Collections

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As a Collections Specialist, your responsibilities will include:

Collect payments on past due bills on a daily basis to meet department goals.

Assist customers with all areas of service including collection issues, customer refunds, review account adjustments, resolve client discrepancies and short payments.

Constantly monitoring and maintaining collection accounts, including customer calls, account adjustments, small balance write off, customer reconciliations and other adjustments needed for collection accounts.

Accountable for reducing delinquency for assigned accounts.

Use good judgment to enlist the efforts of account reps and senior management when necessary to accelerate the collection process.

Must communicate & follow up effectively with the department regarding customer accounts on a timely basis (Fridays of each week).

Create, update and track customers who have not made payments and send collection letters.

Complete weekly and monthly reports to the manager on all accounts over 60 days.

Organize and prioritize collections according to the severity of the delinquency.

Utilize computer systems to handle skip tracing.

Constantly inform customers of overdue accounts and amounts currently owed.

Ensure all customer information is correct, including phone numbers and addresses for collections.

Be professional and polite when communicating with customers to reach payment solutions and determine if the debt can be collected.

Always adhere to federal and state laws dealing with debt collection.

Print reports for management.

Must be able to work independently and in a team environment.

Make account changes as needed for collections process and document in notes

Actively supports and complies with all components of the compliance program, including, but not limited to, completion of training and reporting of suspected violations of law and Company policy.

Reacts positively to change and performs other duties as assigned.