Michelle A Harmon
(Des Moines, IA) Professional Experience:
Global Atlantic Financial
May’22-Jan’23
(Contract Ended)
Project Business Analyst
Responsibilities: -
●Analyzed and evaluated current business processes that the company had and identified areas of improvement
●Researched and reviewed up-to-date business processes and new IT advancements to make systems more modern
●Presented ideas and findings in meetings creating initiatives depending on the business’s requirements and needs
●Developed projects and monitored project performance
●Collaborated with users and stakeholders
●Worked closely with senior management, partners, clients and technicians
●Worked closely with Agents making sure their commissions were correct and if found they were incorrect, I would send to the appropriate business unit to have commission check reissued
Wells Fargo, West Des Moines, IA Sept’21-May’22
Loan Servicing Specialist 3 (Contract ended) Responsibilities: -
●Managed a workflow tool used by Financial Team members to review and process communication (e.g., compliance reporting, funding requests, etc.) from clients.
●Reviewed clients' financial statements and spread the financial statements accurately into standardized templates.
●Performed ongoing management of a proprietary portfolio management application which included a collateral database, borrowing base calculations, transaction-specific information screens and reporting tools.
●Responsible for extracting data from clients' pay stubs and W2 forms into the KTA system.
State of Iowa, Division: Iowa Workforce Development, Des Moines, IA
Jan’20-Sep’21
Workforce Advisor (Contract ended)
Responsibilities: -
●Took incoming calls from claimants wanting to file new claims.
●Handled 40-50 calls on daily basis related to claims and financial issues.
●Handled inbound calls from the customers and helped in resetting passwords for account access.
●Resolved claimant issues and addressed their concerns.
●Escalated claimant issues to management as needed.
●Returned claimant calls to obtain additional information and address concerns.
●Utilized Lotus notes and Google spreadsheets to log/track claimant issues.
●Educated claimants on new government stimulus programs.
● Conducted Fact Finding Interviews with claimants.
Mercer, Urbandale, IA
Sep’19-Jan’20
Benefit Counsellor (Contract ended)
Responsibilities: -
●Answered employee benefits-related questions and conducting benefit enrolments in a call center environment.
●Handled 45-50 calls on a single day related benefits issue.
●Created cases to resolve customer issues, technical problems and assisted outbound resolutions team with customer contact.
●Verified privacy and security checks in order to validate calls.
●Obtained appropriate information to process benefit enrolments.
●Provided information to assist in making benefits-related decisions.
●Maintained a positive relationship with clients and customers on behalf of Mercer.
Gap: -Candidate met with an accident and took some time off in order to recover.
General Dynamics Information Technology, West Des Moines, IA
Sep’10-Dec’15
Senior Help Desk Analyst (Full time: Left because of medical issues)
Responsibilities: -
●Responsible for providing technical hardware and software support to users in the medical industry.
●Listened, analysed, documented, resolved and/or escalated issues, while employing excellent customer service skills adhering to corporate guidelines.
●Served as liaison to application development and software quality assurance teams in identifying advanced technical issues.
●Analyzed complex data, and resolved advanced applications, corrupt databases, and data processing issues in an efficient and effective manner.
●Documented and tracked each issue (in incident/problem management system), and escalated issues that required more advanced research and troubleshooting.
●Gathered data to perform data analysis on call details and statistics to determine trends and opportunities to improve the customer’s experience.
RICS Software, Inc., Urbandale, IA
Dec’07-Sep’10
Technical Support Specialist (Full time: Company relocated)
Responsibilities: -
●Provided technical support to retail users that were having technical problems with their point-of-sale software and/or hardware.
●Performed Quality Assurance testing when new versions of software were deployed.
●Assisted users in troubleshooting network issues.
●Diagnosed complicated issues for users and escalated to Tier 3 as needed.
Education:
●High School Diploma, East High School, Des Moines, IA