Colleen Oconnor

Executive Assistant to Chief Financial Officer @Acadia Pharmaceuticals

San Diego, CA, US

In my current role, I support the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Business Officer, and the Business Development Team in daily business activities by updating calendars, scheduling meetings, and preparing briefing materials for conferences. I prioritize projects, respond to phone calls, and screen emails to determine importance or required action. I edit and assemble slides for presentations as well as track projects from various departments to provide progress reports. I also arrange domestic and international business trips by reserving airfare, hotels, ground transportation, and meals. In addition, I prepare expense reports and monitor operational budgets to meet performance goals.Key Accomplishment:• Planned employee appreciation events by selecting venues, coordinating room layouts, reserving catering, and ordering awards, leading to an increase in employee engagement.Made administrative decisions and handled correspondenceEngaged with high level contacts inside and outside the companyCollected and prepared information for use in discussions and meetings of Executive staff and outside individuals as well as department team membersCoordinated, edited and assembled slides for presentations and provided assistance with collecting and effectively presenting executive-level informationArranged department and group meetings, ensuring all necessary information is available for discussion; helps track department level projects, activities and resultsCoordinated domestic and international travel arrangementsPrepared expense reports Planned employee appreciation eventPlanned logistics (venue, hotel rooms, meals) for offsite executive management meeting

UC Santa Barbara

BA, English

Georgetown Law

JD, Law