Credit Collections Assistant

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🔥 17 hours ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📞 Collections

👻 Ghost score 22%

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Smart Start

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2018

🎯 Recruiter

📚 Education

🤝 B2B

Recruitment • Education • B2B

Smart Start is a manpower solutions and facility management provider. It focuses on recruitment (IT and non-IT), staffing for blue-collar and healthcare roles, and a broad set of facility services including security, housekeeping, deep cleaning, pest control, disinfection, coworking support, MEP & maintenance, and facility/energy audits. The company also offers professional training and coaching—healthcare trainings, fire & safety, paramedics training, and other upskilling—operating in partnership as Talbot Force for facility management.

📋 Description

• Make daily collection calls using the lockout report • Write detailed notes on collection calls and enter them into the collection screen in Smart Trac • Review past-due clients for reinstall and send approvals to Customer Service Representatives • Review client logs to determine whether a lockout credit should be assessed • Review tow bills and service site notes to determine whether a tow bill should be credited • Conduct special billing investigations involving difficult problems • Make determinations and resolve disputes • Handle difficult credit and collection problems referred by Customer Service Representatives • Monitor customer account balances and initiate collection procedures • Ensure credit collection policies align with sound business and financial policies and comply with City, State, and Federal rules and regulations • Coordinate and record field collection activities of Customer Service Representatives and Service Centers • Handle correspondence and claims related to bankruptcies and estates when needed • Coordinate acknowledgement of refunds, customer notifications, and account reconciliation • Compile data for transferring accounts to collection agencies • Assist with monthly information for delinquent account collections and bad debt write-offs • Coordinate and act as liaison for vendor contracts involving collection bill receivables and other collection agencies

🎯 Requirements

• Three (3) years’ experience as a Customer Service Representative or in Collections, or in a position involving extension of credit and collection of delinquent accounts • Associate’s degree in business or related field preferred; combination of relevant experience and formal education will be considered • Knowledge of modern office procedures, methods, and computer equipment • Knowledge and understanding of automated systems and procedures for bill collection and follow-up • Ability to interpret customer billing records • Ability to determine and resolve billing errors with customers • Effective written and oral communication skills • Ability to deal with customers in resolving billing and credit problems • Ability to work under pressure and with difficult and abusive customers • Ability to work independently using judgment and analytical skills to resolve problems and discrepancies • Ability to maintain physical condition appropriate to assigned duties, including sitting for extended periods and operating office equipment • Ability to communicate with others and assimilate and understand information consistent with essential job functions • Ability to operate assigned equipment • Ability to make sound decisions consistent with essential job functions • Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish highly preferred • Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds • Requires close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus

🏖️ Benefits

• A comprehensive health plan including medical, dental, and vision coverage • 401(k) retirement plan with a generous company match • Birthday & Anniversary bonus • Company-wide discounts • Legal services • Short- and long-term disability • Work/life balance • Professional growth • Necessary equipment provided for fully remote work • Hands-on work experience with industry-leading, innovative technology