Collections General Manager
Location: Cleveland, OH
Job Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
The Collections General Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, profitability, compliance, and operational success of the collections department. This role provides strategic direction while overseeing daily operations, department supervisors, and collection representatives to ensure performance goals, client expectations, and financial objectives are consistently achieved.
The ideal candidate is a confident and experienced leader with a proven ability to motivate teams, improve operational performance, maintain regulatory compliance, and develop future leaders in a fast-paced collections environment.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Operations
- Lead all day-to-day operations of the collections department.
- Develop and execute strategies that maximize collections performance, profitability, and client satisfaction.
- Establish departmental goals and clearly communicate daily, weekly, and monthly performance expectations.
- Ensure goals, incentives, bonus opportunities, and client objectives are visible and communicated to all employees in a timely manner.
- Maintain appropriate management and supervisory floor coverage to support staff and achieve operational objectives.
- Set the tone for a positive, accountable, and high-performance work environment.
- Analyze operational processes and implement continuous improvements to increase quality, productivity, and efficiency.
Performance Management
- Monitor departmental KPIs including liquidation rates, right-party contacts, promise-to-pay performance, collector productivity, quality scores, and client performance metrics.
- Review collector performance regularly and provide coaching, mentoring, and development opportunities.
- Conduct quality assurance reviews by monitoring collection calls per collector each week.
- Administer performance improvement plans, coaching, and corrective action when necessary.
- Ensure employees remain motivated, engaged, and focused on achieving company objectives.
Client Relations & Business Development
- Review client contracts and ensure operational compliance with all client requirements.
- Provide regular client reporting, operational updates, and performance reviews.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen existing client relationships and pursue new business opportunities.
Compliance & Policy Management
- Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations including FDCPA, CFPB, FCRA, TCPA, HIPAA (where applicable), and company policies.
- Develop, implement, and maintain departmental policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Create and update training materials to ensure employees clearly understand expectations, compliance requirements, and operational processes.
Financial & Administrative Responsibilities
- Evaluate operational and financial performance and recommend improvements.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, staffing plans, and expense management.
- Control departmental inventory and operational resources.
- Complete daily operational reports, dashboards, scoreboards, and executive reporting.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on strategic initiatives and long-term organizational growth.
Talent Management
- Oversee recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training of new employees.
- Develop supervisors, and future leaders through coaching and mentorship.
- Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
Additional Responsibilities
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by executive leadership.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive collections leadership experience.
- At least 3 years managing supervisors, and large collections teams.
- Strong knowledge of collections laws and regulations, including FDCPA, CFPB, FCRA, and TCPA.
- Demonstrated success improving collections performance, operational efficiency, and employee engagement.
- Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
- Experience with collection management systems, reporting platforms, and Microsoft Office.
Preferred Qualifications
- Third-party agency collections leadership experience.
- Experience managing legal collections portfolios.
- Multi-client and multi-state operations experience.
Compensation
Salary: $85,000 annually, based on experience.
If you are a strategic, hands-on leader with a passion for driving operational excellence, developing high-performing teams, and delivering exceptional client results, we encourage you to apply.