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Location: Denver, CO
Company: MCI
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
Manage a portfolio of 13 million dollars. Apply payments, move funds from accts. Work closely with customers, account teams, directors and in some cases CEOs and CFOs of corporations. Run and review Dun & Bradstreet reports and Better Business beauru managment. Approve or decline credit holds for data and voice services. Work with large number of companys from small business to 24 hour fitness, petco, Wal-Mart etc... Job responsibilities also include understanding and reviewing contracts and invoices.
Job Requirements
Career path to this job includes but not limited too collections, business degree, sales and customer service with a knowledge base of cutting edge voice and data services (T1s, DSOs, DS3s, Frame relay,VOIP etc...)
Uppers
Very free to come and go through out the work day. Breaks, lunches and the shift you work is more or less decided by you. Pays well and is consistant. sLocation is in nice "wealthier" part of the community and I have a very very easy comute. unlimited and unsupervised 24/7 access to extremly fast internet dedicated connections computers and international phone service. As well as a 24/7 access to the building including a work out facility.
Downers
Spredsheets and accounts must be completed to upper managment and directors within a given time frame as requested. Mind boggeling research via multiple billing platforms and computer programs.
Lifestyle
Strong company social events including picnics and outings to restaurants and personal "get to gethers" or partys such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers and holidays. Diversity is openly and easily promoted, however, the collective ethencity is caucasion. Travel is usualy no more than a few miles to and fro...Dress code is business casual but this is normaly only asked in the event of visits from higher up outside (physicaly)managment. Dress down Fridays with the occasional exception, like shorts day on a given hot summer day, or sports day for your favorite team etc...
Compensation
Benefits are excelent including health, vision, life, dental and legal assistance when requested. 401k matched up to 5% as well as very generous company stock options. Growth within the company is soley up to the individual. You can apply on your own as you wish and for whatever openings are abvailable at a given time via "HR online". Classes, online and in room, are widely available from business managment to navigated through and using the systmes, both internaly and what our customers have (e.g. "Perspective plus" a hands on CD sent out each month replacing large large paper invoices). Base salary is anywhere from 30 to 45k a year.
Advice to Jobseekers
People that have not done well in my department are those who are used to being "out" in the world in thier previous employment. Such as a delivery driver, or account service rep who goes out to customers locations. You need to be willing able and happy with cinducting business all over the world via conference calls, emails, phone calls, instant messeging and more all from your desk location. The outlook for this position is strong as the internet prooves to be a viable part of society and accounting, paying bills, applying or correcting miss applied payments and more will continue to be needed.

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