To utilize my22 years of Collections Management and Leadership experience to transition into an upper Management position where my skills can be recognized as a valuable resource and can be leveraged to provide maximum value and success to the company enterprise.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Collection Manager
Ciox Health
04.2017 - 03.2024
Serves as primary contact for Collectors when daily issues arise
Works with Sr
Collections Manager to determine training opportunities for staff
Attends meetings as required, in the absence of or in conjunction with the Sr
Collections Manager
Generates operating reports as necessary to review employee performance
Provide input as well as make hiring decisions
Plans, prepares, and devise work schedules, according to budget, call volume and production needs
Provides input regarding counseling, training and disciplining Associates in accordance with CIOX policies and procedures
Assists Sr
Collection Manager with appraising performance, addressing complaints and resolving problems
Coordinates of initial and ongoing training to Collectors
Develop short and long term strategies to improve morale
Communicate with management regarding creative concepts and objectives, which may improve the departmental operations
Serves as a resource for Associate's regarding proper processes and operating procedures
Assist team leads and training department with training for new Associates
Answers telephone calls regarding account inquiries and payment collection
Researches account details and resolve customer concerns
Works with Collectors to address difficult inquiries
Collection Supervisor/Accounts Receivable
Genuine Parts Company
03.2015 - 04.2017
Lead a team of12-15 collectors which resulted in my overseeing of18 to26 operational territories
Generate collectors monthly track assignments which will be the foundation from which they work for the month
Run daily or monthly data reports which allows collectors to take specific and necessary actions on their assigned accounts
Hold monthly conference calls with the District Managers of all Operations I oversee which provides them updates on their monthly A/R aging
Handle escalated Collection calls and take ownership to resolution
Provide monthly file reviews and annual performance reviews for all collectors and provide feedback and coaching to collectors under my supervision
Monitor attendance and create action plans when necessary
Work diligently with Cash Applications to resolve any posting issues that may be preventing collections
Hold monthly meeting with other departments to improve our processes
Help to facilitate resolutions that involve multiple departments or internal locations
Review delinquent accounts and make a decision on escalation to collections after all attempts has been exhausted
Review and code accounts for bad debt and year end write off
Provide most recent update on a spreadsheet of accounts that are60-90 days delinquent to Collections Manager, District Manager and Divisional Vice President for monthly conference calls
Priorities include daily functions that requires my responses on emails and voicemail from internal and external customers
Interview potential candidates for the collections department
Collections Supervisor
Focus Receivables Management LLC
05.2012 - 03.2015
Supervising Bank of America Home Equity Department and Bank of America Credit Card
Managing the team in attendance, collections, and compliance
Contacting and conversing with the client vendor relations team to attend call calibrations, discuss contest and pending settlement request
Establish customer portfolios containing supporting hardship financial and documents in order to submit below blanket settlement offers to clients
Implementing daily strategies and building custom queues
Develop and manage processes for evaluating customer financials to assist with settlement approvals
Pull and evaluate credit reports
Monitoring and announcing collector productivity (call counts, right party contacts and accounts viewed)
Purging supervisor queues in order to initiate further action, closing and changing statuses on accounts, or to provide next step coaching
Reviewing accounts and conducting individual listening sessions to identify and offer solutions to missed opportunities
Assisting collectors with converting right party contacts by monitoring the live call or speaking to their customers
Taking escalated calls to diffuse complaints then logging customer complaints onto escalation trackers to be submitted to compliance personnel
Achieving unit goal and assisting the collection manager to meet their group goal
Product experience ranges from home equity mortgage loans, personal and business credit cards, DDA, commercial advertising, alarm systems, and pest control
Collections Manager
Compucredit
10.2001 - 04.2012
Manage a motivated up to25 agents and achieved significant improvements in their productivity
Reviewed collection reports to ascertain status of collections and balances outstanding, and to evaluate the effectiveness of current collection policies
Ensured maximum efforts has been taken before assigning bad debt/charge off status to accounts
Composed and effectively communicated monthly annual performance reviews
Maintained compliance of the FDCPA through weekly monitoring
Education
Bachelor of Science - undefined
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
05.1999
Skills
Leadership
Human and Conceptual skills
Effective Communication
Analytical
Self- motivated
Competitive and Goal Oriented
Highly organized
Conflict Management Skills
Ability to multi-task
Negotiation Skills
Strong working knowledge of A/R
Business/Legal/ Consumer Collections
MS Windows2010
MS Office2010
Outlook/ Lotus Notes
JD Edwards
PeopleSoft
Debt recovery expertise
Credit analysis proficiency
Time management mastery
Professionalism and integrity
Risk assessment capabilities
Certification
Driver's License
Accomplishments
Managerial: Adhering to and meeting client and internal company requirements, rules and regulations; while driving a team to success through training, developing, and encouragement
Customer Service: Providing an Outstanding customer experience with the ability to meet compliance requirements
Collections: Achieving revenue goals, negotiation tactics, and skip tracing.