CORINA GUGULUS
DATA ANALYST--Toronto, ON
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corina-gugulus/
Portfolio link:
https://corianag.github.io/CorinaG.github.io/
DATA ANALYTICS PROJECTS
Preparing for Influenza Season
Translated business requirements into questions,
created the project management plan, formed
the hypothesis and a data Wishlist to examine
trends in influenza and show how they can be
used to plan for staffing needs across the USA
states
Technical Scope: Profiled the data, mapped,
transformed, and integrated the data sets in
Excel using the VLOOKUP function. Created
visualizations and presentation story in Tableau
Instacart, Online Groceries
Performed an exploratory data analysis to
uncover information about the sales patterns and
suggest strategies for better segmentation
Technical Scope: Jupyter Notebook, Python
with its libraries Pandas, NumPy, OS, Matplotlib,
Seaborn and SciPy
Video Game Popularity
Conducted a descriptive analysis of a video
game data set to foster a better understanding of
how new games might fare in the market
Technical Scope: Excel, Power Point
Apartments for Rent Analysis
Sourced own data, defined business questions,
and conducted an exploratory analysis through
visualizations (scatterplots, correlation heat maps,
pair plots and categorical plots) to uncover more
information about the renting patterns
Technical Scope: Jupyter Notebook, Python,
Tableau
Dedicated and focused professional with a solid background in data, financial,
research, revenue accounting and project management experience. Possess
communication, active listening, and interpersonal skills. Strong analysis,
judgment, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Ipsos Interactive Services, Romania
Project Manager Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
• Managed a team of programmers, statisticians and data processing
analysts to launch the online marketing research projects, conducted
the field by monitoring data collection, following validation
methodologies and addressing errors
• Developed marketing questionnaires and wrote technical specifications
to be used towards building the survey webpages, leading to a 40%
increase in accuracy
• Verified the links and pre-launched the projects to ensure validation
• Delivered the data results to the stakeholders and planned future online
marketing research projects when needed
Statistician/Sampling Executive Jun 2005 – Jan 2007
• Pulled national representative samples and maintained data
accurateness and coherence between various variables
• Assured support to EU clients by checking the feasibility studies for
online marketing research projects
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Property Administrator
GWLRA Residential/Canada Life, Canada, September 2019 – August 2023
• Maintained tenant database accuracy for reporting and billing and
analysed tenants’ reports outlining and addressing any delinquent
payments to reduce collection on past due accounts
• Resolved online payments and invoices discrepancies when data
migration occurred in the transition from Yardi 6.08 to Yardi 7S
• Calculated the Above Guideline Increase (AGI) as per the Landlord and
Tenants Board Order and explained the calculations to residents,
increasing their satisfaction
• Developed and maintained strong relationships with tenants and
vendors, offering advice on accounts, legal procedures, administrative
and invoicing practices
• Trained and guided five property administrators, two payables and over
10 site staff, enhancing their understanding of the processes and
procedures
Accounts Receivable/Junior Accountant
Pinedale, Canada, August 2017 – September 2019
• Analyzed and posted financial reports using the VLOOKUP function
• Calculated the LMR Interest, reconciled bank accounts, and posted
journal entries
Accounts Receivable Specialist
O’Shanter, Canada, March 2016 – August 2017
• Adjusted tenants’ accounts after reviewing the AGI Orders from the
Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board
• Compiled third-party reports, reconciled tenants’ statements and closed
Accounts Receivable at month and year end
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EDUCATION
Certificate in Data Analytics
CareerFoundry, October 2023
Data Analytics Course
BrainStation, December 2022.
Master in Human Resources Management,
University of Bucharest, Romania and Umea
University, Sweden. Faculty of Sociology. Joint
program, 2006
Bachelor in Sociology and Social Assistance
University of Bucharest, Romania
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Tableau
Excel
SQL
Power Point
Python
LANGUAGES
English
Romanian
French (reading understanding)
CAPREIT, Capreit
Site Manager, May 2015 – March 2016
• Overseen the day-to-day operations of a high-rise residential property,
coordinated and supervised all activities and the maintenance and
leasing staff
• Analysed weekly reports, improved customer satisfaction, edited letters
on a weekly basis and liaised with various contractors and outside
service providers for work or service required at the property
Revenue Analyst, July 2014 – May 2015
• Prepared month end reporting, calculated the AGI, performed all rental
account, including reconciliations, collections and completed lease
corrections and deposit discrepancies in compliance with external
auditing
• Advised sites staff on the lease administration system to minimize
errors and oversaw administration of each site staff across Toronto
Human Resources Manager
Europrim Shipping, Romania, Jul 2011– December 2013
• Researched, analyzed, wrote, and revised policies, processes, and
procedures as dictated by best practices, company direction,
government legislation, and department initiatives
• Developed recruitment programs to attract, identify and source qualified
candidates by ensuring that all HR projects were delivered on time, on
budget and within scope
• Opened new branches across Romania and abroad
• Implemented a new sales department within the company: budgeted
the project, developed a quality plan, monitored, and finalized the entire
recruitment project, created the job descriptions for all the roles within
the new departments and integrated the new employees within the
organization
Program Coordinator
YMCA of Greater Toronto, Canada, Oct 2010 – Jan 2011
• Maintained program statistics reports in Excel, liaised with Payroll, local
and national YEIP and PSYEIP programs
• Coordinated the YEIP and PSYEIP job calls, posted and maintained job
descriptions on the organization’s website and built strong working
relations with the program office to aid information sharing
Internet Data and Communications Coordinator
Marketing Era, Canada, July 2009 - August 2010
• Administered the database, prepared reports and wrote ads for online
gaming platforms, leading to a 40% increase in sales
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