Credit Union Collections & Risk Manager
First Northern Credit Union · Chicago, IL · 3 days ago
Accounting$75k–$80k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Supervise/manage a Collector and a Loan Servicing Representative.
- Oversee applicable Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Workgroup(s).
- Provide resolution management for member service calls.
- Supervise all loan collections activities.
- Ensure that FNCU's collection activity is conducted in accordance with current collection policies and procedures.
- Prepare monthly delinquency and loan loss reports.
- Administer bankruptcy and workout activities on accounts in a timely and consistent manner.
- Vendor management of legal counsel regarding account litigation.
- Cook up with trustees.
- Manage the Negative Shares collection queues.
- Charge off approved negative shares per policy and procedures.
- Manage collateral/mortgage protection (CPI/MPI) programs to ensure proper insurance coverage and minimize collateral-related losses.
- Lead fraud resolution efforts, including investigation, recovery, and member communication, for new memberships and newly opened savings and loan products (including indirect vehicle loans).
- Implement and monitor fraud mitigation strategies to reduce identity theft and account takeover risks.
- Manage the credit union's Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) methodology, assumptions, modeling, and reporting.
- Utilize software to monitor loan portfolio performance and trends to identify emerging risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Manage the processing and reconciliation of insurance refunds related to chargebacks and back-end refunds related to loan payoffs, charge-offs, or early terminations.
- Work as a leader of special or ongoing projects that are important to departmental development.
- Keep current on governmental regulations related to loan servicing repayment compliance, collections, member information, and record retention.
- Explain financial products and services to members, evaluating their needs, and recommending the credit union's best available options.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- 3+ years of experience in collections, fraud, and/or risk management.
- Solid computer, analytical, math, and communication skills.
- Management experience is preferred.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus.