Senior Associate Collections Lead

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The Senior Associate Collections Lead is responsible for managing escalated accounts receivable issues, driving resolution of high-risk balances, and supporting AR to cash conversion for high value accounts. This role is critical in driving proactive collection strategies, reducing aging balances, and minimizing bad debt exposure. The ideal candidate will be analytical, persistent, and skilled in high-risk account management and escalation processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve Escalated Accounts:
  Serve as the primary point of contact for second tier escalations, focusing on high-risk, aged, or disputed receivables.
• Drive Resolution Strategies:
  Collaborate with internal teams (Sales, Legal, Customer Service) to resolve payment delays, disputes, and non-responsiveness.
• Enhanced Collection
  
  Activities:
  
  Execute targeted outreach and follow-up on overdue accounts, including final demand letters and pre-collections actions.
• Skip Trace Research:
  Perform advanced research to locate and engage customers with unreachable or outdated contact information.
• Reporting & Analysis:
  Monitor aging reports, track escalation outcomes, and provide insights to improve collections performance and reduce bad debt.
• Process Improvement:
  Identify trends and recommend process enhancements to streamline escalation handling and improve recovery rates.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in corporate collections, accounts receivable, or escalation management, preferably in a large enterprise environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (business, accounting, finance) OR equivalent work experience.

Critical Knowledge/Skills Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, large datasets)
• SAP and Salesforce proficiency

Analytical & Operational Skills

• Complex account reconciliation
• Skip tracing and investigative research

Communication & Interpersonal

• Executive-level communication
• Customer service in high-pressure scenarios
• Proven ability to resolve 2nd tier escalation requests and reduce past due risk.
• Ability to perform complex reconciliations.
• SAP and Salesforce experience.
• Experience communicating with high level executives and customers.
• Attention to detail and demonstration of quick follow-up to study needs, commits to quality
• Adept in handling complex collections activity with a high level of customer service

Working Environment

Location:

Fully remote (or mostly remote if near a McKesson hub office)

Working hours:

10-7p CT/8-5p PT

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$26.15 - $43.58

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

McKesson

is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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