Valencia McClellan
White Plains, NY 10607
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Customer Service Oriented
Exceptional Organizational Skills
Attention to Detail
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
MS Office Word, Excel, Advantage, Debt Net
Acxiom and Windows
Type 40 wpm
EDUCATION:
2005-2006 Educational Opportunity Center-Westchester Medical Billing and Coding
1985-1989 Lowndes High School Diploma
EXPERIENCE:
2007- Present National Bureau Collection Corp. Client Service Manager
Process client request, entering customer’s information into client profiles within the databases.
Set new accounts; skip tracing and troubleshooting problematic debtors, train incoming collectors.
Prepare files for the reporting to the credit bureaus and handling all incoming mail.
Prepare legal letters for in house attorneys.
Manage client profile and accounts.
Direct contact with President, CEO and IT Director with daily collection activities.
Handle inbound and outbound calls.
Set up dialer system for automated calls daily.
FDCPA training.
2007-2013 Bed Bath and Beyond Customer Service
Assist customers with questions regarding store merchandise
Handle all customer transactions
Create bridal registries
Process customers returns, verified all merchandise being returned
Assist manager with cash office closing
2005-2007 Vision Financial Corp Collections Manager
Managed a collection department of 15 collectors with extensive collection follow up.
Handled all disputes via by telephone or mail, processing payments.
Prepared bi-weekly payroll, motivated collectors to ensure weekly goals and ran weekly status reports on collection activity.
1997-2005 Trans Continental Credit & Collections Collections Manager
Managed a collection department of 12 collectors, handling inbound & outbound calls.
Trained all new and existing employees, prepared weekly payroll and the distribution of incoming mail.
Supervised the entire department handling all disputes.
Extensive follow up on outstanding past due debts collecting over $10,000.00 weekly.
REFERENCES: Available Upon Request