Kara Bayse

(952) 451-4131

karabayse@gmail.com

Kara is an accomplished Project Coordinator with excellent communication, time management and cross-functional team skills. Kara is known for her impeccable execution, grace under pressure, and keen ability to deliver results.  She excels when faced with multiple deadlines, challenging research needs and someone who needs her to just “get it done.” She works well independently or in a group setting while interfacing with professionals.

 

·         More than eleven years of experience coordinating and executing complex projects / transactions

·         Highly adept at coordinating and managing external vendors with extensive experience coordinating meetings across multiple internal and external parties

·         Strong research skills 

·         Highly competent at performing administrative tasks

·         Ability to coordinate multiple initiatives concurrently

·         Self-starter who learns quickly & communicates effectively

·         Manages tight deadlines and multiple projects with ease

·         Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

·         Types 80 words per minute

·         Natural interest and skilled at learning new software and tools to quickly acclimate to new environments

·         Extremely detail-oriented and proactive self-starter, works well with little direction

·         Articulate, with strong ability to communicate in both written and oral formats

·         Enjoys collaborating with others and working effectively in team oriented environments

·         Confident, outgoing with the keen ability to remain calm during stressful situations and identify workable solution to the problem at hand

·         Ability to proactively identify tasks that need completion

·         Reliable with a reputation for juggling competing priorities and competently handling a dynamically changing environment

 

Towers Watson

Project Coordinator / Finance Specialist (contract)

September 2011 – September 2012

Towers Watson is a human resources consulting company

§         Employed on a contract basis to coordinate the conversion of project billing information from legacy systems Lawson and Oracle 11i to Oracle R12

§         Primary point of contact in the Minneapolis office for software conversion process

§         Served as a communications liaison between multiple departments and locations

§         Coordinated and performed one on one as well as small group training for employees to ensure proper use of the new Oracle R12 system

§         Documented project data and code updates in Excel

§         Provided regular status updates to regional office and Manila office

§         Consistently met project deadlines

§         Developed process improvement for processing of monthly invoices

§         Quality assurance review of code data and monthly invoices

§         Managed account reconciliations through extensive research within Oracle billing module

Title One, Inc.

Real Estate Closing Coordinator

March 2001 – August 2011

Title One, Inc. is a residential title insurance company

§         Extensive coordination responsibilities between real estate agents and brokers to facilitate scheduling home closing meetings

§         Managed up to ten concurrent projects against daily deadlines

§         Performed detailed research of abstracting data; collaborated with Title Examiners to validate liens ; obtained documentation from 3^rd parties to confirm mortgage/lien commitments had been met

§         Exhibited impeccable customer service / relationships (inside and outside)

§         Prepared and maintained files for closing appointments both paper and electronic records management

§         Used several real estate software tools to track and automate processes including RamQuest and AIM as well as general Microsoft Office and Outlook tools

§         Editing and quality assurance of legal documents

§         Coordinator for bank-owned property account and relocation account

§         Coordinator of new construction audits and draws

§         Issued checks for new construction draw payments

§         Coordinator of daily deposit

Department 56

Credit Coordinator (contract)

July 2000 – January 2001

Department 56 is a manufacturer of holiday collectibles, ornaments, and giftware