A Credit and Loan Collections Supervisor leads the team collecting on consumer or commercial credit and loan accounts — owning portfolio strategy, agent performance, and the regulatory discipline this work requires.
Days tend to revolve around the delinquent portfolio and the calls being made on it. You're reviewing high-balance accounts, monitoring dialer performance, handling escalations, coaching agents through difficult conversations, and partnering with legal on accounts heading to charge-off or litigation. FDCPA and state rules shape every conversation.
The collaboration tends to be wider than expected. You're working with legal, compliance, credit operations, and outside collection partners or attorneys. Friction usually lives in the gap between aggressive collection and regulatory or reputational risk, and coaching tone alongside content matters.
People who tend to thrive enjoy operational management with regulatory teeth and constant difficult conversations and find satisfaction in roll-rate improvements. If repeated exposure to financial-distress conversations or strict compliance environments would erode you, the role wears hard.
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View all Admin & Office roles →A Credit and Loan Collections Supervisor leads the team collecting on consumer or commercial credit and loan accounts — owning portfolio strategy, agent performance, and the regulatory discipline this work requires.
Median pay for a Credit and Loan Collections Supervisor is about $66K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $44K to $103K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, and Coordination.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 0.3% through 2034, with roughly 1.5 million people working in it today (BLS).
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