Experience

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  KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse

  • Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

  • Federal Government Social Insurance / Accounting Specialist

    • Jul 1995 - Present
    • Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

    Jul 1995 - Jun 2000▪ Maintained accounts receivable for Social Security, Federal Health Insurance, Federal Unemployment as well as Federal Nursing Care Insurance contribution payments of businesses located in the assigned region. Maintained accounts receivable for health insurance premiums of voluntary health insurance members. Performed accounts receivable bookkeeping duties as needed, computed and recorded financial transactions obtained from financial institution. ▪ Read, interpret, and applied federal guidelines and regulations for accounting and membership purposes. Compiled and recorded statistical information. Audited balances, calculations, financial deposit postings, and other records for assigned companies and members. ▪ General correspondence as well as overdue notices to business owners and individuals referencing outstanding insurance contributions. Generated and processed official collection notices as well as bankruptcy requests for businesses as well as individuals at the local bankruptcy court. ▪ Checked and approved or denied new membership requests according to federal regulations as well as company guidelines.

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  City of Pflugerville, Texas

  • Pflugerville, Texas, United States

  • Patrol Officer

    • Jun 2018 - Apr 2020
    • Pflugerville, Texas, United States

    ▪ Patrolled assigned area within city limits to deter crime. Monitored and investigated suspicious persons, activities, and establishments, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal activity. Responded to citizen complaints of both felony and misdemeanor classification violations and assisted citizens as needed. ▪ Conducted field interviews with witness(es), victim(s), and suspect(s), relative to self-initiated investigations, and made arrests during calls of service and on-view offenses. Made preliminary reports of conducted investigations and arrests during calls for services and on-view offenses. ▪ Assisted surrounding communities, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in the conduct of their investigations. ▪ Enforced local and state traffic law and issued citations for violations. ▪ Prepared cases for court to present evidence and served as a witness. ▪ Investigated accident scenes and assisted involved motorists / pedestrians. Provided first aid if required. ▪ Booked, and monitored arrestees and their property, ensured safety, performed search and frisk on arrestees and booked inmates in the city holding facility until release or further transport to the county booking facility. ▪ Conducted crime prevention inspections and surveys for residential areas or businesses.▪ Interrelated with citizens over community concerns and complaints.

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  Stihl Inc.

  • Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

  • Technical Documentation Specialist

    • Jul 2001 - Feb 2006
    • Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

    ▪ Used SAP to establish and maintain data information relevant for production of lawn and landscape power tools. ▪ Established bill of materials for new product production. Maintained and updated bill of materials for product production by adding, changing, or removing part information to display updated product information for all manufacturing involved departments. Assured correctness of part number listings in bills of materials according to the provided product and data information from the research and development department to assure highest quality control production of all lawn equipment tools produced on site. ▪ Translated engineering documents for new products and product changes as well as work procedure related documents from German to English and distributed the translated documents to other manufacturing affected departments within Stihl Inc. for establishment or change of product production. ▪ Trained new employees in establishing bills of materials, how to implement bills and part changes, and translate documents from the research and development department in order to assist an additional production manager in the successful production of new or changed product lines of lawn equipment tools. ▪ Requested and maintained product drawings with part numbers and descriptions for the engineering department to assure correct product production and quality control of each product line.

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  Deutsche Rentenversicherung Berlin-Brandenburg

  • Berlin, Germany

  • Social Security Benefit and Claim Specialist

    • Sep 1989 - Jun 1995
    • Berlin, Germany

    ▪ Prepared, verified, and maintained benefit records of individuals. Worked with public by phone and mail regarding Social Security benefits and payments. Used substantive analyses to make benefit determinations and problem-solving techniques to apply Social Security regulations and policies. ▪ Approved and reconsidered claims for Social Security benefits by determining a claimant’s eligibility. Independently researched policies, procedures, laws, and regulations to support the decision. Worked with the federal social insurance court and reassessed denied claims according to court’s final decision. ▪ Updated beneficiaries’ information, initiated, and processed recalculation of benefits due to updated data or status change of beneficiary. ▪ Trained new employees, teaching regulations and guidelines as well as associated tasks related to the position of a benefit and claim specialist. ▪ Applied the Totalization Agreement between the United States of America and Federal Republic of Germany to all benefit records and claims. Corresponded with the Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD, USA, in regards to claims with the US or German Social Security to update benefit records and to determine benefit eligibility.