
Steadfast customer service representative employs empathy and patience to connect with individuals on emotional level and provide support during difficult times. Excellent eye for detail and accurately assesses needs. Strives to provide best possible care and support.
• Took incoming and made outbound calls for Commercial and Direct Loan borrowers
• Aided borrowers with their past due account by taking payment or applying deferment or forbearance to bring account current and postpone payments for predetermined amount of time
• Aided borrowers with other payment options through term based or Income Driven repayment plans
• Took payments over phone
• Sending requested documentation based on borrower's correspondence preferences
• Discussed various loan forgiveness options based on borrower's qualifications
• Followed federal privacy laws when talking to third parties about borrowers' student loan accounts
• Kept up to date on changes within student loan industry and internal procedures and processes
• Navigated numerous systems to answer borrowers' questions and requests
• Worked directly with borrowers, schools, and third-party companies via phone and email.
• Carried out a variety of tasks created to aid in the processing of student loan consolidation applications including the processing of Income Driven Repayment applications
• Processed Borrowers' Income Driven Repayment applications following both Department of Education and company guidelines
• Called references listed on students' master promissory notes to obtain new demographic information
• Utilized multiple programs to note borrowers' accounts with updated demographic information