DELILAH SMITH
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Skills Summary
Three decades of customer service experience in person, by phone and as a billing special and analyst
Education
Degree / Date of Graduation
Regina High School- May 1992. College Preparatory Classes with an emphasis in Business Administration
Wayne State University- undergraduate studies in business administration
University of Phoenix- continuous learning education for working adults with emphasis in business administration
Experience
Name of Employer
Analyst/DTE Energy, Detroit Edison
Entry level career began 1996 as a customer service representative in the call center
oBasic new customer service request completed : new service, disconnect and transfer of service, payment collection and arrangement
Senior Customer Representative promotion within 6 months
oResponsibilities included handling billing inquiries and credit collection issues
Business customer service promotion 12 months after becoming a senior customer service representative
oResponsible for handling small business and commercial service customers inquiries in billing, collections
Transition from telephone call center to in person office senior representative handling both residential and commercial small business accounts . Remained in the customer office for two years.
oAdditional responsibility in the office required dealing with security theft and cash management of incoming customers on a rotational basis
Promotion to Residential and Commercial Billing specialist within 2 years of working in customer office
oResponsibilities included resolve billing inquiries that were not able to be resolved due to complexity of the account by either the call center or in person office visits.
oAssigned specific billing units to resolve billing issues in a timely and accurate manner
Promotion to Electric Choice group as a senior billing specialist
oResolved billing issues for accounts for third party entities
oAssigned specific billing cycle
Promotion to Electric Choice Senior Analyst
oSimilar assignment as billing specialist with the following additional assignments
Complex billing for industrial customers
Point of contact for a third party consulting company for billing complaints and inquiries
Special projects
Rate changes
School and municipality billing
Account conversion
Standard work instructions subject matter expert writer
Revenue reconciliation for billing errors due to system conversion failures
Special assignment as a regular storm dispatch coordinator during power outages
Awards and Acknowledgements
Type of Award / Award Description
Nominated for Sarah Sheridan Award for special project contributions
Complex billing
Rate changes
School rate changes
Special billing changes for specific large commercial customers
Special interest- when not working, I’m a volunteer for a world wide preaching campaign for my religious organization as a Jehovah witness