Collections Manager
Responsibilities:
• Direct daily collections activity and shape firmwide strategies that improve recovery rates and support overall financial performance.
• Evaluate existing workflows, refine procedures, and reinforce compliance with internal standards and applicable regulations across the collections function.
• Track portfolio trends, identify accounts showing signs of elevated risk, and coordinate timely intervention on delinquent balances.
• Produce analysis, dashboards, and performance reporting that help leadership assess receivables health and guide collection priorities.
• Partner regularly with billing attorneys and other firm leaders to review outstanding balances, resolve obstacles to payment, and encourage timely follow-up.
• Lead and develop Accounts Receivable Coordinators by setting expectations, providing coaching, and promoting consistent, high-quality service.
• Create and manage escalation paths for seriously overdue or sensitive client matters, ensuring complex issues receive prompt attention.
• Support resolution of unapplied cash, invoice variances, short payments, overpayments, chargebacks, and related accounts receivable exceptions.
• Deliver training on collections procedures and best practices to coordinators, new attorneys, and administrative staff as needed.
Qualifications:
• Demonstrated experience managing commercial collections and accounts receivable operations in a detail-focused services or similarly complex environment.• Strong knowledge of credit and collections practices, including delinquency management, escalation handling, and risk identification.
• Ability to analyze account activity, interpret financial trends, and translate findings into practical collection strategies.
• Proven success supervising, coaching, and developing team members while maintaining accountability and service quality.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with attorneys, finance leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience preparing reports, metrics, and portfolio analysis to support decision-making and operational planning.
• Solid understanding of credit analysis and sound judgment in evaluating payment risk and collection options.
Compensation
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