As a Collections Specialist, your goal is to deliver best-in-class service to our customers while taking problem solving and customer service to a new level. You will contact customers with delinquent accounts, identifying options to bring their accounts into good standing. Assists customer with repayment choices using standardized payment plans. Maintains, monitors and generates aging reports from database. Develops, implements and maintains systems, procedures, and policies. Recommends credit limits and handles special credit arrangements and problem collection accounts. Oversees analysis of accounts receivable, aging of accounts to determine overdue accounts, and collection procedures.
Meet our team
The PayPal Global Collections team is responsible for ensuring the integrity of our revenue stream, allowing the business continued growth and market expansion. The primary objective is to reduce loss and collection expense globally. Many different markets are represented within Collections (UK, IT, FR, NL, DE, ES). Job Description :
Your way to impact
As a Collections Specialist, you will engage with PayPal customers where a missed payment has occurred on their account, performing a range of collection duties including providing guidance and education to customers in order to assist with short term or long-term difficulties. You will ascertain what level of support each customer needs, based on their unique situation, and have access to a number of Forbearance options to help customers get back on track. You will show a strong level of empathy and understanding of each customer circumstance and always put the customer at the forefront.
Your Day to Day :
- Ensure quality and 'right customer outcome' is upheld for every customer contact
- Maintain and promote a positive attitude while meeting production and quality goals.
- Display initiative to take on additional responsibilities geared towards professional growth and development.
- Reach out to customers via automated Dialer system and email transmission to negotiate payment solutions for their accounts with the aim to bring those back into good standing
- Construct individually tailored solutions while being in compliance with FCA guidelines (TCF, Vulnerable customers etc).
- Educate customers on different forbearance options available and relevant impact to Credit Bureaus
What do you need to bring
1 to 3 years of call center environment experience in voice (Customer service / Collections)Fluency in EnglishAbility to learn and adapt to new systems and software changesStrong working knowledge of external systems and PC based internet and software applications (The Internet, Microsoft Office - Outlook, Word, and Excel)Ability to communicate effectively via email and phone using effective grammar and punctuationWell-developed sense of urgency and follow throughAbility to develop and maintain professional working relationships with co-workers and peersAbility to adapt to an ever-changing environment which requires flexibility, especially around processes and shifts (which are subject to change, and which can include Saturday work and some late evenings)Have a passion for helping and resolving customer issuesStrong communication skills, excel at customer interactionStrong verbal (phone) communication skills : actively listen and speak clearly to customersStrong written (email) communication skills : use proper grammar and punctuationWell-developed sense of urgency and follow throughCompetencies :
Customer FocusDrive for ResultsProblem SolvingStrong CommunicationSoft skills – Composure / Listening / EmpathyTeamworkTime ManagementLeadership principles
Work as One Team by effectively partnering across individuals, teams, and organizational boundaries to deliver high-quality results.Do the right thing by treating each other and our stakeholders with respect and doing what's best for customers.Be a Customer Champion by understanding our customers' needs and create their most trusted and useful end-to-end experiences for them.Skills Required
Ms Office, Excel, Call Center Agent