Collections Representative

Waste Connections

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Bay Disposal has an immediate opening for a Collections Representative based in Norfolk, VA. In this position you will be responsible for reaching out to our delinquent accounts via phone calls and emails, taking customer payments over the phone, setting up payment arrangements, and working to resolve problems that arise concerning service or billing. This is a full-time, Monday-Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm position with competitive pay, and excellent benefits. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year of credit and collections experience highly preferred.
Minimum of 1 year of experience making heavy outbound collections calls highly preferred.
Strong computer skills to include Microsoft Excel and Word experience.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Ability to speak a second language is a plus!

Responsibilities

Making outbound calls and sending emails daily on delinquent accounts
Managing automated calls and emails
Working closely with various departments to reach monthly collection goals
Handle difficult customers and escalated calls
Work closely with Credit Supervisor in utilizing our 3rd party collection agency
Maintain accurate notes in customer accounts
Provide assistance with on line payments
Provide customers recap of accounts for billing disputes
Reporting results to management and escalating problem accounts