel arrangements
• Prepare correspondence, PowerPoint presentations, org. charts, spreadsheets, iShare document
posting and retrieval.
THE NIELSEN COMPANY, Wilton, CT (Contract) 2010 - 2011
Executive Assistant – Legal Department
Provided high-level administrative support to Chief Legal Officer, Sr. VP, Secretary & General Counsel and
Sr. VP & General Counsel
• Responsible gate keeper - screened high-volume of incoming calls and e-mails, assisted or redirected
to appropriate point-of-contact and acted as a liaison with internal and external contacts.
• Provided administrative support - file, photocopy, scan, and fax, Federal Express shipments, obtaining
executive signatures and ordered office supplies.
• Effectively managed Outlook calendars for CLO and Sr. VP’s – scheduled and coordinated meetings
and conference calls with executive management and internal and external contacts.
• Prepared and managed internal and external legal department invoices through Serengeti and online T
& E reports through SAP, including follow-up of payments.
• Coordinated and confirmed domestic and international travel arrangements and provided itineraries.
• Created and edited PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets and submission or retrieval of eDocs as
requested.
• Served as backup to Executive Assistants for the offices of CEO and CFO with administrative
coverage as needed.

2. BETH A. CORCORAN
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UST INC., Stamford, CT (UST acquired by Altria – Corporate office closed) 1988-2009
Administrative Assistant
Provided executive administrative support to the CAO, CCO, VP and Controller. Concurrently supported
CIO, and as requested, supported CEO, CFO, Treasurer, VP of Tax and VP of Internal Audit. Strengths
and accomplishments:
• Screened incoming calls, e-mails and requests, assisted and/or redirected calls as appropriate to
leverage time for executive; sorted mail by importance, immediate action / signature required;
maintained executives’ files, sent faxes, and ordered office supplies.
• Prepared Word documents, daily correspondence, memos and meeting minutes; designed and edited
PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets for executive review by Board of Directors and
executive committees. Coordinated and distributed monthly status reports to senior management; liaison
between executives and reporting departments (Finance, Tax, Treasury, IT and Internal Audit).
• Proactively managed executives’ Lotus Notes calendars (Board meetings, Certification, Finance and
Steering Committee meetings), arranged executive meetings, coordinated multi-party conference calls
and WebEx online meetings, prepared meeting room, A/V set-up and distributed meeting materials.
• Monitored department budget expenses and prepared expense reports. Owner / administrator of P-
Card for CAO and CIO departments.
• Coordinated executive travel, corporate and commercial, via company aviation and external online
reservation service and provided itineraries and confirmations.
• Owner of distribution and acquisition of quarterly and year-end compliance certification documents
from executive management for 10-Q and 10-K filings.
• Improved company-wide Executive Perquisite Program reporting process. Created spreadsheets to
streamline monitoring of Executive Tax and Financial Planning expenses. Prepared and distributed
quarterly and year-end reports to Accounting, Payroll, Tax and Internal Audit Departments.
• Schedule coordinator for executive IT Steering Committee and Stage and Gate meetings, prepared
presentations on consolidated IT capital and expense budgets for executive review.
• Collaborated on several key initiatives with Accounting, A/P and A/R, Tax, Payroll, Internal Audit,
Treasury and IT, and provided assistance as requested by management.
EDUCATION
Valencia High School, Placentia, California
Professional Development
• Professional Administrative Assistants’ Conference
• Time Management for the Busy Administrative Assistant
Community Involvement
• AmeriCares Homefront Volunteer – NY and CT
• Stamford and Norwalk Adult Recreation and Parks Program
Professional Certifications
• ExecuTrain MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Lotus Notes; MS Office, Windows 95, NT, 98, 2000, XP,
2003
• Employment Law Learning Technologies, Inc. Workplace Harassment Training and Prevention