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Krista Costa

Summary

Highly motivated and positive individual with great organizational and communication skills. Customer service master and efficient problem solver. Manages administrative functions while delivering thorough answers and solutions to foster exceptional customer experiences.


Business Associate supporting clients and serving as primary business contact. Excel in building relationships with clients, identifying new business opportunities, handling client communication and communicating business offerings to customers. Excellent attention to detail, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Dispatch /Customer Service Associate

Buffalo Restoration
11.2021 - 03.2023
  • First contact of all incoming calls to Dispatch Office
  • Gather details and complete lead sheets to make sure E-Responders are prepared and ready for immediate dispatch
  • Set up and manage job information in multiple platforms
  • Collect and post deposits
  • Schedule Estimators
  • Invoice
  • Planned schedules and workflows based on expected customer demands.
  • Reviewed associate performance to identify training needs.
  • Investigated and resolved customer inquiries and complaints quickly.
  • Followed up with customers about resolved issues to maintain high standards of customer service.
  • Educated customers about billing, payment processing and support policies and procedures.

Dispatch Lead /Customer Service Representative

Bridger Steel
07.2018 - 03.2021
  • Review Sales / production reports to ensure production is being fulfilled as promised.
  • Invoicing
  • Entered customer payments / digital bank deposits nightly
  • Collection Calls
  • Enter Data while preparing and maintaining documents, spreadsheets and customer records
  • Created S.O.P's and implement procedure changes
  • Support Outside Sales / inputting orders and offers in point of sales program
  • Trained, oversaw, and mentored new team members to strengthen performance and job expertise.
  • Responded to customer calls and emails to answer questions about products and services.
  • Engaged clients in person and over phone to answer questions and address complaints.
  • Boosted team spirit and performance by communicating clear service expectations and quality goals to each team member.

Business Office Specialist

Hospice of Bozeman Health
12.2016 - 03.2017
  • Process New Patient referral information into computer system - Track employee certifications, vehicle registration / insurance documentation - Reconcile time sheets and ensure nurse / physician notes are in compliance with federal regulations - Reconcile monthly billing registers against the actual paperwork located in patient charts -Field calls from desperate grieving family members and ensure they are taken care of compassionately, respectfully, and promptly
  • Update patient records daily in regard to diagnosis, location and equipment, ETC -Tracks physicians order, maintains current log of interim orders and plan of cares, obtained signatures by physicians, Case Managers, MSW, Chaplin and volunteer coordinator
  • Ensure on call book is updated daily -Maintains confidentially of patient, employee and organization information at al times -Teaches and preforms duties consistent with our commitment to doing business with integrity.
  • Developed correspondence letters, memos, and emails.
  • Provided reception services by greeting visitors, signing in visitors and directing visitors to appropriate personnel.

Logistic Coordinator

Bridger Transportation Bozeman
07.2015 - 07.2016
  • Booked and secured Trucks for OTR transit - Moved freight for several large facilities - AT&T – Purina – Johnson Controls – Mid America Mulch - Monitor Load boards - Set up new carriers, verified references, pulled history on Carrier watch and Watch dog (sites that monitor the trucking industry and reports issues or wrongful doings) -Issued quick pay and Fuel advances for drivers - Processed paperwork
  • Tracked orders and notified customers of status or potential delays.
  • Conducted investigations to resolve issues related to logistics and cargo movements.
  • Monitored inbound and outbound freight operations to establish timely delivery of packages.
  • Prepared and documented shipment activities and cargo movements to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
  • Generated documentation and information required for customer shipments.

Accounting / Office Manager

KB Building and Supply
04.2015 - 07.2015
  • Accounts payable / Accounts receivable - Bi-weekly Payroll for all employee's salary and hourly - Tracked employee's expenses and issued reimbursements - Inside sales - put together work orders and issued payments structure for walk in customers, orders that came in by phone and via web-site - Created customer jobs in software, ordered all product needed, processed payments, tracked progress of building completion and scheduled delivery - Tracked and reported all Job costing on the Pole buildings and Custom Barns being built by crews around the Valley
  • Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations
  • Maintained computer and physical filing systems.

Office Manager / Mental Health Worker

Third Way Center
12.2007 - 07.2014

I was hired to run the administration for the Teen Mom's program in Englewood Colorado

Soon after in April 2008 I was promoted and transferred downtown Denver to take over and run the Lincoln Apartment Transitional Living and Emancipation program

  • Prepare and lead State and Denver Youth Correction audits - Maintain client archive files for all 8 locations physically and electronically - Head of Operations for 20-unit apartment complex in the center of Denver - Collected monthly rent - Created /launched an in house banking system for the 23 youth on site - Work directly with CFO tracking, allocating and reporting all expenses - Coordinate and facilitate all building maintenance and repairs - Trained all new hires on facility procedures, requirements and expectations - Input HMIS data on to the Federal Government software to ensure grant funding - Created and launched new procedures to help facility become more efficient - Coordinate Case review meetings between client, Therapist and probation officers
  • REASON NO LONGER EMPLOYED: My husband was offered and accepted a fantastic Job opportunity which led to our relocating in Bozeman, MT

Education

Professional Bookkeeper

Rocky Mountain Accounting And Business Center
Denver, CO
03.2002

Accounting Technician -

Rocky Mountain Accounting And Business
Denver, CO
10.2001

Certified Travel Agent

SST Travel School
Seattle, WA
09.1995

High School Diploma -

South Kitsap High School
Port Orchard, WA
06.1995

Skills

  • New Hire Training
  • Accounts Receivable / Payable
  • Past Due Account Management
  • Policy and Procedure Modification
  • Negotiation
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Scheduling and Coordinating
  • Team Leadership
  • Administering Payroll
  • Executive Travel
  • Human Resources

Timeline

Lead Dispatch /Customer Service Associate

Buffalo Restoration
11.2021 - 03.2023

Dispatch Lead /Customer Service Representative

Bridger Steel
07.2018 - 03.2021

Business Office Specialist

Hospice of Bozeman Health
12.2016 - 03.2017

Logistic Coordinator

Bridger Transportation Bozeman
07.2015 - 07.2016

Accounting / Office Manager

KB Building and Supply
04.2015 - 07.2015

Office Manager / Mental Health Worker

Third Way Center
12.2007 - 07.2014

Professional Bookkeeper

Rocky Mountain Accounting And Business Center

Accounting Technician -

Rocky Mountain Accounting And Business

Certified Travel Agent

SST Travel School

High School Diploma -

South Kitsap High School
Krista Costa