Vivian Costenbader
Desert Hills, Arizona 85086 • 623-***-**** ************@*****.***
Objective
To find a rewarding position where I can grow and create a career, and use my many talents to better the work place.
Career Profile
· Consistently meet and exceed what is expected.
· Hard worker, dependable, take on added tasks as needed.
· Team player.
· ANCHOR award winner
· Employee of the month
Experience
Librarian/ Media Assistant: Lone Mountain Elementary School, Cave Creek, Arizona (8/2002-5/2008). Responsible for supervising children, check in and out books, planning events/fundraisers, ordering books, managing the library budget, collecting on NSF for library fines or orders, Manage students A/R – Star accounts. Compose overdue letter/NSF to parents. I have been the Student Leadership advisor for 2 years. I also perform many other “duties”.
· Helped the library grow and students to excel in reading with A/R, STAR and a large library collection.
· Held many fundraisers, including recycling, student store, phone and ink, box tops, BBC parties. Book fairs, Wal-Mart recycling program and other fun events trough the school year.
· Student leadership advisor for 2 years.
· Budget management for the library as well as the Student Council
· Ordered inventory for the student store, library, book sales and parties that we had in the library.
General Office Manager: Jersey Constructors Inc., San Francisco, California (12/1996 – 7/2002). I ran the day-to-day operations of the company. Including A/R, billings compliance reports, union reports and certified payroll.
· I ran the company until family matters broke up the company and our family moved from San Francisco to Arizona.
· This company was a family business working with the city of San Francisco; I perform many compliance tasks and work with city officers.
· I collected on overdue receivable from City officials.
· I work with many unions, minorities groups and housing projects.
Accounts Receivable Representative: Birkenstock: Novato California, (1993 – 12/1995). I collected on overdue accounts along with reconciling account profiles.
· Collected on over due balance working with stores.
· Reconciled accounts with billing / payment errors.
· High collection receipts on overdue balances.
· Worked with salesman and sales representatives.
Accounts Receivable / Collections: Cal Comp Insurance, Novato, California (1989 / 1993). I worked with doctors, unions, owners, insured’s and sales representatives. I was reasonable for the reconciliation on accounts and billings as well as the collections of premiums.
Accounts Receivable / Collections: Best Foods Baking Group, Totowa, New Jersey (1984 / 1989) I worked with stores, sales representatives, other departments and managers. I was responsible for applying credits and researching deductions by working with the sales team and store to correctly credit the account. I often had to refer to delivery tickets and resolve pricing errors. I represented the company at several events as well.
Education
· Rio Salado College 5/2002 – Present - working on my Bachelors in Education.
Other Facts
· Computers: Skills include Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel.
· Superior communication skills.
· Hard worker
· I WILL get the job done on time and done correctly!
· I am very good at multi tasks and very focused on staying on task with no supervision.
· I work alone now and I am a great leader.
· Able to retain confidential information
· TEAM PLAYER!
· Very familiar with sales receipts, deposits, record keeping, PO’s and A/R application.
· 10 Key by touch