What are the responsibilities and job description for the Collections Specialist position at Rose Paving LLC?
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.
What you'll be doing:
- 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.
What you’ll bring to us:
- Bachelor's or Associates degree in business, accounting, or finance highly preferred, but not required with a minimum of 3 years in credit and collection experience required.
- High school diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Minimum of 3 years work experience as a Collection Specialist.
- Strong understanding of math.
- Experience with construction collection is preferred.
- Must have a sense of urgency and a natural ability to work in a fast paced and growing environment.
- Ability to communicate within all levels of an organization
- Knowledge of MS Word, Excel