Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
A Bilingual Collector is needed for a temp-to-hire opportunity with a leading vacation ownership and hospitality organization in the Maitland, FL area. This 100% on-site role is ideal for an English/Spanish bilingual professional who enjoys customer communication, problem-solving, and helping customers resolve past-due account balances in a respectful and solution-focused way.
This opportunity offers a stable schedule, a professional team environment, and the potential to grow into a permanent position with bonus options once hired on. Candidates can expect supportive leadership, clear performance expectations, and collaboration with customer service, accounting, finance, and servicing teams. The work environment is fast-paced and performance-driven, while still emphasizing professionalism, empathy, teamwork, and quality customer interactions.
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 account solutions within established company guidelines.
- Monitor assigned accounts, document collection activity, and take timely action to resolve delinquent balances.
- Research and resolve payment discrepancies, account questions, and customer concerns.
- Escalate accounts as needed while maintaining confidentiality and compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay: $18 per hour.
- Position type: Temp-to-hire.
- Work location: 100% on-site in Maitland, FL.
- Schedule: Two days from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, and three days from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Weekends: Closed unless overtime is offered.
- Bonus options available once permanent.
- Potential for a hybrid schedule once permanent.
- Manage outbound collection calls for past-due mortgage, HOA, and maintenance fee accounts.
- Negotiate payment arrangements while following company guidelines and compliance requirements.
- Maintain accurate documentation of customer communications and collection activity.
- Partner with customer service, accounting, finance, and servicing teams to resolve account issues.
- Bilingual English/Spanish required.
- 1 to 2 years of relevant experience required, with 2 or more years of collections, customer service, call center, sales, mortgage servicing, or related experience preferred.
- Prior collections experience strongly preferred.
- Call center experience with high-volume outbound calling is a plus.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Professional and confident telephone presence.
- Ability to handle sensitive financial conversations with empathy, professionalism, and discretion.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
- Typing speed of at least 35 WPM required, with typing speed testing required.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in vacation ownership, mortgage, real estate, hospitality, or financial services.
- Experience resolving account or payment discrepancies.
- Familiarity with customer account servicing, delinquency resolution, or payment plan negotiation.
- Ability to meet productivity, quality, attendance, and performance expectations in a structured call center environment.
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