Assistant Collections Manager

Description

Department:
Collections

Reports to:

Loss & Mitigation Manager

Hours per Week: 40 hrs./week Salary Exempt

Location/Hybrid:
This position is located at our Main office in Flint, MI, with some travel and drive time required in our other locations. This position may be hybrid, allowing up to two days working remotely per week.

Welcome to Financial Plus Credit Union (FPCU) — The Place where it’s Possible.

At FPCU, our mission is simple but powerful:
Empowering people and communities to strive for more through knowledge, innovation, and service that brings dreams within reach. We are more than a financial institution. We are a growth engine for our members, our teams, and our communities.

We are a purpose-driven organization grounded in five values: represent with purpose, empower through knowledge, appreciate and accept, champion new possibilities, and help make things easier.

FPCU is a team of high performers who care deeply, support each other, work hard, and continuously push forward. We don’t just show up—we represent our purpose every day and every time we interact with our members and teammates. We invest in our people, challenge them to grow, and support them in becoming the best version of ourselves.

Joining FPCU means leveling up your career. If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced, positive, and purpose-driven culture, and you’re ready to grow with an organization that is actively evolving, we want you to join the team!

The Assistant Collections Manager supports the overall operations of the Collections Department by assisting in the leadership, development, and oversight of collection staff while actively managing delinquent accounts across consumer, credit card, indirect, commercial, and real estate loan portfolios. This role serves as a subject matter expert in collections, loss mitigation, bankruptcy, foreclosure, repossession, recovery practices, and mortgage servicing requirements while ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and organizational policies.

Working closely with the Collections & Loss Mitigation Manager, the Assistant Collections Manager helps drive departmental performance, minimize delinquency and charge-offs, improve recovery efforts, and deliver exceptional member service through effective problem-solving and financial counseling. This position provides day-to-day leadership and coaching to hourly collections staff, serves as a resource for escalated member situations, supports legal recovery efforts, and assists in executing departmental strategies related to collections, loss mitigation, and asset recovery.

• Assist the Collections & Loss Mitigation Manager in overseeing the daily operations of the department and supervising hourly staff.
• Provide coaching, training, performance feedback, and support to ensure departmental goals and service standards are achieved.
• Serve as a departmental resource for complex collection, recovery, loss mitigation, and member service issues.
• Support departmental initiatives and serve as acting leader in the absence of the Collections & Loss Mitigation Manager.

• Manage complex delinquent consumer, credit card, indirect, commercial, and real estate loan accounts.
• Work with members to identify repayment solutions, loss mitigation options, and foreclosure alternatives that support positive outcomes while minimizing risk.
• Oversee and support collection-related activities including bankruptcy, foreclosure, repossession, probate, garnishments, levies, and recovery efforts.
• Monitor portfolio performance, delinquency trends, recoveries, and key performance indicators, recommending strategies to improve results.
• Partner with attorneys, investors, title companies, collection agencies, and other third parties to support loss mitigation, legal actions, and recovery efforts.

• Ensure collection, loss mitigation, and recovery activities comply with all applicable laws, regulations, servicing…