Brianne Barnes

Experience

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  Observer Media Group

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2016

  Radio Show Host & Producer

  • Host "The Weekend Shift", a two hour entertainment program on Observer Radio 91.1 FM every Friday. Produce fun and informative topics to interact with audience • Select ten popular current songs across all genres weekly • Voice-over: commercials, , promos and drops • Coordinate and schedule interviews with movers and shakers in local and regional entertainment industry • Cultivate relationships with sponsors to secure advertisement endorsements • Initiate healthy, back-and-forth debates on current topics with callers • Prepare story ideas and angles to discuss during broadcast • Research latest entertainment stories, trends and hot topics to maintain relevant discussions Entertainment Journalists, Observer Newspaper Conduct feature interviews and write artist profiles/reviews for print and online media. • Interview people in a wide range of social circumstances • Construct contacts and sources for use in future stories • Arrange interviews via phone and email • Publish event overviews. Conduct interviews with participants at events • Report, write, edit news stories within assigned deadlines • Generate and contribute story ideas through research using the internet, contacts, and media sources Show less

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  Dixie

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2016

  Accounts Payable Assistant

  Manage multiple company bank accounts and credit card reconciliations Process hundreds of invoices a month Ensure vendors are paid on timeProcess incoming paymentsUpdate a daily payment file pertinent to daily operations Taking minutes for team meetingsSchedule team meetings for relevant and necessary procedural updatesManage team email Answering emails on behalf of team leader

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  Synergy Services Limited

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2022

  • Verify and input information from multiple sources• Provide daily accurate reporting• Maintain documentation and organization of data• Process, verify, and reconcile transactions of a sensitive nature• Communicate effectively with clients to follow-up on action items• Maintain documentation, ensuring accuracy• Maintain a highly-organized filing system• Ensure follow-up actions are taken on discrepancies• General administrative tasks and other miscellaneous duties as assigned, such as emails, scanning and filing data• Completion of projects as assigned• Work closely with Financial Department• Data entry Show less • Created and supported required database solutions for automations.• Analyzed and balanced daily transactions.• Collaborate with various internal departments to ensure that all outages assigned are cleared in a timely manner.• Work closely with software developers to improve the reconciliation process.• Prepare and provide extensive reconciliation for PSPs and accounting agents to prevent and/or resolve discrepancies.• Escalate all material risk items and service issues to superiors on a timely basis.• Reach out to banks, data providers, and account managers to ensure the accuracy and consistency of financial records.• Maintained group cooperation and support with team members.• Resolved complex issues. Show less

  • Financial Administrative Specialist

    Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Reconciliation Analyst

    Oct 2017 - Feb 2022
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  Nimbus Consultancy DMCC LTD

  Oct 2022 - now

  Corporate Administrative Specialist

  • Review, organize and input information into databases and matrixes• Assisting Account Manager with Task Management• Maintain corporate documentation and ensuring clients are in good-standing • Communicate effectively with clients and internal teams (Compliance and Finance) to follow-up on action items• Issuing reminders for License and Lease renewal deadlines• Maintain a highly-organized filing system• Ensure accuracy and raise discrepancies• General administrative tasks and other miscellaneous duties as assigned• Assisting Team Leads with training new hires• Completion of various projects in accordance with their deadlines• Understanding the local rules, regulations, procedures, costs and timelines Show less