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Nexora Talent

Remote- Customer Experience Service +

Austin, TX · Remote

$15.75 - $21.50/hr

Customer Experience Service (Remote) We are seeking a detail-oriented Customer Experience Service to support clients throughout their journey. In this role, you will assist with coordinating client ...

Afni, Inc.

Remote Customer Service Representative

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$15.75 - $21.50/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Iowa What You Need to Thrive in Our Remote Environment: * Cable or Fiber Internet Service only (no dial-up, DSL, satellite or cellular) * 25Mbps Download/10Mbps Upload * Ping Rate - Less than 100 ms

Afni, Inc.

Remote Customer Service Representative

Austin, TX · Remote

$15.75 - $21.50/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Iowa What You Need to Thrive in Our Remote Environment: * Cable or Fiber Internet Service only (no dial-up, DSL, satellite or cellular) * 25Mbps Download/10Mbps Upload * Ping Rate - Less than 100 ms

NinjaOne

Renewal & Collections Specialist

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$18.25 - $24.75/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Hybrid remote in Tampa, FL or Austin, TX. In the office 3 days per week. What You'll Be Doing Portfolio & Collections Management: * Own and manage an assigned portfolio of past-due accounts ...

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How much do remote debt collector jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 13, 2026, the average hourly pay for remote debt collector in Austin, TX is $18.23, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $15.24 and $19.76 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a remote debt collector?

A Remote Debt Collector is responsible for contacting individuals or businesses to recover overdue payments, typically via phone, email, or other digital communication methods. They negotiate payment plans, provide information on outstanding debts, and maintain records of interactions. Working remotely, they must be self-motivated, have strong communication skills, and follow legal guidelines related to debt collection. Many roles require prior customer service or collections experience, along with proficiency in relevant software tools.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a remote debt collector?

To thrive as a Remote Debt Collector, you need strong communication, negotiation, and organizational skills, often supported by a high school diploma or relevant experience. Familiarity with customer relationship management (CRM) software, payment processing tools, and call center technology is typically required. Persistence, professionalism, and the ability to stay calm under pressure are valuable soft skills in this role. These competencies are essential to efficiently recover outstanding debts while maintaining positive client relationships and complying with industry regulations.

What are some common challenges faced when working as a remote debt collector?

Remote Debt Collectors often encounter challenges such as reaching reluctant debtors, handling difficult conversations, and meeting collection targets independently. Since the position is remote, staying self-motivated and managing time effectively are key to balancing workload and maintaining productivity. Many companies provide thorough training and ongoing support, but the ability to adapt communication styles and use digital systems efficiently helps overcome daily obstacles. Successfully managing these challenges can also open up opportunities for career advancement within collections or broader customer service roles.

Can you make good money as a remote debt collector?

Remote debt collectors can earn a competitive income, often earning between $30,000 and $50,000 annually, with some positions offering commissions or bonuses based on collection performance. Earnings depend on experience, skill level, and the employer, with advanced collectors or those working in specialized industries potentially earning more.
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Part Time Collector (English/Spanish Bilingual) - 100% Remote

University Federal Credit Union

Austin, TX • On-site, Remote

$15.75 - $20.50/hr

Part-time

Re-posted 16 days ago

Job description

Job Summary
The Part Time Collector is part of a highly performing Collections team with principal responsibility for servicing members with past due consumer, commercial, or real estate loans. This role requires supportive, constructive, and empathetic communication with members through a variety of channels, seeking to understand the circumstances resulting in a member's past due condition. The Collector works with members to find solutions that resolve delinquent loan status. This role performs independent research and other follow up tasks to assist in delinquency resolution, including validation of financial responsibility for a loan, searching for valid member location and contact information, and completion of documents required for delinquency resolution. The Collector 1 finds the best balance between the needs of individual members and those of UFCU membership while complying with UFCU's policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations.
The Collector reports to Assistant Manager - Collections.
Location: This role can be remotely performed out of Texas, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, or Montana.
About UFCU
Our Credit Union was founded in 1936 and has grown to serve members throughout Texas and beyond. At UFCU, we are more than just a financial institution, and our people are more than just employees. We are dedicated to our purpose of empowering our Members to achieve financial success and build brighter futures.
In pursuit of our aspiration that UFCU is loved by millions of Members and built to thrive for generations, we are guided by our values:
Purposefully Member-Obsessed
We are driven by a profound sense of empathy to deeply understand our Members' needs and preferences, what brighter futures means to them, and the obstacles in their way. We act in our Members' best interests, forever seeking to empower their financial success.
Possibilities Reimagined
We are inspired to courageously experiment, learn, and iterate in pursuit of positive impact for our Members, UFCU, and coworkers. We challenge assumptions, embrace diverse perspectives, and make use of data and insights.
Performance Excellence Rooted in Unwavering Integrity
We do the right thing, always. We champion teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and celebrate successful outcomes of others, fostering an inclusive environment of excellence and collaboration.
Essential Functions
  • Member Communications
    • Validates identity of members and third parties.
    • Interacts with members and third parties through a variety of communication channels (telephone calls, email, text, chat, and letters) to develop contact with members responsible for past due loan balances.
    • Develops professional, courteous, and empathetic relationships with members to facilitate effective oral and written member communications consistent with UFCU Core Competencies.
    • Informs members of past due loan status, develops dialogue with members to discover credible reasons for delinquency, the member's capacity and willingness to resolve the past due loan status, and provides a call to action by the member to resolve the loan delinquency.
    • Develops and proposes resolutions to members that will resolve past due loan status. Confirms member understanding of commitment to a given resolution and follows up in a timely manner with any task activities necessary to execute upon the agreed upon resolution.
    • Provides member service to resolve any barriers preventing members from making timely loan payments.
      • Service tasks include validating: debt responsibility, loan balances, loan terms, and other items; providing copies of loan documents to members; setting up/editing/terminating automated payments; advising members about UFCU's practices that may be of immediate interest or concern for a given member; producing and publishing loss mitigation program documentation.
    • Produces written communications, delivered through multiple channels in response to member requests or to initiate member communication.
    • Provides accurate and timely information to members regarding UFCU services, including restrictions on services as appropriate.

    Systems, Policies, and Procedures Utilization
    • Develops proficiency in use of the various system tools available to Collectors including in collections management, billing, telephone, member relationship management, and UFCU's intranet (UFCU Connect).
      • Proficiency is demonstrated by consistently, appropriately and accurately finding data, entering data, extracting data, using appropriate information or system functionality for a given need and providing accurate values to be communicated to a member or used in the normal course of past due loan resolution.
    • Utilizes Collections systems in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and UFCU policies and procedures, including documentation of collection activities in a manner that fairly represents those activities.
    • Becomes familiar with systems and processes used by non-collections functions within UFCU in the servicing of loans.
    • Develops proficient understanding and skillful use of and compliance with UFCU's Policies and Procedures in the service of past due loan resolution.
    • Contributes ideas for improvements in systems, processes, and procedures. Participates in work to develop and publish such improvements.
    • Participates in projects to develop, implement, upgrade, and replace UFCU systems.

    Other
    • Adheres to all company policies, procedures, and business ethics codes.
    • Completes required regulatory training as assigned.
    • Maintains strict adherence to and compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, and internal controls specific to the role, including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, USA Patriot Act, OFAC and Fair Lending regulations.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
  • Knowledge
    • Basic, operational understanding of financial institutions, including differentiation between banks and credit unions.
    • Basic knowledge of UFCU products and services.
    • Basic understanding of financial terms including principal, collateral, interest, finance charge, late fees, payment schedules, payment due dates, loan maturity, delinquency, and default.
    • Basic understanding of bankruptcy.
    • Proficient understanding with compliance requirements of debt collection laws.
    • Basic understanding of technologies commonly used in debt collection: telephone systems, computer-based software applications, payments platforms, email, text, chat, and popular social media platforms.
    • Basic understanding of call center operations.
    • Proficiency with customer service principles:
      • Active listening
      • Acknowledging customer needs
      • Expressing empathy
      • Finding mutually beneficial solutions
      • Prompt responsiveness
      • Professional courtesy
    • Basic knowledge of MS Office tools including Outlook, Excel, and Word.

    Skills
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
    • Strong critical thinking skills.
    • Proficiency with arithmetic operations; calculates principal and interest payments given loan terms.
    • Telephone skills to include:
      • Determination of appropriate communication style
      • Projection of professionalism, courtesy, and empathy
      • Asks probing questions to locate responsible members and discover responsible members' reasons for delinquency; employment; and sources of funds
      • Actively listens; does not talk over other parties
      • Confirms understanding
      • Directs collections activities by keeping member dialogue constructive and focused on acknowledging the debt, providing reason(s) for delinquency, identifying sources of funds for payment arrangements, overcoming objections, asking for payment and confirming arrangements.
    • Negotiation skills to include:
      • Overcomes gatekeepers
      • Clearly conveys member obligation under loan agreement and gets members' acknowledgement of that obligation
      • Identifies and overcomes objections
      • Solves problems
      • Proposes mutually beneficial solutions
      • Calls members to action
      • Gains acknowledgement of commitments made by member

    Abilities
    • Strong ability to balance the needs of individual members with those of the entire membership.
    • Knowing when to say yes, and when to say no to a member.
    • Thrives in dynamic, high-volume environment where change, growth, and development are constant.
    • Demonstrates consistent attendance - punctual and adheres to schedule.
    • Talks and types simultaneously.
    • Thinks quickly.
    • Locates possible points of member contact using generally accepted tools.
    • Stays self-motivated.
    • Treats each member with highest standards of professionalism, courtesy, and empathy.

Competencies
    • Demonstrating Member Obsession
    • Puts themselves in the Member's shoes
    • Looks for friction points
    • Makes it personalized and easy
    • Demonstrating Performance Excellence
    • Sets standards for elevating excellence
    • Ensures elevated quality
    • Takes responsibility
    • Conducts continuous improvement
    • Demonstrating Innovation
    • Challenges current thinking
    • Approaches change with a positive mindset

Experience
Minimum Requirements
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent.
  • Minimum of one (1) year of experience collecting secured or unsecured consumer loans.
  • Minimum of one (1) year of experience with personal computer and word processing/spreadsheet software (MS Office Suite).
  • Must be bondable.

Preferred Requirements
  • Two or four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Two (2) years' experience collecting auto and or real estate collateralized consumer loans.
  • Six (6) months of banking and/or financial institution experience.
  • Experience with loan modifications.
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Employee will make extensive use of the telephone and virtual communications requiring the ability to effectively and accurately explain complex information.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
  • Collectors will be working fully remotely.
  • Collectors are expected to be available Monday Through Friday, and occasionally on Saturdays, with availability extending up to 9 pm CST
  • Collectors occasionally experience stressful interactions with UFCU members.
  • Frequent computer use at a workstation up to two hours at a time.

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