Job Description

 Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in a search for a COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST for our client located in PALATINE, IL.  Our client is a professional service organization, who specializes in providing their clients with consultative business strategies.  They are looking to add a skilled COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST to their accounting team. The COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST will be hired on permanently after completing a 3-month temporary period. The COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST will be responsible for managing a portfolio of approximately 300-500 commercial accounts.  Our client prides themselves in their customer friendly reputation, and they are looking for a COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST who would embrace their mission statement.  This is a great opportunity to work in a well-established, team-oriented environment.  The ideal candidate would be able to phone interview and then start shortly after.

COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST RESPONSIBILITIES:

·        Perform collection calls & send out emails to commercial customers regarding past due payments

·        Log/Document all correspondence, and follow up as required

·        Reconcile commercial accounts’ billing charges

·        Update customer credit card/payment information

·        Post payments received to appropriate accounts

·        Create, and modify aging reports according to priority

·        Other responsibilities as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

·        3+ years of collections experience

·        Intermediate Excel Skills

·        Ability to multitask and prioritize

IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED, PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY.

Company Description

About BrilliantTM Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and information technology for the Greater Chicago, South Florida and Dallas-Fort Worth labor markets. The firm represents high-quality accounting, finance and information technology professionals and matches them with hiring companies throughout all industries looking to hire talent for their teams or projects. Many of Brilliant’s team members include former hiring managers, and accounting and finance professionals from the Big 4 accounting firms, as well as other leading professionals in the industry. Since its inception in 2009, Brilliant has ranked on various lists including Forbes America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms three years in a row including No. 2 in 2018, Forbes America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms in 2017, Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 for five straight years including No. 1 in 2015, Staffing Industry Analysts Fastest-Growing U.S. Staffing Firms for four straight years including No. 2 in 2015, ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Talent for North America four years in a row, Inc. 5000, Best Places to Work South Florida in 2017 and 2019, 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® six consecutive years, and others. To learn more about Brilliant, visit www.brilliantfs.com, call 312.582.1800 or follow @BrilliantFS on social media.