Job Summary
A well-established organization in the vacation ownership and hospitality industry is seeking a Bilingual Collector to join its Maitland, FL Collections team. This temp-to-hire opportunity is ideal for a professional who is fluent in English and Spanish, comfortable handling sensitive financial conversations, and motivated by helping customers find practical payment solutions.
This role offers the opportunity to work in a structured, team-oriented environment with supportive leadership, clear performance expectations, and collaboration across customer service, accounting, finance, and servicing departments. Candidates who enjoy customer interaction, problem-solving, negotiation, and working in a fast-paced call center environment will find this position a strong fit.
The Bilingual Collector will contact customers regarding past-due balances, document account activity, resolve discrepancies, and help maintain positive customer relationships while supporting collection goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Contact customers regarding past-due mortgage, HOA, and maintenance fee balances.
- Conduct collection outreach by phone and other communication channels in English and Spanish.
- Negotiate payment arrangements and solutions within established company guidelines.
- Monitor assigned accounts, document collection activity, and take timely action to resolve delinquent balances.
- Research and resolve account or payment discrepancies while identifying accounts that require escalation.
- Partner with customer service, accounting, finance, and servicing teams to support accurate account resolution.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay: $18 per hour.
- Position type: Temp-to-hire.
- Location: Maitland, FL.
- Work arrangement: 100% on-site.
- Schedule: Two days from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and three days from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Weekends: Closed unless overtime is offered.
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Required Qualifications and Skills
- Manage high-volume customer outreach regarding past-due account balances.
- Negotiate payment arrangements while maintaining professionalism and compliance.
- Maintain accurate account documentation and follow escalation procedures.
- Support collection performance goals through timely follow-up and customer-focused communication.
- Bilingual English and Spanish required.
- 2+ years of collections, customer service, call center, sales, mortgage servicing, or related experience preferred.
- Collections experience strongly preferred.
- Strong verbal communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Professional and confident telephone presence.
- Ability to handle sensitive financial conversations with empathy, respect, and discretion.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, performance-driven call center environment.
- Typing speed of at least 35 WPM required, with typing speed to be tested.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality required.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and comply with company policies and applicable regulations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in collections or high-volume outbound calling.
- Experience in vacation ownership, mortgage, real estate, hospitality, financial services, or account servicing.
- Background supporting past-due mortgage, HOA, maintenance fee, or similar account balances.
- Call center experience with sales, customer service, or payment resolution responsibilities.