Collateral Specialist I

About the role

The Collateral Specialist I assists the management of Stellantis Financial collateral by working with other partners, vendors, dealers, as well as support departments within the company, to ensure collateral documents are received and transferred to the custodian in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Aid in creating and preparing outstanding reports and act as a liaison with the collateral manager and other SFS departments.
• Act as a liaison between SFS Alliance partners, banks, affiliates, and vendors on collateral exceptions, securitizations, close-outs and any other activity involving SFS collateral.
• Work with electronic files and documents provided by vendors, partners, banks and affiliates.
• Work vendor and in-house reports to clear outstanding exceptions for missing documents and title paperwork in accordance with SFS policies and procedures to maintain quality.
• Collaborate with the Collateral Clerk and Title Clerk to track collateral files being sent to the custodian as well as the Titles department and the Houston Title Inventory and other SFS departments.
• Prepare reports for the various business units and by various statuses for use by staff and management and maintain stats on production.
• Prepare and send letters to borrowers or dealership on outstanding titles.
• Escalate unresolved collateral and titling issues to Lead / Supervisor / Manager for further action.
• Perform other clerical duties as needed such as filing, scanning, photocopying or faxing documents, ordering supplies and processing invoices.
• Maintain confidentiality due to regular access to specified personal information of consumers, including, but not limited to, Social Security numbers and dates of birth.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Minimum 1 year experience working with collateral management or similar processes.
• High school diploma and/or GED.
• Good analytical and organizational skills with close attention to detail.
• Intermediate MS Office skill in Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interface work autonomously and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Overtime required – required on an as needed basis.
• Travel 0-10% - as required on an as needed basis.
• Must have reliable transportation and live within a commutable distance to one of the following cities: Houston, TX.