(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Bill and Account Collectors
Job Description
Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Duties include receiving payment and posting amount to customer's account; preparing statements to credit department if customer fails to respond; initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection; keeping records of collection and status of accounts.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
98
|
Answer customer questions regarding problems with their accounts. |
95
|
Advise customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment. |
94
|
Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits to solicit payment. |
93
|
Arrange for debt repayment or establish repayment schedules, based on customers' financial situations. |
93
|
Confer with customers by telephone or in person to determine reasons for overdue payments and to review the terms of sales, service, or credit contracts. |
92
|
Record information about financial status of customers and status of collection efforts. |
88
|
Locate and monitor overdue accounts, using computers and a variety of automated systems. |
86
|
Persuade customers to pay amounts due on credit accounts, damage claims, or nonpayable checks, or to return merchandise. |
85
|
Perform various administrative functions for assigned accounts, such as recording address changes and purging the records of deceased customers. |
81
|
Trace delinquent customers to new addresses by inquiring at post offices, telephone companies, credit bureaus, or through the questioning of neighbors. |
72
|
Sort and file correspondence, and perform miscellaneous clerical duties such as answering correspondence and writing reports. |
65
|
Notify credit departments, order merchandise repossession or service disconnection, and turn over account records to attorneys when customers fail to respond to collection attempts. |
63
|
Receive payments and post amounts paid to customer accounts. |
52
|
Negotiate credit extensions when necessary. |
45
|
Contact insurance companies to check on status of claims payments and write appeal letters for denial on claims. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
60
|
Getting Information
|
60
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
59
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
58
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
57
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
57
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
55
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
55
|
Processing Information
|
54
|
Interacting With Computers
|
52
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
49
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
48
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
46
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
44
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
39
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
39
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
38
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
38
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
37
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
35
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
35
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
34
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
34
|
Thinking Creatively
|
33
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
33
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
33
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
33
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
30
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
28
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
27
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
20
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
19
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
18
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
18
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
14
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
12
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
10
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
8
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
4
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
4
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
3
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|