SkillLync Hiring for Senior Collections Manager at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

Skill-Lync has built an alternative platform for engineering education. The last 2 decades have seen an increasing disconnect between industry and academia – this has resulted in colleges not teaching industry relevant technical skills and thereby students becoming unemployable. Skill-Lync is a Y-Combinator (2019) start-up that is solving this problem at scale leveraging technology and an ecosystem of industry-experts, engineer-trainers and offline-centers.

We are looking for a Senior collections manager to monitor staff and oversee the procedures to reduce the amount of unpaid debt the company incurs. You will also be responsible for negotiating extensions with clients or write-off debt to minimize the company’s potential loss of income. To be a successful collections manager, you should be analytical and have great report writing skills. Ultimately, a top-notch collections manager should have extensive knowledge of collection laws, and continuously find ways to improve the company’s debt recovery.

Responsibilities:
Overseeing staff members and ensuring the accurate and timely invoicing of customers.

Setting payment collection goals and targets for the department.

Creating and implementing a strategy to improve the collection of outstanding credit.

Implementing collection policies and procedures to avoid excessive outstanding credit.

Ensuring that the company policy on recoveries is followed and that it is in line with state and federal regulations.

Implementing deadlines for invoicing and payment collection.

Negotiating with customers in cases when non-payment occurs.

Preparing monthly feedback reports on payment collections.

Remaining informed of any legislative procedural training regarding debt collection.

Training and mentoring of staff members in the collections department.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.

8+ years experience as a collections manager.

Experience with accounting software such as Quickbooks and General Ledger and advanced knowledge of MS Excel.

The ability to work accurately and independently.

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent analytical skills and an eye for detail.

Outstanding leadership and managerial skills.

Strong time and people management skills.

Ability to work to strict deadlines.

We are taking over the world of Engineering, and to do so, we are looking for great candidates who are willing to push the boundaries and help us solve problems at scale with solutions that have lasting impact.