Collections Specialist

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Supplemental Life, Accident, Critical

Hospital Indemnity Plans

Short Term Disability Insurance

401K Plan - Safe Harbor

Wellness Program

Partner Discount Programs

Job summary

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is seeking a Collections Clerk to facilitate the collection of delinquent accounts by contacting customers and demanding overdue payments. This on-site role requires a detail-oriented, organized professional who can manage deadlines and maintain positive customer relationships.

Responsibilities include pursuing payments, updating account statuses, logging payment promises, and coordinating with overseas agents. Benefits and a strong team environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience in a similar field (credit, accounts receivable, etc.)
• Strong attention to detail
• Organized, efficient, and able to manage time effectively
• Strong customer service mindset, focused, and responsive
• Knowledge of MS Excel with the ability to learn new software

Responsibilities

• Requests and pursues payment on delinquent accounts via communication with account holder.
• Follows established guidelines to review and update account status.
• Maintains log of payment promises and pertinent account details, schedules follow-up communication with account holder.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with customers.
• Provides timely and accurate response to customer inquiries and to our overseas agents.
• Follows corporate guidelines when addressing customer inquiries regarding shipments.
• Escalates unique or complex customer issues to the appropriate supervisor for resolution when necessary.
• Generates potential solutions to customer issues.
• Provides feedback regarding current corporate practices and metrics to support process efficiencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Attention to detail

Time management

Customer service

MS Excel

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Looking for a career opportunity but have no experience?

At MSC, we are looking for candidates that would like to challenge themselves in the world of logistics. We offer a diverse environment, and it is important for us to continue to bring professionals with different background and experiences. Together, we will continue to grow while connecting the world around us. It is a big world, and it takes expertise, ingenuity, hard work and dedication to keep it moving. You will learn what it takes to move a shipment from point A to point B while gaining immeasurable industry knowledge with the largest shipping line in the world! Excited yet? Come join us!

Job Summary

The Collections Clerk facilitates the collection of delinquent accounts, by contacting customers and requiring the payment of overdue fees.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Requests and pursues payment on delinquent accounts via communication with account holder.
• Follows established guidelines to review and update account status.
• Maintains log of payment promises and pertinent account details, schedules follow-up communication with account holder.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with customers.
• Provides timely and accurate response to customer inquiries and to our overseas agents.
• Follows corporate guidelines when addressing customer inquiries regarding shipments.
• Escalates unique or complex customer issues to the appropriate supervisor for resolution when necessary.
• Generates potential solutions to customer issues.
• Provides feedback regarding current corporate practices and metrics to support process efficiencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This role requires working on-site in the office for five days a week, from Monday to Friday. There is no option for fully remote or hybrid work in this role, unless required off-site duties are being performed.

Qualifications & Key Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience in a similar field (credit, accounts receivable, etc.)
• Strong attention to detail
• Organized, efficient, and able to manage time effectively
• Strong customer service mindset, focused, and responsive
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Great team player
• Knowledge of MS Excel with the ability to learn new software

What We Offer

• Health Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts - (Health, Dependent Care, Transit/Parking)
• Supplemental Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Plans

You will also have access to additional benefits, effective day one:

• Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan - 3% Safe Harbor Contribution with option for additional 3% employer match.
• Wellness Program initiatives / Free MSC Partner Subscriptions with Calm
• Partner Discount Programs with MSC Cruises, Apple, Dell, Nissan, Whirlpool, AT&T, Pets Best and others.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is a global leader in transportation and logistics, privately owned and founded in 1970 by Gianluigi Aponte. As one of the world’s leading container shipping lines, MSC has 675 offices across 155 countries worldwide, with the MSC Group employing over 200,000 people. The company has evolved from a one vessel operation into a globally respected business with a fleet of 800 vessels that provides timely delivery of goods and services to customers of all industries and sizes. With access to an integrated network of road, rail, air, and sea transport resources which stretches across the globe, the company prides itself on delivering global service with local knowledge. MSC’s shipping line sails on 300 trade routes and calls at 520 ports, carrying some 22.5 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) annually.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type including but not limited to characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.