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Education
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Accomplishments
Certification
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Connie Spears

Tampico,IL

Summary

  • Experienced with identifying customer needs and providing appropriate parts solutions. Utilizes strong communication skills to foster positive client relationships and ensure repeat business. Knowledge of inventory management and sales strategies to drive revenue growth.
  • Skilled Parts Sales Associate with expertise in sales, service and compliance. Flexible team player with strong problem-solving and interpersonal abilities.
  • Results-driven sales professional with extensive experience in parts sales and customer service. Expertise in inventory management, product knowledge, and relationship-building. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, flexible to changing needs. Proven track record in meeting sales targets and delivering exceptional service.
  • I have a proven track record in managing office operations and providing comprehensive administrative support. Demonstrated ability in streamlining office processes and aiding in project coordination. Known for effective communication and multitasking skills.

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Administrative Assistant

TCI MFG
10.2025 - Current

Administrative Assistant

October 2025 thru present

  • Contacting vendors and setting up ACH payment forms
  • Setting up ACH payment forms for TCI employees
  • Equipment Quotes : for Kelan, Jack, Marc.
  • Scanning in jobs when completed.
  • Filing all the payables
  • Expense books for TCI, IEG and administration.
  • Collecting A/R for TCI, IEG with a collection amount of over $10 million in receivables, including older parts invoices, plants etc.
  • Ordering all office supplies, restocking all supplies for the restrooms.
  • Setting up Employee Luncheons, contacting restaurant's,etc.
  • Setting up the Golf outing
  • Putting is sales orders in Netsuite, including pulling pricing,correcting the salesman in Netsuite.

Receptionist

TCI MFG
Walnut, IL
07.2025 - Current
  • Receptionist- July 17th 2025 thru October 2025
  • Managing incoming phone calls from customers, vendors.
  • Providing customer service
  • Directing visitors
  • Maintaining office space
  • Clerical tasks
  • Ordering all office supplies and keeping a steady inventory

FINANCIAL COUNSELOR FOR PATIENTS

CGH Medical Center
Sterling, IL
01.2019 - 01.2026
  • Financial counselor, helping people with their financial needs, billing
  • Setting up loans
  • Setting up payment plans
  • Answering all billing questions and assisting patients with concerns and complaints
  • Talking to Insurance Companies on claims, denials patient complaints
  • Setting up Financial Aid for patients.
  • Opening all mail, posting payments, insurance payments, credit cards.

FINANCIAL COUNSELOR / ORAL SURG BILLER

CGH MEDICAL CENTER
Sterling, IL
01.2019 - 06.2025
  • Oral surgery biller for Dr Whittaker before he retired for one year at CGH Oral Surgery Dept
  • Filing and sending insurance claims
  • Fielding all phones calls from patients
  • Setting up new patient files

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ OFFICE MANAGER

AD HUESING INC
05.2018 - 10.2018

Office Manager

  • Fielding phone calls
  • Banking, depositing daily cash and checks
  • HR Dept Manager
  • Customer Service, resolve customer complaints, delivery complaints.
  • A/R
  • Payroll
  • Accounts Payables
  • Office equipment, ordering office supplies.
  • Pricing, discounts, estimating for large retail customers.
  • Set up ASN for Kroger,Wal-Mart

Secretary/Bookkeeper

STEWART BEVERAGE CORP
Sterling, IL
02.1992 - 05.2018
  • Business was sold
  • Answering all incoming calls for customer service & all deliveries. Meeting and greeting walk in customers, and assigning work assignments for all delivery drivers. I am responsible for posting all accounts receivable and daily invoices. Also for balancing daily and monthly receivables and monthly statements.
  • Entering in all data for pricing, discounts and new products for all major retail stores and all other customers. Also included talking with major retail stores to work out any pricing issues they may need to get corrected.
  • Vending Dept- ordering parts, vendors, fountain machines. Keeping inventory of parts, machines, and the fountain units.
  • H/R
  • A/R

Pharmacy Technician

Walgreens Sterling
Sterling
01.1986 - 01.1991
  • Pharmacy tech: filled all incoming prescriptions and fielded incoming calls. Worked closely with a team of pharmacists and techs

Education

Business

Sauk Valley College
Dixon, IL
01-1982

Skills

  • Telemarketing
  • Customer service
  • Medical collection
  • Data entry
  • Computer skills
  • Office administration
  • Microsoft Word
  • Time management
  • Microsoft Excel
  • File organization
  • Microsoft outlook
  • Customer and client relations
  • General ledger accounting
  • Sage
  • Medical coding
  • Content management systems
  • ACH
  • Business requirements
  • Customer complaint resolution
  • Health screenings
  • Health charts
  • Leadership
  • Accounts receivable
  • Medicare
  • Customer relationship management
  • Insurance claim appeals processing
  • Basic math
  • Productivity software
  • Manufacturing
  • ICD coding
  • Salesforce
  • Revenue cycle management
  • Patient assessment
  • Executive administrative support
  • Achieving HIPAA compliance - Largest yearly HIPAA compliance rate achieved (90-95%)
  • Negotiation
  • Accounting software
  • CPT coding
  • Microsoft Outlook Calendar
  • Hospital revenue cycle management
  • Customer inquiry handling
  • Warm calling
  • Phone etiquette
  • Call center experience
  • Budgeting
  • Medical software
  • Skilled nursing facility experience
  • Wire transfer payment processing
  • Financial services
  • Accounting systems
  • Financial report writing
  • Financial sales
  • Management
  • Care coordination
  • Marketing
  • Electronic health records (EHR) management
  • Data entry in Excel
  • Task prioritization
  • Customer satisfaction improvement
  • Phone communication
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer interaction
  • Meditech
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Documentation review
  • Program management
  • Writing skills
  • English
  • Resident's rights
  • Administrative experience
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Accounts payable
  • Insurance investigations
  • Proofreading
  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals
  • Medical scheduling
  • Anatomy knowledge
  • Communication skills
  • Accounting and finance experience
  • EMR systems
  • Epic
  • Sales
  • Front desk
  • Pharmacy software
  • Medical administrative support
  • Care plans
  • Outside sales
  • General ledger reconciliation
  • Appeals
  • Long term care experience
  • Managed care
  • Supervising experience
  • Dental office experience
  • Microsoft Office
  • Business development
  • ICD-10
  • Technical Proficiency
  • Unity
  • Social media platforms
  • Excel data analysis
  • ICD-9
  • Caregiving
  • Written communication
  • Teamwork
  • Organizational skills
  • Insurance prior authorization
  • Medical billing
  • Insurance verification
  • Cerner
  • Hospice experience
  • Maintaining patient confidentiality

Accomplishments

  • Data Entry - Reviewed and updated client correspondence files and scheduling database.
  • Billing - Cooperated with Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance providers to establish relationships and resolve billing issues.
  • Training - Trained medical billing staff of 5 employees on the office policies and 3rd party insurance, Medicare, Medi-cal, HMO and PPO billing procedures.
  • Advanced from Receptionist to Administrative Assistance within 3 month.
  • Event Planning - Successfully planned and executed corporate meetings, lunches and special events for groups of 100+ employees.
  • Responded to over 50 to 100 customer inquiries each day.
  • Earned "I Care " Award 2022 at CGH Medical Center

Certification

Driver's License

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

Administrative Assistant

TCI MFG
10.2025 - Current

Receptionist

TCI MFG
07.2025 - Current

FINANCIAL COUNSELOR FOR PATIENTS

CGH Medical Center
01.2019 - 01.2026

FINANCIAL COUNSELOR / ORAL SURG BILLER

CGH MEDICAL CENTER
01.2019 - 06.2025

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ OFFICE MANAGER

AD HUESING INC
05.2018 - 10.2018

Secretary/Bookkeeper

STEWART BEVERAGE CORP
02.1992 - 05.2018

Pharmacy Technician

Walgreens Sterling
01.1986 - 01.1991

Business

Sauk Valley College

Additional Information

  • Authorized to work in the US for any employer
  • Skills
  • Microsoft office, Microsoft windows, Blackhawk Farm Management
Connie Spears