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At Nassau, Victoria manages, trains, mentors, and develops New Business staff while overseeing service levels, productivity, quality, financial controls, budgeting, performance management, and scalable processes that balance growth with business risk\. In prior and expanded Nassau operations leadership, she scaled an operations team from 8 to 28 people while the company pursued growth from $750 million to $2 billion\. She has also led capacity planning and flexible staffing approaches during an 80% application surge, redesigned onboarding and training for rapid scaling, and implemented process improvements that support accuracy and sustainable growth\. Earlier, Victoria built Pearl Insurance’s Retention department from the ground up and implemented incentive programs at KeyBank that reduced errors by 80%\. She is pursuing Director\-level opportunities in Operations, New Business, or Organizational Leadership\. ## Highlights - Manager of New Business at Nassau, leading team management, training, mentoring, customer commitment, service standards, production, quality, and service goals\. - Scaled an operations team from 8 to 28 people during a period of company growth from $750 million to $2 billion goals\. - Led operations at an asset management company with focus on compliance, risk, efficiency, and KPIs\. - Managed capacity planning and flexible staffing solutions during demand spikes, including an 80% application surge\. - Redesigned onboarding and training to support rapid scaling and prevent operational gaps\. - Implemented incentive programs at KeyBank that reduced errors by 80%\. - Implemented processes at KeyBank that increased productivity\. - Built Pearl Insurance’s Retention department from the ground up, including workflows, staffing plans, training programs, and scalable processes\. - Directed daily financial operations at Nassau, covering receivables, payables, disbursements, commissions, and financial controls\. - Led annual budget planning by analyzing year\-over\-year expenses and anticipating future financial needs and resources\. - Developed and implemented processes and procedures that support growth while balancing business risk\. - Managed daily workloads and coordinated employee efforts to ensure service\-level agreements were met\. - Calculated and monitored employee productivity and quality scores to ensure performance expectations were met\. - Completed performance\-management processes and development plans for staff\. - Built and maintained business\-partner relationships through feedback on products, processes, customer service, and time\-service standards\. - Developed and enhanced Middle Market Distribution relationships\. - Implemented automation to improve team processes, including work through JIRA Atlassian, Microsoft MYAPPS, SharePoint, CRM platforms, and Excel analytics\. - Led system upgrades, testing, and implementation initiatives at Nassau\. - Maintained competitive NPS scores at Nassau\. - Recruited, trained, mentored, and developed staff while managing workload distribution as Director of Business Operations at Nassau\. - Facilitated team\-building programs, workshops, agent events, and development initiatives to strengthen engagement and collaboration\. - Independently ran a dedicated satellite branch at M&T Bank and completed audits with an outstanding pass rate\. - Provided technical troubleshooting and PC operating\-system support at KeyBank to support rapid issue resolution and uninterrupted operations\. - Served as KeyBank accounts\-receivable team lead, overseeing payment posting, reconciliation, and compliance with accounting standards\. - Received various KeyBank awards and incentives for outstanding work ethic and commitment to excellence, including a SIP Award\. - Consistently exceeded daily and weekly deadlines at KeyBank\. - Developed New Business proposals and coordinated calendars, communications, meetings, training, travel, and reimbursements at MassMutual\. - Created, formatted, and bound professional paper proposals and full RFP packages at Clough, Harbour & Associates\. - Designed and implemented insurance coverage, supported employee\-benefit renewals and claims administration, trained staff, conducted policy review and cross\-selling, and maintained benefits and payroll records at Pearl Insurance\. ## Experience - **Manager New Business at Nassau** (2019\-08\-01–2026\-06\-01) — Responsible for managing, training and mentoring team members Instill a high customer commitment in all team members and aggressively surface and respond to customer issues Ensure standards of service are met or exceeded Ensure individual team members goals, i\.e\., production, quality, service Serve as a role model and coach for team members Oversee appropriate financial controls and ensure adherence Develop/ Enhance Middle Market Distribution relationships Understand, communicate and support strategic direction Provide performance feedback regularly Assists in planning, creating and monitor the annual budget by analyzing year over year expenses and anticipating future financial needs and resources Build and maintain relationships with our business partners by providing and receiving feedback on our products, processes, customer service and time service standards Continuously seek opportunities to improve the effectiveness of my team's efforts through the use of automation designed to i - **Director of Business Operations at Nassau** (2019\-08\-01–2026\-06\-01) — Directed daily financial operations, recruited, trained, mentored, and developed staff, managed workload distribution, led annual budget planning, implemented automated processes though JIRA Atlassian, Microsoft MYAPPS, onboarding and training development and delivery for both FTEs and Offsite Employees, Sharepoint, CRM platforms, Excel analytics, partnered with teams to ensure financial accuracy and operational alignment, maintained competitive NPS scores, ensured adherence to company policies, led system upgrades, testing and implementation initiatives, and facilitated team\-building programs, workshops, agent events, and development initiatives to strengthen engagement and collaboration\. - **New Business Manager at Nassau** (2019\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) — Lead Finance Operations — Direct daily financial operations, ensuring accuracy in receivables, payables, disbursements, commissions, and financial controls\. - **Team Lead Manager at Pearl Insurance** (2016\-08\-01–2019\-08\-01) — Designs, recommends and implements insurance coverage Researches employee benefits Assists in the management of the coverage renewal process Facilitates enrollments, terminations, changes, beneficiaries, disability, accident and death claims Oversees maintenance of employee benefits files and updating of employee payroll records Daily calculations of figures and amounts such as interest, proportions and percentages Training staff on procedures, processes and products using PowerPoint and handouts Policy Review Cross Selling Customer Service Plan, create and monitor the annual budget by analyzing year over year expenses and anticipating future financial needs and resources - **Business Manager at Pearl Insurance** (2016\-01\-01–2019\-01\-01) — Built a full Retention department from the ground up by designing workflows, staffing plans, training programs, and scalable processes that supported rapid organizational growth\. - **New Business Manager at MassMutual** (2015\-06\-01–2015\-10\-01) — Provided support to all Division staff and Agents Kept division calendar schedule timely and balanced for Agents and Directors Effectively screened and organized e\-mail correspondence and other communications for staff Scheduled appointments, established meetings and or conference calls Opened and distributed mail to appropriate staff member Prepared and sent email and mail correspondence as needed Set up conferences and staff training and developed New Business Proposals Responsible for travel arrangements and prepared travel reimbursements for staff Daily calculations of figures and amounts such as interest, proportions and percentages - **Senior Relationship Banker at M&T Bank** (2011\-10\-01–2015\-10\-01) — Successfully ran dedicated satellite branch independently Daily calculations of figures and amounts such as interest, proportions and percentages Successfully completing audits with outstanding pass rate Treasury needs on the commercial business banking side as well as retail side Answers and directs telephone inquiries to staff Provides administrative support to all Division staff Kept the Manager’s and Assistant Manager’s calendar schedule timely and balanced Effectively screened and organized e\-mail correspondence and other communications for the branch Scheduled appointments, established meetings and or conference calls Opened and distributed mail to appropriate staff member Prepared and sent email and mail correspondence as needed Assisted in the arrangements of conferences and staff training Responsible for travel arrangements and prepared travel reimbursements for staff Maintained inventory of office supplies and purchases supplies as needed - **Workflow Coordinator/Supervisor at KeyBank** (2005\-10\-01–2010\-05\-01) — Technical support KTT Trouble\-shooting PC operating systems KTT features/functions WBD Chronical News Letter Motivation Committee functions and Team Building Activities Received various awards and Incentives for outstanding work ethic Consistently exceeded daily weekly deadlines Functional facilitator WorkFlow Coordinator Implemented Incentives Programs resulting in Error Reduction by 80% Implemented Processes which Increased Productivity Received awards and Incentives for commitment to excellence Awarded SIP Award Daily calculations of figures and amounts such as interest, proportions and percentages Responsible for managing, training and mentoring team members Instill a high customer commitment in all team members and aggressively surface and respond to customer issues Ensure standards of service are met or exceeded Ensure individual team members goals, i\.e\., production, quality, service Serve as a role model and coach for team members Oversee appropriate financial controls and ensur - **Workflow Coordinator at Key Bank** (2005\-01\-01–2010\-01\-01) — Technical Troubleshooting Leadership — Directed KTT troubleshooting and PC operating system support, ensuring rapid resolution of technical issues and uninterrupted operational performance\. - **Business Manager at Albany Conquest** (2004\-01\-01–2005\-01\-01) — Operational Leadership — Directed daily operations with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and team cohesion consistently delivered high‑performance results across multiple functional areas\. - **Industrial Specialist at Clough, Harbour & Associates** (2002\-01\-01–2004\-01\-01) — Proposal & RFP Development — Created, formatted, and bound professional paper proposals and full RFP packages collaborated with leadership to craft clear, persuasive content aligned with client requirements\. - **Accounts Receivable Specialist at Key Bank** (2000\-01\-01–2002\-01\-01) — Accounts Receivable Leadership — Served as team lead overseeing daily AR operations, ensuring accurate payment posting, reconciliation, and compliance with accounting standards\. ## Education - Bachelors, Biology, General — SUNY Empire State College (2013\-01\-01–2016\-01\-01) - Associates in Science, Criminal Justice — HVCC' (2011\-01\-01–2012\-01\-01) - Florida Real Estate License — State of Florida - Certification, Health Studies — Schenectady County - Health Studies Certificate — Schenectady County - Associate's Degree — Hudson Valley Community College - Life Accident & Health License — New York State - Bachelor's Degree, Biology, General — Empire State University - Florida Real Estate License — dbPR ## FAQ ### What does Victoria do at Nassau? Victoria is Manager of New Business at Nassau\. She manages, trains, mentors, coaches, and develops team members drives production, quality, service, and SLA performance oversees financial controls and develops processes and procedures that support growth while balancing business risk\. ### What are Victoria's core professional strengths? Victoria brings more than 15 years of operations leadership experience across insurance, banking, asset management, and corporate environments\. Her work spans team leadership, workflow optimization, financial and organizational performance, compliance, risk management, customer service, and operational transformation\. ### How does Victoria lead and develop teams? She creates environments that encourage creative thinking, recognize extra effort, and emphasize accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, inclusion, and employee growth\. ### What scale\-up experience does Victoria have? Victoria scaled an operations team from 8 to 28 people during a period in which the company was pursuing growth from $750 million to $2 billion\. She also supported rapid demand growth through capacity planning, flexible staffing solutions, and redesigned onboarding and training\. ### How has Victoria handled major demand increases? Victoria has experience managing an 80% application surge\. She used flexible training approaches designed to prevent operational gaps while supporting demand spikes\. ### What is Victoria's process\-improvement and automation experience? Victoria identifies process gaps and implements automation to improve effectiveness, accuracy, and scalability\. Her experience includes automation through JIRA Atlassian, Microsoft MYAPPS, SharePoint, CRM platforms, and Excel analytics, as well as process redesign for onboarding and training\. ### How does Victoria manage performance and service levels? Victoria monitors individual and team production, quality, service, productivity, and KPI results\. She manages daily workloads, coordinates employee efforts to meet service\-level agreements, and partners with business stakeholders to exchange feedback on products, processes, customer service, and time\-service standards\. ### What financial\-management experience does Victoria have? Victoria assists with annual budget planning by analyzing year\-over\-year expenses and anticipating future financial needs and resources\. Her financial\-operations experience includes receivables, payables, disbursements, commissions, financial controls, daily calculations involving interest, proportions, and percentages, and financial accuracy\. ### What did Victoria do in Nassau finance operations? In a Nassau New Business Manager role focused on finance operations, Victoria directed daily financial operations and ensured accuracy in receivables, payables, disbursements, commissions, and financial controls\. ### What did Victoria accomplish as Director of Business Operations at Nassau? As Director of Business Operations at Nassau, Victoria directed daily financial operations recruited, trained, mentored, and developed staff managed workload distribution led annual budget planning and partnered with teams to support financial accuracy and operational alignment\. She also maintained competitive NPS scores, ensured policy adherence, led system upgrades, testing, and implementations, and facilitated team\-building programs, workshops, agent events, and development initiatives\. ### What did Victoria accomplish at Pearl Insurance? At Pearl Insurance, Victoria built a full Retention department from the ground up\. She designed workflows, staffing plans, training programs, and scalable processes to support rapid organizational growth\. ### What responsibilities did Victoria have as Team Lead Manager at Pearl Insurance? As Team Lead Manager at Pearl Insurance, Victoria designed, recommended, and implemented insurance coverage researched employee benefits helped manage coverage renewals and facilitated enrollments, terminations, changes, beneficiary updates, disability, accident, and death claims\. She also maintained benefits files and payroll records, trained staff using PowerPoint and handouts, conducted policy review and cross\-selling, supported customer service, and helped plan and monitor the annual budget\. ### What did Victoria do as Workflow Coordinator and Supervisor at KeyBank? At KeyBank, Victoria provided technical support involving KTT troubleshooting, PC operating systems, and KTT features and functions\. She served as a functional facilitator and Workflow Coordinator, supported the WBD Chronical News Letter, Motivation Committee functions, and team\-building activities, consistently exceeded daily and weekly deadlines, and received awards and incentives for work ethic, commitment to excellence, and a SIP Award\. ### What process results did Victoria deliver at KeyBank? At KeyBank, Victoria implemented incentive programs that reduced errors by 80% and implemented processes that increased productivity\. She also managed, trained, mentored, and coached team members monitored productivity and quality managed workloads to meet SLAs maintained financial controls supported strategic direction and used automation to improve processes\. ### What was Victoria's accounts\-receivable experience at KeyBank? As an Accounts Receivable Specialist at KeyBank, Victoria served as a team lead overseeing daily accounts\-receivable operations\. She ensured accurate payment posting, reconciliation, and compliance with accounting standards\. ### What did Victoria do as Senior Relationship Banker at M&T Bank? At M&T Bank, Victoria independently ran a dedicated satellite branch and successfully completed audits with an outstanding pass rate\. Her work included commercial and retail treasury needs, administrative support, branch calendars and communications, meetings and conference calls, mail and correspondence, training and conference arrangements, travel reimbursements, office\-supply inventory, and purchasing\. ### What did Victoria do as New Business Manager at MassMutual? At MassMutual, Victoria supported Division staff and Agents by managing calendars, communications, appointments, meetings, conference calls, mail, correspondence, conferences, staff training, travel arrangements, and reimbursements\. She also developed New Business proposals and performed daily calculations involving interest, proportions, and percentages\. ### What was Victoria's role at Albany Conquest? At Albany Conquest, Victoria directed daily operations with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and team cohesion, delivering high\-performance results across multiple functional areas\. ### What proposal\-development work did Victoria do at Clough, Harbour & Associates? At Clough, Harbour & Associates, Victoria created, formatted, and bound professional paper proposals and full RFP packages\. She collaborated with leadership to develop clear, persuasive content aligned with client requirements\. ### What education and licenses does Victoria have? Victoria holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, General from SUNY Empire State College, also listed as Empire State University, and an Associate degree from Hudson Valley Community College, including an Associate in Science in Criminal Justice\. She also holds a Health Studies Certificate from Schenectady County, a New York State Life Accident & Health License, and a Florida Real Estate License through the State of Florida and dbPR\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ACoAAALsKmsBQwJrXYY\-\_EYSrZBIO\_wgevon2fo