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Element Materials Technology from March 2022 to the present (Blue Ash) AR-Finance/Collection Specialist
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WILL GRANVILLE

West Chester,OH

Summary

Seasoned COLLECTOR offering 13 years' expertise in billing and collections and success in driving continuous improvement by streamlining billing and cash flow processes. Effective in developing best practices to manage aged receivables and optimize collections outreach. Seeking to leverage background to take next career step with growing startup organization.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Collector 1

General Revenue Corporation
Mason, OH
06.2020 - 10.2021
  • Administered delinquency cycle from start to finish, managing collections calling, skip tracing, outside collections agency coordination and related litigation.
  • Placed outbound collections calls daily to approximately 170 accountholders.
  • Processed payments over phone and set up recurring drafts.
  • Located debtors by utilizing skip tracking and other strategies.
  • Met demands of busy collections group by performing high volume of daily calls.
  • Created repayment plans based on account holders' financial status and repayment abilities.
  • Overcame objections by applying advanced training and persuasion techniques.
  • Reached out to customer to pursue payments, remind of obligations and discuss default procedures.
  • Followed fair debt practices and regulatory guidelines when managing collections process.

Collections Specialist

Alliance Data Systems
MILFORD, OH
10.2016 - 01.2020
  • Reviewed accounts to determine payment plan compliance.
  • Completed skip traces on customers failing respond to collection efforts.
  • Maintained consistent high performance by establishing solid record of achieving or exceeding objectives through use of OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS and PAYMENT HEIRARCHY.
  • Located debtors by utilizing skip tracking and other strategies.
  • Notified customers of delinquent accounts with attempt to collect outstanding amounts.
  • Recorded and updated customer personal accounts with accurate contact information.
  • Received payment and posted to appropriate customer accounts.
  • Overcame objections by applying advanced training and persuasion techniques.

Client Service Specialist

RDI MARKETING
Blue Ash, OH
06.2009 - 08.2016
  • Offered every client knowledgeable and supportive assistance to meet all needs and build loyalty.
  • Facilitated communication through effective management of incoming correspondences, including phone calls, emails and letters.
  • Implemented office efficiency improvements to streamline task delegation.
  • Achieved results in ambiguous environment with high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Quality Assurance Analyst

FACS GROUP
Mason, OH
11.1993 - 06.2009
  • Analyzed project requirements to find bugs and eliminate issues.
  • Designed and updated test cases to complete consistent manual tests.
  • Explored new technologies and tools that quality assurance team could use for testing purposes.
  • Assessed and tested game builds to uncover bugs and assisted in finding resolutions.
  • Promoted company in maintaining work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration and teamwork.
  • Set and achieved product quality objectives while meeting product specifications.
  • Oversaw process checks to verify proper completion and correct frequency.

Collections Representative

MCCCS GROUP
Mason, OHIO
11.1993 - 04.2003
  • Reasoned with customers and attempted to negotiate full balance payments.
  • Entered customers' financial status information into system.
  • Managed approximately 160 inbound and outbound calls daily.
  • Used effective questioning techniques to clarify why debtors were delinquent.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

High School Diploma -

COLERAIN SR HIGH SCHOOL
Cincinnati, OH
06.1985

Skills

  • Skip tracing
  • Aged account reporting
  • Payment acceptance
  • Collections process improvement
  • Collections regulatory guidelines
  • Investigation due diligence
  • Billing and collections best practices
  • Best practices and methodologies
  • Computers and electronics
  • Mentoring and training

experience

Fifth Third Bank

  • October 2021 to March 9th 2022
  • 50019674 Multi-Stage Collector I
  • General Overview

Under direct supervision, collects and documents Mid-Stage, Late Stage and High Risk delinquent accounts in accordance with departmental, investor, and legal guidelines, ensuring attainment of company goals. Collects on all non-mortgage products, utilizing multiple systems. Position has direct impact to prevent bank losses in excess of $70MM per year.

Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank’s risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

  • Pursues communication with defaulted customers utilizing manual or automated dialing to obtain payment commitments designed to resolve delinquency.
  • Monitor delinquent loans to identify, at the earliest opportunity, situations where alternatives to repossessions, bankruptcies, etc., exist to reduce the loss to Fifth Third (loan modifications, Deferments/Re-ages etc.).
  • Identify, evaluate, and resolve reasons for delinquency.
  • Record all collection efforts via the collection system ensuring that all accounts are noted accurately.
  • Conduct research, ordering payment copies, credit bureau reports, statements, and credit applications as necessary, to support the collection efforts.
  • Utilize cross sell of alternative loan products to reduce losses and promote continued business when applicable.
  • Record all collection efforts via the collection system insuring that all accounts are noted accurately.
  • Execute department strategy plan to collect delinquent accounts.
  • Access statements, applications, and third-party vendor services to locate or perfect customer contact and make some strategic actionable decisions.
  • Stay in compliance with the Fifth Third Quality Assurance Desktop Procedure guidelines.
  • Escalate calls and/or problem accounts to supervisor, repossession, legal or collection agencies as appropriate.
  • Review daily reports to identify job performance month to date and task completion.
  • Insures completion of all projects and/or additional assignments assigned to them.
  • Perform other duties as business needs dictate as directed by management

Element Materials Technology from March 2022 to the present (Blue Ash) AR-Finance/Collection Specialist

  • I work collection accounts for B2B clients. Currently, I have over 1,000, past due clients. My main responsibilities include the following:
  • Work with the our labs to help facilitate payment by providing our client's the correct billing, PO numbers, and pricing. We also download and work on Aging reports ( V-lookups) to determine the Top 20 of our most deliquent accounts.
  • The ERP that I currently work with is the following: NAV

Affiliations

  • I play softball through our church on Monday's at rumpke.
  • I also enjoy working out and working in the yard when it's nice outside

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Collector 1

General Revenue Corporation
06.2020 - 10.2021

Collections Specialist

Alliance Data Systems
10.2016 - 01.2020

Client Service Specialist

RDI MARKETING
06.2009 - 08.2016

Quality Assurance Analyst

FACS GROUP
11.1993 - 06.2009

Collections Representative

MCCCS GROUP
11.1993 - 04.2003

Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management

University of South Carolina - Columbia

High School Diploma -

COLERAIN SR HIGH SCHOOL
WILL GRANVILLE