Collector

Veolia has acquired Clean Earth. As Clean Earth completes its integration into Veolia, recruiting and hiring for this role is being managed in partnership with the Clean Earth talent acquisition team. Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

The collector calls on delinquent customers to identify root cause of delinquency and establish plans to resolve past due balances.

Initiates correspondence (verbal or written) to customers and field sales to enhance corporate cash flow. Ensures that the departmental goals are achieved.

· Presents a positive and service-oriented attitude to internal and external customers to maintain and improve customer relationships.

· Recommends new strategies regarding departmental procedures and customer payment patterns to ensure goals are reached or exceeded.

· Analyzes portfolios, identifies customers that require placement with third party collections, bankruptcy processes, submits write-off preparation. Customers are only placed with an external agency once internal efforts have been exhausted.

· Evaluates account statuses to initiate credit suspension, pursues action with the customer and Sales to ensure payment. Appraises situations once resolved to potentially reinstate credit terms.

· Identifies causes for customer deductions, recommends operational changes that reduce/eliminate reoccurring deductions.

· Works with Billing and Customer Service to preemptively ensure that contractual customer requirements are achieved to avoid payment delays.

· Performs other related duties as required or requested.

Basic Qualifications:

Associates Degree in Business Management, Accounting, Banking & Finance, or Liberal Arts, or equivalent work experience.

· Minimum of 2 years Business to Business collections.

· Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel: pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and other formulas as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Two or more years of experience as a collector or working knowledge of collection policies and procedures.

· Demonstrates learning adaptability regarding customer portals and varying internal programs and systems.

· Demonstrates proficiency in other Microsoft office applications.

· Demonstrates the ability to type a minimum of 40 wpm.

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, commencing no later than January 1, 2027, benefits package will include participation in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.