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Collections Specialist

Brilliant Financial Staffing - IL
Downers Grove, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/28/2026

Job Title: Collections Specialist
Location: Downers Grove, IL
Pay Range: $23/HR-$25/HR (Depending on Skills and Experience)
Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k)


Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in a search for Collections Specialist for our client located in Downers Grove, IL. Our client is a well-established transportation company, and they are looking for a Collections Specialist to join their team on a contract to hire basis. The Collections Specialist will be primarily responsible for reaching out on accounts that are past due to collect via phone an email. This is a great opportunity to work in a well-established, team-oriented environment. The ideal Collections Specialist would be able to interview and then start shortly after.

Collections Specialist Responsibilities:

  • Collect on past-due accounts that are 30, 60, 90 days past due
  • Manage a portfolio of roughly 200 commercial accounts that range is size
  • Investigate, research any short-pays and overpayments
  • Working with sales and operations teams to deal with customer information questions 
  • Working in online customer portals to follow up on past due accounts and identifying any issues/discrepancies
  • Reconciliation of accounts that have customer deductions, credit memos and disputed billings
  • Document filing and retrieval, as necessary

 

Collections Specialist Qualifications:

  • 2 years of recent B2B collections experience is a must have
  • Experience working within online customer portals
  • Good communication skills
  • Intermediate Excel skills


If you or anybody that you know are qualified and interested, please apply ASAP!


Brilliant Staffing, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Company Description

Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and technology for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. Many of Brilliant’s team members include former accounting, finance and technology professionals who are experts in the fields.

Salary : $24 - $25

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