Collections Specialist OOJ - 34917
Uniondale, NY · HybridJob$70–85K/yrPosted 1y agoStill listed 2 days ago
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The Collections Specialist manages overdue accounts receivable by contacting debtors, negotiating payment plans, and ensuring timely payments while maintaining positive customer relationships. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the role supports billing attorneys, reviews aged invoices, prepares collection letters, performs write‑offs, and collaborates with partners and accounting staff in a hybrid work environment.
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Job Description A Collections Specialist, also known as a Collection Clerk or Agent, is responsible for managing and collecting overdue accounts receivable by contacting debtors, negotiating payment plans, and ensuring timely payments, while maintaining positive customer relationships.
Collections Specialist: Long Island, NY Pay Rate: $70 000-85 000
Our client is a mid-sized law firm with offices around the tri-state and Florida. They have an immediate need for a Collections Specialist, reporting into the Director of Finance. This position is hybrid (after an initial period of in-office training for approximately 4 weeks), located in their Long Island, NY office.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Meet with and assist Billing Attorneys with collection efforts
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Contact clients for payment when directed by Billing Attorneys
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Review aged accounts receivable for invoices requiring follow up
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Follow up with Billing Attorneys on aged invoices and offer collection assistance
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Send payment reminders along with invoice copies
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Prepare and send collection letters when Billing Attorney agrees
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Perform accounts receivable write offs when applicable and approved
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Review e-billing web sites for invoice status and implement procedures for timely identification of e-billing rejections
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Analyze invoice deductions to inform/implement procedures to minimize in the future
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Maintain spreadsheets for Billing Attorneys of aged items/appealed items and deadlines
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Work closely with Partners, Chief Operating Officer, Collections Manager, Billing Department and Accounting Department
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Ad hoc requests and special projects
Qualifications EXPERIENCE
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4 year college degree
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3+ years of collections experience
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Law firm or professional service experience a plus
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Experience with Aderant and e-billing websites a plus
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Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES
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Strong work ethic, self-starter
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Comfortable with technology and learning system functionality
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Customer service oriented
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Excellent interpersonal skills
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Attention to detail
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Quick learner
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Ability to multi-task and prioritize
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Strong communication and organizational skills
Why is This a Great Opportunity Hybrid work environment with great team. Fantastic benefits from day one.
OOJ - 34917
How this job compares
Set against the 766 open Accounts Receivable jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–85K/yr
- New York median$70–98K/yr22 salary ranges
- US median$69–97K/yr196 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $78K, is 7% below the New York median midpoint ($84K) — in the middle half of Accounts Receivable salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 66 open Accounts Receivable jobs in New York and 766 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Robert Half7 open
- Kaleida Health5 open
- NYU Langone Medical Center4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Accounts Receivable postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (528 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 62 of the 766 open Accounts Receivable jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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