Legal Collections & Recovery Coordinator

First Investors Financial Services, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis Financial Services, Inc. is seeking a Legal Coordinator to research, assign, and monitor accounts placed for legal action, supporting recovery efforts and coordination with outside counsel.

This role requires managing attorney relationships, tracking case progression, and ensuring timely resolution while handling confidential information and collaborating with internal teams to optimize operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of collections, recovery, legal support, or related financial services experience.
• Experience working with attorneys, collection agencies, and recovery-related legal processes.
• Knowledge of account placement, litigation support, settlement administration, and repossession coordination.
• Working knowledge of consumer collections regulations and legal recovery practices.

Responsibilities

• Assign legal accounts and assist with legal account management, recovery efforts, and collection strategy execution.
• Communicate with attorneys regarding account status updates, company decisions, settlements, legal actions, and account documentation.
• Monitor legal matters, writ proceedings, repossession activity, and case progression to ensure timely resolution and recovery opportunities.
• Request, collect, maintain, and provide account records, histories, and documentation related to legal actions and court proceedings.
• Assign and manage placements with collection agencies, monitor collection activity, evaluate account status, and reassign accounts as needed.
• Review and approve or decline settlement offers, coordinate credit reporting updates, title releases, and bankruptcy-related account activity.
• Review attorney invoices, allocate attorney and agency payments, support workflow coordination, and monitor placement volumes and departmental reports.
• Investigate and manage complex recovery accounts, contact customers regarding delinquent balances, locate collateral, support special projects, and maintain confidentiality of sensitive consumer information.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Multitasking

Communication

Problem solving

Confidential information handling

Overtime flexibility

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Stellantis Financial Services, Inc. is seeking a Legal Coordinator to research, assign, and monitor accounts placed for legal action, supporting recovery efforts and coordination with outside counsel.

This role requires managing attorney relationships, tracking case progression, and ensuring timely resolution while handling confidential information and collaborating with internal teams to optimize operations.