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COLLECTIONS MANAGER

$90k - $105k

Robert Half

HYBRID ROLE – COLLECTIONS MANAGER

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The salary range for this position is $90,000-$105,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this role please send your resume to

Overview

This role plays a critical part in protecting portfolio quality, minimizing credit losses, maximizing recoveries, and delivering outcomes while preserving long-term client, dealer, and vendor relationships. The successful candidate will combine strong commercial judgment, analytical capabilities, negotiation skills, and operational discipline to proactively manage credit deterioration, restructurings, recoveries, and regulatory reporting. Working closely with Risk, Internal Sales, Finance, Legal and Operations, the Collections Manager will contribute directly to the overall financial performance and risk management.

Job Description

  • Manage the North American collections function for commercial equipment finance portfolios across the U.S. and Canada.
  • Monitor portfolio performance and identify early warning indicators of customer deterioration.
  • Develop proactive collection strategies that maximize recoveries while preserving valuable customer relationships whenever possible.
  • Prioritize collection efforts based on risk, exposure, collateral quality, and probability of recovery.
  • Continuously improve collection effectiveness through data-driven portfolio segmentation and analytics.
  • Lead negotiations involving: Payment arrangements, Loan restructurings, Deferrals, Settlement agreements, Forbearance solutions
  • Evaluate workout alternatives balancing customer viability, collateral preservation, legal enforceability, and financial impact.
  • Manage escalated customer situations with professionalism and sound business judgment.
  • Coordinate repossessions, voluntary surrenders, remarketing activities, and deficiency recovery efforts.
  • Partner with asset management and remarketing teams to maximize collateral recovery values.
  • Monitor recovery performance and recommend strategies to reduce net credit losses.
  • Ensure compliance with: Company policies, Internal controls, Collection regulations, U.S. and Canadian legal requirements
  • Monitor Regulatory Default and Forbearance classifications.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or related discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in commercial collections, equipment finance, banking, leasing, or commercial lending.
  • Experience managing commercial customer workout situations.
  • Strong understanding of commercial finance documentation and secured lending. xhyhwjd

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