Collections Specialist

What you'll be doing

We are seeking a professional Collections Specialist to join our Accounts Receivable team at our corporate headquarters This person will perform a wide variety of credit and collections functions.

* Collect outstanding accounts receivable on accounts within Company payment terms and collection guidelines while supporting sales growth opportunities and minimizing bad debt write-off risk.

* Contact customers with overdue accounts via telephone, letter and email.

* Identify customer objections to payment and using standard procedures resolve customer objections or elevate objections to appropriate stakeholders for resolution.

* Maintain electronic collections notes for each customer account in accounting system.

* Provide regular reporting of information such as customer aging, credit limits, credit hold status, and collection updates to management, General Counsel, and CFO.

* Assist with pre-lien notices, mechanics liens, bond claims, bankruptcy proof of claims, and place delinquent accounts with third party collection agencies.

* Manage vendor relationships with external credit / collection providers.

* Assist General Counsel and outside counsel with mechanics lien and collection litigation.

* Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.