Call Center Agent (Collections Specialist)

Job Title: Call Center Agent (Collections Specialist)

Job Type: Full Time; Graveyard Shift

Location: Angeles City, Philippines

As a Collections Specialist, you will play a crucial role in our organization by assisting in the recovery of outstanding debts from customers. You will utilize your excellent communication skills, empathy, and negotiation abilities to establish positive rapport with customers and work towards mutually beneficial solutions.

To be considered for this role, you must complete a full application on our company careers page, including all screening questions and a brief pre-employment test.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Customer Contact: Initiate contact with customers who have overdue accounts through inbound and outbound calls.
• Account Analysis: Review and analyze customer accounts to understand the status, outstanding balances, and reasons for non-payment.
• Negotiation: Engage in professional and empathetic negotiations to collect outstanding debts while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Payment Processing: Process payments and set up payment arrangements as appropriate, adhering to company policies and procedures.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate and detailed records of customer interactions, payment agreements, and relevant information in the database.
• Compliance: Ensure full compliance with all state and federal regulations, as well as company policies, in the collections process.
• Customer Service: Provide exceptional customer service by addressing customer inquiries, resolving issues, and offering solutions to prevent future delinquencies.
• Reporting: Generate and submit regular reports on collections activities and account statuses to the management team.
• Training: Stay updated on industry trends, company policies, and collection techniques through ongoing training and development programs.
• Targets and Goals: Meet or exceed monthly and quarterly collection targets while maintaining a high level of professionalism.

WONDER IF YOU ARE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS POSITION?

All positive, driven, and confident applicants are encouraged to apply. The Ideal candidates for this position are highly motivated and dedicated and should possess the below qualities. 

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 6 months of experience in collections or billing is required.
• Strong understanding of billing and collection processes.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle difficult customer interactions with empathy and professionalism.
• Proficiency in using computer systems and familiarity with collection software.
• The ability to type swiftly and accurately (45+ words a minute)
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Goal-oriented with a strong desire to achieve targets.
• The ability to evaluate, troubleshoot, and follow-up on customer issues
• An aptitude for conflict resolution, problem solving and negotiation
• Must be customer service oriented (empathetic, responsive, patient, and conscientious)
• Ability to multi-task, stay focused and self-manage
• Strong team orientation and customer focus
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where change and ambiguity prevalent
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with your team and customers
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment.
• Highly reliable with the ability to maintain regular attendance and punctuality

All MCI Locations

• Must be authorized to work in the country where the job is based.

Subject to the program and location of the position

• Must be willing to submit up to a LEVEL II background and/or security investigation with a fingerprint.  Job offers are contingent on background/security investigation results.
• Must be willing to submit to drug screening.  Job offers are contingent on drug screening results.

WANT AN EMPLOYER THAT VALUES YOUR CONTRIBUTION?

We believe in the importance of our staff and recognize them as the driving force behind our success.

This job operates in a professional office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be largely sedentary and will be required to sit/stand for long periods while using a computer and telephone headset. The employee will be regularly required to operate a computer and other office equipment, including a phone, copier, and printer. The employee may occasionally be required to move about the office to accomplish tasks; reach in any direction; raise or lower objects, move objects from place to place, hold onto objects, and move or exert force up to forty (40) pounds.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of MCI and its affiliates to provide reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodations would cause undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment. If reasonable accommodations are needed, please contact Human Resources.

At MCI and its subsidiaries, we embrace differences and believe diversity benefits our employees, company, customers, and community.  All aspects of employment at MCI are based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.  MCI maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All employees are responsible for fulfilling MCI's commitment to a diverse and equal-opportunity work environment.

MCI does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.  MCI will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.

MCI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.  We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, MCI's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where an employee works.

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In 2019, Marlowe Companies Inc. (MCI) was named by Inc. Magazine as Iowa's Fastest Growing Company in the State of Iowa and was named the 452nd Fastest Growing Privately Company in the USA, making the coveted top 500 for the first time. MCI's subsidiaries had previously made Inc. Magazine's List of Fastest-Growing Companies 15 times, respectively. MCI has ten business process outsourcing service delivery facilities in Georgia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, California, Kansas, Nova Scotia, South Africa, and the Philippines.
 
Driving modernization through digitalization, MCI ensures clients do more for less. MCI is the holding company for a diverse lineup of tech-enabled business services operating companies. MCI organically grows, acquires, and operates companies that have synergistic products and services portfolios, including but not limited to Automated Contact Center Solutions (ACCS), customer contact management, IT Services (IT Schedule 70), and Temporary and Administrative Professional Staffing (TAPS Schedule 736), Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Claims Processing, Collections, Customer Experience Provider (CXP), Customer Service, Digital Experience Provider (DXP), Account Receivables Management (ARM), Application Software Development, Managed Services, and Technology Services, to mid-market, Federal & enterprise partners. MCI now employs 10,000+ talented individuals with 150+ diverse North American client partners across the following MCI brands: MCI BPO, MCI BPOaaS, MarketForce,  GravisApps, Gravis Marketing, MarchEast, Mass Markets, MCI Federal Services (MFS), OnBrand24, The Sydney Call Center, Valor Intelligent Processing (VIP), BYC Aqua,  EastWest BPO, TeleTechnology, and Vinculum.

The purpose of the above job description is to provide potential candidates with a general overview of the role. It's not an all-inclusive list of the duties, responsibilities, skills, and qualifications required for the job.  You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.

The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not an employment contract, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time for any reason.