Micaela Leyva
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Strong organizational, time management and customer service skills.
Highly effective at multi-tasking and resourceful in the completion of projects.
A team player who works well in a group or autonomously.
Fluent in English and Spanish.
EXPERIENCE:
Collection Specialist July 2015 – September2015
Valley Professional Services
Process Patients bill payments
Call insurance companies to gather payment information
Customer account research and provide resolution
Rebilling insurances
Customer Service Representative Emergency Appointment February 2014 - February 2015
DWP, Los Angeles, CA
Received customers requests for service and discontinues services
Perform specialized work in various aspects of customer billing and collection of delinquent accounts
Customer account research and provide resolution
Taking high volume incoming calls
Title Impediments - Liquidation Services GOV Post Sale Claims July 2013 - January 2014
Bank of America, Simi Valley, CA
Emailing HUD the requested appraisals/Corrected Documents
Emailing attorneys to correct documents with errors
Submitting liens/HOA Bills to finance
Inventory Control & Support - FCL Postsale Conv. 1st Liens June 2011 - July 2013
Bank of America, Simi Valley, CA
Creating reports from Insight and from PMO reports
Auditing my fellow team mates reports
Verifying if MI, Investors and Supplemental Claims are being followed up on in a timely manner
Verifying and changing proper codes on loans
Auditing daily, weekly and monthly reports at the same time and meet the deadlines
Creating Pivot charts and distributing reports to management and correct Lines of Business
Customer Advocate April 2010 - June 2011
Bank of America / Aerotek Staffing, Simi Valley, CA
Taking high volume incoming calls and transferring to assigned negotiator
Analyzed, clarified basic modification, short sale and foreclosure questions from homeowners.
Navigate through Different screens to research homeowners loans
Customer Service December 2009 - April 2010
Bank of America / Aerotek Staffing, Simi Valley, CA
Taking high volume incoming calls
Processing payments. Ordering Payoff Demands, navigating through different screen to provide information to the caller.
Making outbound calls to set up appointments for homeowners to notarize their final modification documents.
Service Advocate November 2008-December 2009
Farmers Insurance Group, Northwest Service Point, Hillsboro, OR
Analyzed, clarified and resolved basic policy and account related questions from internal and external customers in a high volume call center.
Communicated with internal/external customers about basic underwriting guidelines, policies and marketing initiatives to service customer accounts.
Customer Service Representative April 2008- November 2008
Farmer's Insurance Group, Los Angeles Service Center, Simi Valley CA
Received, handled, and directed telephone calls involving multiple lines of business utilizing strong customer service skills.
Established and maintained relationships with agents to assist with policy processing and answering question.
DVM October 2007- March 2008
Select Remedy Staffing, Woodland Hills, CA
Answered phones in a heavy call atmosphere.
Assisted customers by inputting orders.
Processing customers payments
Loan Consultant
Washington Financial Services, Los Angeles, CA March 2006- December 2009
Responsibilities included: Searched for housing listings, assisted Real Estate Agents, ordered appraisals, priced out loan scenarios and followed up on loan document processing.
Loan Consultant
American Financial Group, Cerritos, CA October 2005- March 2006
Responsibilities included: Priced out loan scenarios for refinances and purchases, assisted with improving credit reports, followed up on loan conditions and ordered appraisals.
Receptionist/ Customer Service
Anixter Pentacon Aerospace, Inc, Chatsworth, CA July 2000- July 2005
Responsibilities included: Entered sales orders in high volume Sales department, opened new accounts, assisted Sales team, maintained and updated Excel files for customer orders, resolved issues, checked prices and delivery for incoming inventory, Answered high volume of calls, sorted incoming mail for all departments and greeted customers and vendors.
Receptionist
Corestaff Services, Encinos, CA September 1996- July 2000
Maintained and updated daily reports and customer records.
Managed data entry and conducted credit cards.
EDUCATION:
High School Diploma, Victory High School (2008)
Valley Medical School – Medical Billing (2015)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
AS400, Insight, CMS, EPW, GLR, Equator, LPS, SRM, IPortal, MD Synergy