Factoring Operations Specialist
Posted Aug 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
How do you keep accuracy up on repetitive cash application work?
What they are checking: Whether they have real habits that keep accuracy high on repetitive cash work, because small errors repeated at volume become expensive client problems.
Tell me about catching an error before it affected a client.
What they are checking: Whether they can show a real example of catching an error early, which proves attention to detail better than simply claiming to have it.
How do you work with fellow operations specialists so that clients get consistent handling?
What they are checking: Whether they coordinate with teammates so every client gets the same handling, since the posting stresses consistency across the operations team.
This is in Chicago at fifty to sixty-five thousand dollars plus bonus, asking up to five years of factoring, banking or asset-based lending operations experience. What would you want to know about the client portfolio?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the pay, location and experience terms and ask sensible questions about workload, which shows they are weighing the job seriously.
What would you do
You would escalate payment posting issues to a client lead or team lead. What kind of issue would you escalate rather than resolve?
What they are checking: Where their authority ends, which the posting leaves to judgment.
You are the primary operations contact for assigned clients. How do you explain a posting problem to a client who is waiting on funds?
What they are checking: Whether they can explain a posting problem clearly and calmly to a client waiting on funds, keeping trust while the issue gets fixed.
You work to established turnaround times. What do you do when volume exceeds what the day allows?
What they are checking: Whether they triage sensibly and speak up early when volume threatens turnaround times, instead of quietly letting service levels slip for clients.
About the work
This role processes daily client cash receipts for a receivables finance business. Walk me through applying a payment that does not match any open invoice.
What they are checking: Whether they use sound judgment applying cash that doesn't match an invoice, since this daily task decides whether client accounts and funding are right.
How is factoring different from ordinary lending in what the operations team has to get right?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that in factoring the receivable itself is the bank's collateral, which changes what operations must verify and protect every day.
You would alert the portfolio manager to payment irregularities. What kind of irregularity would concern you?
What they are checking: Whether they read the payments or just process them — the real value of the seat.
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