Seeking a Credit and Collections position in a professional environment to apply business and technical skills with opportunities to further within the company.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Collections & Bad Debt Administrator
McGrath RentCorp, Inc.
11.2012 - Current
Collaborate with attorneys nationwide, assigning accounts for civil litigation and post-judgment activities, including reviewing affidavits, complaints, summons, liens, wage garnishments, and bank levies
Represent the company in local small claims court cases
Coordinate with sheriff departments to execute writs of replevin for equipment recovery
Manage bankruptcy accounts company-wide, preparing proofs of claim and pre-petition filings for courts, as well as post-petition filings for customers
Monitor active equipment accounts during bankruptcy proceedings
Conduct skip tracing to locate missing assets
Handle bad debt collections for post-repossession accounts, including in-depth skip tracing and customer negotiations to settle debts
Assist credit analysts in evaluating repeat business with past bad-debt customers
Support company officers with background checks on new vendors and business acquisitions
Work closely with branches nationwide to recover containers and buildings, including conducting personal site visits for lost equipment
Collaborate with attorneys to file writs of replevin
Coordinate with Sheriffs depts for forceful entry for equipment removal
Develop complex weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports in Excel using formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP functions
Prepare monthly reports for company officers to write off uncollectible accounts
Create various collection letters for the department using mail merge functionality
Assign uncollected accounts to collection agencies, providing all required documentation
Verify complaints and affidavits for legal action
Represent the company in court for trial-bound accounts
Assist agencies with account escalations and legal proceedings
Sr. Collector – Loss Mitigation
Fireside Bank
02.2005 - 07.2012
Skip trace, educate and motivate customers to payoff, set up payment arrangement or settle their charged off accounts to avoid legal action
Verify residency, property ownership and employment and prepare accounts for Small Claims or Civil action
Follow up with process servers, attorneys while accounts are in process for Judgment
Skip trace, verify employment, and prepare wage garnishment assignment for Judgment accounts
Follow up with employers, attorneys and sheriff ensuring garnishment payments are received
Accounts Receivable Manager
Labtronix Precision Manufacturing
01.2004 - 02.2005
Manage General Ledger Accounts, Sales Analysis, bank reconciliations, Accounts Receivable invoicing, billing and collections
Monitor expenses and adjust budget as needed
Match A/P invoices, packing slips and purchase orders and enter all invoices in A/P system
Prepare and Process Company’s bi-weekly payroll
Trained and managed new hires in the finance department
Collected and settled aged accounts before referring to Attorney to legal action
Manage computer network administration and desktop support for entire company
Manage Customer and Vendor Relations and various errands
Sr Collector / Legal Assistant
Law Office of Michael Galligan
06.2001 - 12.2003
Bad debt collection for client’s nation wide
Making and receiving a high volume of calls from debtors regarding past due accounts, making payment arrangements, documenting contact with debtor and following up to ensure payment
Preparing collection reports for the CFO that tracked all revenue collected monthly and quarterly, preparing monthly closing for credit/collections department
Designed and maintained company’s highly confidential database
Vice President – West, PNW & Midwest Regions at McGrath RentCorp dba Mobile Modular Management Corp.Vice President – West, PNW & Midwest Regions at McGrath RentCorp dba Mobile Modular Management Corp.