Michelle Dessler
Tampa,FL
Summary
Detail-oriented administrative professional with a strong background in project coordination and vendor communication. Successfully managed diverse tasks, including financial administration and schedule management, contributing to seamless operations and enhanced customer experiences
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Stay at Home Parent
Self-employeed
Tampa, FL
01.2024 - Current
- Managed daily schedules and activities for children to promote structure
- Developed meal plans and prepared nutritious meals for family members
- Maintained household inventory, ensuring availability of essential supplies
Corporate Accounting Assistant
Neumann Construction & Roofing
Tampa, Florida
05.2022 - 01.2024
- Initially hired as a Customer Service Representative: answering multi-line phone systems, excelling as a frontline for customer interactions, utilizing the business programs in place to assist, direct, problem solve and communicate with customers - ensuring smooth and pleasant interactions and customer retention
- Promoted to Productions Department Assistant: communicating with vendors, contractors, local permitting offices, customers, Accounting Department, and Project Managers - ensuring projects were scheduled, prepared, supplied and ready to go in a timely and efficient manner
- Promoted to Corporate Accounting Assistant: working directly with the Finance Director, mainly managing receivables for million-dollar commercial jobs but also petty cash handling, receipts, creating contracts, communicating with attorneys, vendors, and managers regarding accounts and balances
Stay at Home Parent
Self-employeed
Tampa, FL
01.2013 - 05.2022
- Managed daily schedules and activities for children to promote structure
- Developed meal plans and prepared nutritious meals for family members
- Maintained household inventory, ensuring availability of essential supplies
Law firm Secretary
Meros, Smith, Lazzara & Olney, PA
St. Petersburg, Florida
10.2010 - 01.2013
- Initially hired as a file clerk for one Family Law attorney at the firm: ensured legal documents were filed into paper system in an organized fashion, and mailed legal documents to parties such as opposing counsel, clients, judges, etc.
- Promoted to file clerk for multiple attorneys at the firm, including criminal law, probate and additional family law cases: ensured legal documents were filed into paper system in an organized fashion, mailing legal documents to parties such as opposing counsel, clients, judges, etc.
- Promoted to secretary for the entire firm: frontline for client relations when entering the firm, intake paperwork, meeting scheduling, hand delivering legal documents to judges and opposing counsel in addition to maintaining the law firm's physical location with refreshments and cleanliness, ordering food and supplies for all staff, maintaining relationships with all vendors while occasionally helping with probate legal document creation, filing for some attorneys and accounts receivables
Skills
- Schedule coordination
- Inventory management
- Vendor relations
- Project management
- Financial management
- Customer relations
- Problem solving
References
- Jon McCloud, Director of Finance
- Christie Major, Executive Assistant
Contact information for references available upon request
Timeline
Stay at Home Parent
Self-employeed
01.2024 - Current
Corporate Accounting Assistant
Neumann Construction & Roofing
05.2022 - 01.2024
Stay at Home Parent
Self-employeed
01.2013 - 05.2022
Law firm Secretary
Meros, Smith, Lazzara & Olney, PA
10.2010 - 01.2013