Bilingual Collections Associate (Spanish/Portuguese)

First Help Financial (FHF) is one of the fastest growing companies in the US. We help first-time buyers get a car by offering flexible financing options and native-language support. Our mission is to help overlooked consumers get access to financing and make smart financial decisions. Through flexible financing options and tri-lingual support, we offer consumers an easier way to finance their first car. From our Boston and Phoenix offices, we lend to and support our portfolio which has consistently grown 35% each year over the last five years. Our exponential growth also comes with financial stability as a company.

Here you will find hard-working coworkers that are experts in their jobs and dedicated to their customers. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism but also enjoy work with benefits that are geared towards making you successful in life and comfortable at work.

Your Title: Collections Associate

Your Location: Remote/Anywhere within the USA

You Report To:Collections Manager

Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm EST

Compensation: $17.90/hour + competitive monthly bonus

Learn more about our awesome Collections Department

What is the Career Development Rotation?

First Help Financial’s Career Development Rotation (CDR) is a structured program providing our full-time, bilingual employees an opportunity to experience different roles in multiple departments within the company. It’s a program that moves you across jobs every 12-16 months allowing you to gain exposure, develop new skills, and broaden your understanding of the company’s business operations. Participants starting in Collections will rotate to Funding.

First Help Financial, voted and certified as a “Great Place to Work” by our workforce for two years in a row, is adding a new partner to our Collections department to accommodate our remarkable growth! This individual will be communicating with our borrowers by placing collections calls and/ or correspondence in a fast paced, goal-oriented Collections Department.

Your responsibilities will be, but are not limited to:

• Provide customer service regarding collection issues in heavy traffic call center
• Responsible for opening client’s complaints and refer to manager if needed
• Resolve client discrepancies; reconcile customer disputes pertaining outstanding due balances
• Meet defined department goals and activity metrics
• Daily / weekly reporting to direct supervisor
• Skip Tracing, if necessary
• Provide pay off quotes to dealers and customers
• Contact repossession agents as necessary
• Provide written account information as request by customers
• Answering inbound phone calls as needed
• Handle complaints, if needed
• Handle calls if manager is not available and escalate if necessary
• Handle transfer of ownership

What you Bring:

• Demonstrated historical career stability
• Fluent in Spanish
• high school diploma or GED equivalent required
• Minimum of 6 months of Collections experience or 1 year of related customer service experience
• Detail-conscious and task oriented mindset
• Commitment to excellent customer service to our customer and dealer partners
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

This opportunity comes with a generous base salary, quarterly bonus, medical/dental/vision insurance (among other health and welfare benefits) and a company match to your retirement plan!

Diversity and Inclusion

FHF is committed to building a culture that respects and embraces all walks of life, inclusive of all genders, race, culture, sexual orientation, age, and other identities. We will make accommodations when interviewing anyone with special needs.

About FHF…

• Great Perks – We offer generous salaries, competitive health and welfare benefits, paid vacation, 401(k) match, tuition reimbursement

• Culture - We are believers in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. While we work hard and care deeply about our customers and partners, we want our team to have room for their family, friends and themselves. Finally, we care deeply about ensuring every employee personal growth, so we engage each employee to build a career plan that benefits everyone.