Collections Specialist

Brilliant Financial Staffing is seeking a strong and sharp Collections Specialist in Lake Forest, IL. Our client is one of the leaders in the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing industry. With 70 different locations opened since its inception, they are seeking a Collections Specialist for their team to join immediately to assist in their continued growth. The ideal Collections Specialist will be hired on a contract to hire basis and will work alongside the Collections Manager. This client is looking for someone that can interview and start as soon as possible.

Collections Specialist Responsibilities:

• Interacting with customers and clients daily
• Interfacing with multiple software’s
• Matching and coding the information to share with clients
• Calling, emailing, and working with internal staff regarding inquiries on status of customer invoices
• Checking to make sure that purchase orders are correct
• Researching and resolving issues as they pertain to customer invoices
• Investigating and solving issues on the invoice side

Collections Specialist Qualifications:

• Experience with Lease+ and Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains preferred, not required
• Working knowledge of Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs in Microsoft Excel
• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or Finance preferred, not required
• Must have a positive, ‘people-first’ personality
• Must possess excellent investigative, research, analysis, and discrepancy resolution skills