Adjustor II
Company: Seacoast Bank
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posted on: February 16, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description JOB SUMMARY: The Adjuster
position is responsible for collecting and servicing defaulted
consumer loans from initial delinquency up to charge-off/recovery.
While undertaking these activities, the Adjuster is required to
adhere to Bank policies and procedures as well as all applicable
regulations such as, but not limited to, the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act. The loan types the Adjuster primarily services
include installment, revolving, auto, boat, and residential
mortgage loans. Adjusters are expected to deliver a high level of
customer service and demonstrate excellent communication skills.
Therefore, an Adjuster must clearly and effectively communicate
with customers through telephone contact as well as through
electronic and written correspondence. The Adjuster is expected to
mitigate delinquency rates on their assigned accounts using
effective and professional collection and customer service
techniques. In addition, an Adjuster must promptly investigate,
resolve, and/or escalate customer concerns. An Adjuster must try to
identify reasons for customer delinquency and demonstrate effective
negotiation skills to collect payments, establish promise to pays,
and make referrals for hardship assistance, when applicable. The
Adjuster must meet or exceed performance standards as set by the
Collections Department Manager. Scope of work may include servicing
of current accounts, skip tracing, servicing other loan types, and
working on special projects from time to time, as required by
department Manager. The Adjuster will be required to attend various
training and continuing education courses. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Works well in a remote working team environment while
accomplishing individual and team goals. • Manage daily portfolio
of delinquent account calling queues which include maintaining
making notes on customer responses, promises to pay, as well as
following up on customer calls. • Maintain adequate collection
notes and account documentation within our loan servicing systems
that accurately reflect activity and action taken on loan accounts.
• Effectively manage and de-escalate difficult customer
interactions. • Maintain professionalism throughout the collections
process, including when establishing borrower contact through
inbound and outbound calls, emails, or other methods of
communication. • Review, investigate, research, problem solve, and
respond to customer account history disputes and inquiries, whether
over the telephone or in written response format, as well as
escalate to Collections Manager as required. • Demonstrate sound
decision-making ability when servicing delinquent loan accounts and
interacting with borrowers. • Maintain good communication with the
Collections Manager to escalate situations adversely affecting
delinquent account collection and customer complaints. • Ability to
cross-train and effectively multi-task while fulfilling core
responsibilities and supporting team efforts. • Meet or exceed
performance goals, metrics, and expectations in a remote team
environment. • Participate in and provide feedback on periodic
performance conversations. • Monitor and measure personal
performance to gauge personal effectiveness through the month and
deliver upon established performance expectations. • Adhere to the
highest legal and ethical standards applicable to our industry
while observing both the spirit and letter of all applicable
government regulations and laws and Bank policies and procedures. •
Build solid relationships and effectively communicate with other
internal departments such as retail lending, branch banking, loan
operations and other Bank employees to ensure timely resolution of
defaulted and maturing loans. • Conduct skip tracing to identify
and update borrower location and contact information. • Prepare,
proof-read and verify accuracy of written correspondence to
borrowers in default including but not limited to default, demand,
pre-acceleration and acceleration letters. • Prepare forms and
reports to the Collection Manager such as charge-off forms. •
Coordinate 3rd party field visits to the collateral properties of
delinquent accounts in accordance with Bank policy and procedure. •
Consent to being recorded on inbound and outbound calls in the
course of fulfilling the responsibilities of the role. • Additional
responsibilities as assigned by the Collections Manager and Bank
leadership team. • Adhere to Seacoast Bank’s Code of Conduct.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: • High School Diploma. • 1-2 years of
collections or comparable customer service experience preferred. •
Ability to write clear and effective correspondence to customers,
including demand letters and emails. • Ability to speak
professionally to individuals over the telephone and via video
conferencing while influencing results, responding to inquiries,
and providing excellent internal and external customer experience.
• Proficient utilization of core bank operating systems, MS Word,
MS Excel software, or other technical applications and systems at
an intermediate level, as needed. • General banking or finance
knowledge as well as working knowledge of loan products including
installment, revolving and residential mortgage. • General debt
collection knowledge that includes applicable regulatory
requirements such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(FDCPA). • Ability to productively work, deliver results, and
promote positive team culture in a remote working environment. •
Strong analytical and problem solving skills. The Statements above
are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being
performed by people assigned to this position. They are not
intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and
skills. Because these statements are general, the job description
is used for a variety of purposes including job evaluations;
performance reviews; recruitment; etc. All Associates are required
to adhere to the highest legal and ethical standards applicable to
our industry. It is the policy of Seacoast Bank that all Associates
will be familiar and compliant with all regulatory, legal, ethical
and Bank risk mitigation requirements pertaining to both our
industry and their individual roles. This includes the on time,
successful completion of annual required training post-hire and
effective execution of role responsibilities.
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