Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award-winning company with local and national workplace recognition in multiple categories! Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated Team Members who share a drive to succeed as professionals and together as a company. A great product, amazing people and our stable financial history have made us one of the largest used car finance companies nationally.
Our Operations teams work with our consumers to promote great service, encourage them to bring their accounts current and resolve escalated issues. Team Members specialize in various segments of the contract life cycle to achieve the highest levels of performance. We are committed to providing career growth opportunities to our Team Members and we are proud of our record of promoting from within. Our flexible schedules, casual work environment and culture of having fun make this a Great Place to Work!
About this Position:
- Professionally and respectfully persuade customers to pay in an effort to redeem the repossessed vehicle or reinstate the contract.
- Analyze the customer’s payment history and the circumstances of the repossession, and then make redemption payment arrangements within the guidelines of the department policy.
- Have phone and written contact with customers, repossession contractors and auction vendors.
- Support additional customer service requests.
Outcomes & Activities:
- Redeem Vehicles: Using our call model, you will persuade customers to pay to redeem the repossessed vehicles. We will measure you on the number of accounts redeemed
- Handle Phone Calls: Spend up to 85% of your time handling customer phone calls
- Provide Support: Support customer requests, including processing one-time payment request over the phone
- Receive and Act Upon Feedback: Be open to ongoing coaching and feedback aimed at improving performance
- Remain compliant with our policies, processes, and legal requirements
- Perform all other duties as assigned
- Adhere to attendance as outlined in the department attendance policy
Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED
- High speed internet connection with a minimum of 15mbps download speed
Preferred:
- Previous customer service, sales and/or collection experience
- Previous experience working in a call center environment
- Experience in the finance or automotive industry
- Experience in any position where you had to demonstrate persuasive skills and negotiation skills
- Previous experience with working on a dialer
Knowledge and Skills:
- Communication: Tone of voice; ask open -ended, probing questions; professional; confident
- Ownership: Own performance, receptive to feedback; applies feedback to improve, active participant in training & coaching sessions
- Listening: Active listening; understand customer's situation; recognize issues that prevent payment
- Logic: Understand account history; critical thinking, problem-solving, ability to reason
- Encourage: Good negotiator; ability to persuade customer to pay; assertive; create urgency with customer
- Control the Call: Set expectations; create accountability and resolution; maintain focus; call efficiency
- Trust Building: Create and build trust; empathy; positive approach to creating resolution; collaborative approach
Training & Schedule Requirements:
Training: 6 weeks
- Monday through Friday; 7:00 am - 4:00 pm CST
- Virtual Training will be conducted beginning 5/5/2025
Schedule: Central Standard Time (CST)
- Monday through Friday 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Once a month on a Saturday 7:00 am-11:00 am
- Mandatory overtime during peak season (January through March)
Targeted Compensation: $19.50/hour, plus uncapped monthly bonus potential
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Benefits
- Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/ dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work
Our Company Values:
To be successful in this role, Team Members need to be:
- Positive by maintaining resiliency and focusing on solutions
- Respectful by collaborating and actively listening
- Insightful by cultivating innovation, accumulating business and role specific knowledge, demonstrating self-awareness and making quality decisions
- Direct by effectively communicating and conveying courage
- Earnest by taking accountability, applying feedback and effectively planning and priority setting
Expectations:
- Remain compliant with our policies processes and legal guidelines
- All other duties as assigned
- Attendance as required by department
Advice!
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Required degrees must have been earned at institutions of Higher Education which are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent.
Credit Acceptance is dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive working environment for all. As part of our Culture of Compliance, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and value our culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of the person’s age, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, criminal history, or any other legally protected characteristic. all team members demonstrate mutual respect for one another. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics like age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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What We Do
Our people and culture create a positive workplace that drives us to succeed. Working together as a team has resulted in many national workplace awards, including Fortune magazine’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 7 consecutive years. We’ve also been named to IDG's Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT-Midsize category for the past five years. Based on 2021 survey data, 92% of our team members believe Credit Acceptance is a Great Place to Work (GPTW).
At Credit Acceptance, we are passionate about what we do. Our team members are intelligent, motivated, compassionate people who work hard and know how to have fun. We offer a strong work-life balance with many great benefits that start on day one. We focus first and foremost on striving to make our Company as valuable as possible, because we know it is the core of our success. Our team members are motivated by their desire to “Change Lives,” as well as by their fellow colleagues, Company leaders, competitive compensation, and career advancement opportunities.
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