Collections Specialist
- Employer
- Robert Half
- Location
- Oak Creek
- Salary
- 19.00 - 23.00 USD Hourly
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- Industry
- Financial Services and Banking
- Role
- Other
- Job Type
- Long-Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Classification: Collections Specialist
Compensation: $19.00 to $23.00 hourly
For this Collections Specialist job, we're looking for candidates who are natural leaders driven by a strong sense of accomplishment, and focused, detail-oriented thinkers with backgrounds in accounting, finance or business administration. This long-term temporary-to-full-time role is for a Collections Specialist who wants to work in the Oak Creek, Wisconsin area. Contact Accountemps today if you want to nourish your career as an experienced Collections Specialist at a growing company.
Responsibilities
- Update customer files to ensure data integrity
- Ensure payments are processed
- Pinpoint delinquent customer accounts through various means, e.g. written correspondence, phone contact, skip-tracing, and making arrangements for payment
- Process bankruptcy filings correctly when received
- Act as mediator in maintaining quality customer service and a positive company image by resolving customer account inquiries
- Administer all billing and reporting activities in response to deadlines
- Abide by all rules and regulations established by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Document all customer payments to the right reports
- Control inbound and outbound collections calls and correspondence
Job Requirements:
- 3+ years of prior high volume collections experience
- Ability to survey and make decisions regarding customer accounts
- AA or BS/BA in Accounting preferred
- Experience using accounting software
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Expertise in business to business
- Accounts Receivable (AR) experience preferred
- Comprehensive knowledge of Cash Collections
- Cash posting experience
- Deep understanding of Aging Reports
Accountemps, a Robert Half Company, matches skilled accounting and finance professionals with remote or on-site jobs on a temporary and temporary-to-hire basis. Our experienced staffing professionals can promote you to employers and advocate on your behalf. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. For more opportunities, get the Robert Half app and receive instant notifications when our AI matches your skills and experience with jobs.
When you work with us, you're working with the best. Robert Half has been recognized as one of FORTUNE's "Most Admired Companies" every year since 1998 and was named to Forbes' inaugural list of America's Best Temporary Staffing Firms.
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