Published: July 24, 2024 - The Collections Agent is responsible for maintaining customer relationships to ensure client satisfaction and retention, liaising with Credit and Operations departments for strong risk management and implementing industry practices. The role involves proactively managing delinquent accounts by contacting customers via phone or email, analyzing accounts to determine repayment ability, and professionally negotiating payment arrangements within policy guidelines. This individual also drafts and prepares necessary correspondence, updates and monitors portfolio reports, and responds to complaints from organizations.


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1. Collections Agent, Apex Financial Solutions, Arlington, TX
Job Summary:
- Working with the customers to find solutions to cure arrears on accounts and improve the customer journey
- Process inbound calls from customers and deal with these calls correctly and accurately with a high level of professionalism
- Process outbound calls to customers, contacting them for due and overdue accounts to negotiate prompt payment within defined timescales
- Record all customer contact notes accurately on the system
- Establish payment plans for customers to ensure repayments do not default
- Accountable for reducing default and delinquency for all assigned accounts
- Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with customers and colleagues alike.
- Responsible for monitoring and managing assigned accounts
- Work directly with the customers either by telephone, electronically, or face-to-face
- Clarify the database, and record all information in the system
- Initiate and manage repossession proceedings
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Service Excellence (Soft Skills)
- Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
- Account Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry and Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
- Professionalism (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Time Management (Soft Skills)
2. Bilingual Collections Agent, Summit Credit Services, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Answer incoming calls from debtors, both in English and French
- Undertake debtor trace and locate efforts using search engines
- Notify debtors of overdue accounts and payments through phone or mail, both in English and French
- Set up and document payment arrangements with debtors, both in English and French
- Obtain and record current financial data from debtors, both in English and French
- Recommend account closure if payments are not being received
- Maintain records and files for debtor accounts
- Coordinate messages to debtors, managing current paying accounts with reminder messages
- Ensure debtors are on an ongoing payment plan
- Maintain accurate and updated file notes for ongoing history and referencing
- Find assets for debtors in case possible enforcements are necessary, such as places of employment for garnishment, new addresses that could be owned by debtors and subject to writ enforcement
- Consult with and/or coordinate activities with other employees of the organization
Skills on Resume:
- Bilingual Communication (Soft Skills)
- Debtor Trace and Locate (Hard Skills)
- Account Notification and Payment Management (Hard Skills)
- Financial Data Collection (Hard Skills)
- Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Enforcement and Asset Recovery (Hard Skills)
- Coordination and Communication (Soft Skills)
- Account Closure Recommendations (Soft Skills)
3. Collections Agent, Elite Collections Group, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Deal with Inbound and Outbound calls from customers
- Provide first-class customer service and handle customer queries and complaints in a professional, courteous and helpful manner
- Handle internal queries via phone or email, and record information on the CRM systems
- Set, Manage and Track realistic instalment plans for customers
- Maximize the levels of cash/debt recovered, and promote Direct Debit payments
- Work to achieve personal and team collection targets
- Feed into regular team meetings with observations on strategies/effectiveness and suggestions on new campaigns
- Handle customer queries and complaints in a professional, courteous and helpful manner.
- Effectively manage recovery activity to handle charged-off accounts
- Help the team in achieving the targets set by the company
- Initiate timely recovery actions on charge-off accounts and monitor the effectiveness of recoveries to minimize credit losses
- Ensure all collection processes are in line with collection procedures and are managed properly and follow collection procedures
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Service Excellence (Soft Skills)
- CRM Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Instalment Plan Management (Hard Skills)
- Debt Recovery (Hard Skills)
- Target Achievement (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Input (Soft Skills)
- Process Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Timely Recovery Actions (Hard Skills)
4. Collections Agent, Harbor Recovery Solutions, Nashville, TN
Job Summary:
- Maintain customer relationships to ensure client satisfaction and retention
- Liaise with other departments such as Credit and Operations to ensure strong risk management, while implementing standard industry practices
- Ensure delinquent accounts are dealt with proactively and on time
- Make contact with customers via the telephone and/or email to arrange payments for past-due accounts.
- Review, investigate and analyze accounts to determine the client’s ability to repay the debt
- Professionally and respectfully negotiate with customers and explore money sources to determine the best possible arrangement.
- Negotiate payment arrangements/solutions within collection policy guidelines and adhere to policies and procedures
- Maintain account records regarding the financial status of the customer and the status of the collections efforts
- Structure and recommend write off solution to the Manager, Collections
- Review incoming correspondence received from customers and determine the action required
- Draft correspondence such as Dispute Letters and Responses to Customer
- Draft and Prepare Buyouts for Customers
- Prepare Notice of Security Interest and Release, and Postponements
- Respond to complaints from Better Business Bureau and other organizations
- Update and monitor various reports relating to the portfolio
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Cross-Departmental Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Proactive Collections (Hard Skills)
- Account Analysis and Review (Hard Skills)
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Documentation and Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Complaint Management (Soft Skills)
- Reporting and Monitoring (Hard Skills)
5. Senior Collections Agent, Vanguard Account Services, Minneapolis, MN
Job Summary:
- Conduct timely follow-ups with customers-approved third parties or others to ensure all deliverables have been met.
- Be available to take inbound calls and participate in all scheduled dialer campaigns.
- Thoroughly document Fiserv with all efforts about an account.
- Initiate outbound Recovery calls on new business for 3 consecutive days of the assignment date.
- Penetrate assigned files a minimum of once every 10 business days utilizing queue and outbound call strategies.
- Initiate appropriate and timely follow-up with other business lines to ensure timely completion of CITs.
- Collect all required documents before negotiating settlement or repayment terms.
- Make recommendations to management after analyzing documents for approval or counteroffers
- Obtain appropriate approvals on all workout plans before implementing them with customers or authorized third parties.
- Negotiate complex repayment terms which include Settlements, Note Sales, Short Negotiated Pay-Offs and Short-Sales.
- Achieve monthly dollar goals and attain minimum production work standards.
- Monitor Repay Plans to ensure adherence and make follow-up or reminder calls
- Identify and implement methods to improve operational efficiency and expense reduction through automation, workflow and enhanced services.
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Communication and Follow-Up (Soft Skills)
- Inbound and Outbound Call Management (Hard Skills)
- Documentation and Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
- Time Management and Follow-Up (Soft Skills)
- Operational Efficiency and Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Goal Achievement and Performance Standards (Soft Skills)
- Cross-Functional Coordination (Soft Skills)