Debt Collector Jobs in New York
Debt Collector jobs in New York draw consistent demand across the financial services, healthcare billing, and consumer lending sectors, with openings at every level from entry-level collections representative through senior portfolio manager. New York City, Buffalo, and Albany concentrate the most activity, anchored by large employers such as Citibank, Capital One, and Northwell Health. Roles specializing in medical billing collections, commercial debt recovery, and third-party agency work see the strongest ongoing need. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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General Information
Location
New York, New York
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Travel Required
10%
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
17-Jun-2026
Job ID
18318
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Step into a role where your expertise makes a real impact. At MetLife Investment Management (MIM), our Private Capital team is redefining strategies beyond traditional markets. You’ll work with corporate private credit, infrastructure debt, private asset-based finance, residential credit and alternative strategies crafting portfolios that create long-term value for our investors. We take a disciplined approach to sourcing and structuring investments, building them for the future. Work with a team that thrives on collaboration to create customized solutions for our clients. If you’re ready to challenge yourself and grow your career, this is where you belong.
The Opportunity
Senior Director – Infrastructure Debt, Renewable Structured Finance, Tax Equity – New York, NY / Whippany, NJ
MetLife Investment Management (“MIM”) is hiring a Senior Director to actively manage a $1 billion+ portfolio of tax equity, leveraged lease, and equity position as well as to underwrite and execute on new infrastructure debt investments as part of the Infrastructure Debt, Americas & APAC team. The Senior Director will focus on maximizing the value of the portfolio and ongoing portfolio management. Additional opportunities to support an expanding infrastructure debt platform as well as tax credit investing. MIM’s Infrastructure Debt platform manages ~$40 billion of AUM with an average deployment over $5 billion over the past five years across infrastructure sectors including power & energy, transportation, digital, social, and utilities. The Infrastructure Debt team sits within MIM’s Private Fixed Income platform which also includes corporate credit, asset-based finance, single family rentals, and residential whole loans. The Senior Director will join a global team of ~20 infrastructure investment professionals located in the firm’s NJ/NY, London, and Santiago, Chile offices. The position is located in the New York, NY / Whippany, NJ offices and reports to the Head of Infrastructure Debt, Americas & APAC.
The Team You Will Join
Infrastructure Debt – Americas & APAC
The Infrastructure Debt team at MetLife Investment Management is responsible for investing in project finance and infrastructure private placement assets. The Americas & APAC team, based in Whippany, NJ, focuses on transactions in the United States, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific region. The Infrastructure Debt platform manages approximately ~$40 billion (12/31/2025) of project finance and infrastructure debt on behalf of affiliated and unaffiliated clients. The team sits within MIM’s Private Fixed Income platform, which manages $143 billion (12/31/2025) across infrastructure debt, corporate credit, asset-based finance, single family rentals, and residential whole loans supported by a 100+ year history of private debt origination. MIM is the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. (“MetLife”) and provides public fixed income, private fixed income, and real estate investment solutions to institutional investors worldwide. MIM had $742 billion of total assets under management as of December 31, 2025. MetLife has helped generations of people around the world protect their families and finances. We are one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management to our individual and institutional customers.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Management
- Actively manage portfolio of almost thirty investments consisting of lease, tax and direct equity investments in primarily infrastructure-related assets such as wind, solar, geothermal, gas, and transmission lines and transportation.
- Evaluate and negotiate potential sale opportunities for tax equity, leverage lease, and equity positions.
- Negotiate amendments, waivers, restructurings, and other operational and credit related requirements with related parties such as lessees, partners, sponsors, asset and O&M managers, counsels, regulators and governmental entities.
- Oversee and ensure ongoing monitoring of portfolio investments (including annual reviews), including credit performance, covenant compliance, and market developments.
- Partner with Client Portfolio Management to update clients on their portfolios (including recurring formal portfolio reviews, monthly Net Investment Income/cashflow/tax forecasts to key client(s), internal client control database signoffs) and respond to client inquiries and reporting needs.
- Maximize investment returns by ensuring each investment’s counterparties (e.g. lessees, partners) are adhering to the relevant agreements and market standards and modeled assumptions.
- Negotiate economic impacts of investment modifications during hold period, as well as investment realizations (exits).
- Maintain senior oversight of portfolio investments originated.
- Participate in issuer and sponsor credit update meetings.
Origination, Structuring & Execution
- Underwrite & execute new infrastructure debt transactions.
- Ability to source tax equity and tax credit deals for MetLife’s general account viewed favorably.
- Collaborate with senior Infrastructure Debt team members on development of investment opportunities and product opportunities.
- Participate in credit committee processes and provide clear investment recommendations supported by robust diligence and risk analysis.
- Prepare investment recommendations related to portfolio transactions and present them to clients.
- Direct transaction execution from mandate through closing, coordinating internal stakeholders and external counsel.
Leadership, Team Development & Platform Growth
- Lead and mentor one analyst responsible for ongoing portfolio management compliance duties. provide coaching, performance feedback, and career development support.
- Foster a strong risk culture and support disciplined underwriting approach across the team.
- Contribute to broader Private Fixed Income and MIM initiatives, including product development, cross-platform collaboration, and process improvement.
Required Qualifications
Required:
- Detailed knowledge of tax equity and leverage lease investment structures including transferability, partnership flips, and back-leverage.
- Ability to negotiate and transact ongoing modification requests and exits from investments.
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and/or CFA strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of infrastructure and/or project finance credit and origination experience, including deep structuring expertise.
- Experience with infrastructure lending, preferably both in bank and bond/note formats.
- Experience in the power & energy sector, including renewables.
- Proven leadership experience managing transaction teams and developing investment professionals.
- Strong credit judgment, financial analysis skills, and ability to balance risk and return.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present complex investment views clearly.
- Willingness to travel as required.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred:
- Experience with private placements and bespoke project finance structures.
- Experience with construction lending, term debt, holdco financings, and preferred equity.
- Experience supporting institutional clients, separately managed accounts, commingled funds, and CLOs.
- Familiarity with Bloomberg and Salesforce or similar tools.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $275,000 - $300,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
General Information
Location
New York, New York
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Travel Required
10%
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
17-Jun-2026
Job ID
18318
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Step into a role where your expertise makes a real impact. At MetLife Investment Management (MIM), our Private Capital team is redefining strategies beyond traditional markets. You’ll work with corporate private credit, infrastructure debt, private asset-based finance, residential credit and alternative strategies crafting portfolios that create long-term value for our investors. We take a disciplined approach to sourcing and structuring investments, building them for the future. Work with a team that thrives on collaboration to create customized solutions for our clients. If you’re ready to challenge yourself and grow your career, this is where you belong.
The Opportunity
Senior Director – Infrastructure Debt, Renewable Structured Finance, Tax Equity – New York, NY / Whippany, NJ
MetLife Investment Management (“MIM”) is hiring a Senior Director to actively manage a $1 billion+ portfolio of tax equity, leveraged lease, and equity position as well as to underwrite and execute on new infrastructure debt investments as part of the Infrastructure Debt, Americas & APAC team. The Senior Director will focus on maximizing the value of the portfolio and ongoing portfolio management. Additional opportunities to support an expanding infrastructure debt platform as well as tax credit investing. MIM’s Infrastructure Debt platform manages ~$40 billion of AUM with an average deployment over $5 billion over the past five years across infrastructure sectors including power & energy, transportation, digital, social, and utilities. The Infrastructure Debt team sits within MIM’s Private Fixed Income platform which also includes corporate credit, asset-based finance, single family rentals, and residential whole loans. The Senior Director will join a global team of ~20 infrastructure investment professionals located in the firm’s NJ/NY, London, and Santiago, Chile offices. The position is located in the New York, NY / Whippany, NJ offices and reports to the Head of Infrastructure Debt, Americas & APAC.
The Team You Will Join
Infrastructure Debt – Americas & APAC
The Infrastructure Debt team at MetLife Investment Management is responsible for investing in project finance and infrastructure private placement assets. The Americas & APAC team, based in Whippany, NJ, focuses on transactions in the United States, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific region. The Infrastructure Debt platform manages approximately ~$40 billion (12/31/2025) of project finance and infrastructure debt on behalf of affiliated and unaffiliated clients. The team sits within MIM’s Private Fixed Income platform, which manages $143 billion (12/31/2025) across infrastructure debt, corporate credit, asset-based finance, single family rentals, and residential whole loans supported by a 100+ year history of private debt origination. MIM is the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. (“MetLife”) and provides public fixed income, private fixed income, and real estate investment solutions to institutional investors worldwide. MIM had $742 billion of total assets under management as of December 31, 2025. MetLife has helped generations of people around the world protect their families and finances. We are one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management to our individual and institutional customers.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Management
- Actively manage portfolio of almost thirty investments consisting of lease, tax and direct equity investments in primarily infrastructure-related assets such as wind, solar, geothermal, gas, and transmission lines and transportation.
- Evaluate and negotiate potential sale opportunities for tax equity, leverage lease, and equity positions.
- Negotiate amendments, waivers, restructurings, and other operational and credit related requirements with related parties such as lessees, partners, sponsors, asset and O&M managers, counsels, regulators and governmental entities.
- Oversee and ensure ongoing monitoring of portfolio investments (including annual reviews), including credit performance, covenant compliance, and market developments.
- Partner with Client Portfolio Management to update clients on their portfolios (including recurring formal portfolio reviews, monthly Net Investment Income/cashflow/tax forecasts to key client(s), internal client control database signoffs) and respond to client inquiries and reporting needs.
- Maximize investment returns by ensuring each investment’s counterparties (e.g. lessees, partners) are adhering to the relevant agreements and market standards and modeled assumptions.
- Negotiate economic impacts of investment modifications during hold period, as well as investment realizations (exits).
- Maintain senior oversight of portfolio investments originated.
- Participate in issuer and sponsor credit update meetings.
Origination, Structuring & Execution
- Underwrite & execute new infrastructure debt transactions.
- Ability to source tax equity and tax credit deals for MetLife’s general account viewed favorably.
- Collaborate with senior Infrastructure Debt team members on development of investment opportunities and product opportunities.
- Participate in credit committee processes and provide clear investment recommendations supported by robust diligence and risk analysis.
- Prepare investment recommendations related to portfolio transactions and present them to clients.
- Direct transaction execution from mandate through closing, coordinating internal stakeholders and external counsel.
Leadership, Team Development & Platform Growth
- Lead and mentor one analyst responsible for ongoing portfolio management compliance duties. provide coaching, performance feedback, and career development support.
- Foster a strong risk culture and support disciplined underwriting approach across the team.
- Contribute to broader Private Fixed Income and MIM initiatives, including product development, cross-platform collaboration, and process improvement.
Required Qualifications
Required:
- Detailed knowledge of tax equity and leverage lease investment structures including transferability, partnership flips, and back-leverage.
- Ability to negotiate and transact ongoing modification requests and exits from investments.
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and/or CFA strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of infrastructure and/or project finance credit and origination experience, including deep structuring expertise.
- Experience with infrastructure lending, preferably both in bank and bond/note formats.
- Experience in the power & energy sector, including renewables.
- Proven leadership experience managing transaction teams and developing investment professionals.
- Strong credit judgment, financial analysis skills, and ability to balance risk and return.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present complex investment views clearly.
- Willingness to travel as required.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred:
- Experience with private placements and bespoke project finance structures.
- Experience with construction lending, term debt, holdco financings, and preferred equity.
- Experience supporting institutional clients, separately managed accounts, commingled funds, and CLOs.
- Familiarity with Bloomberg and Salesforce or similar tools.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $275,000 - $300,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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Where New York roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Debt Collector Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Deutsche Bank3
- MetLife3
- Macquarie2
- Natixis2
- Audax Management Company (Ny)1
Top Industries Hiring
- Investment & Asset Management8
- Insurance3
- Law & Legal Services2
- Consulting & Professional Services1
- Healthcare & Medical Services1
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in debt collector jobs across New York.
- Active registration with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection where required
- Demonstrated familiarity with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and New York State debt collection laws
- Experience using collections management software such as CUBS, FACS, or similar platforms
- High school diploma or equivalent required, associate or bachelor's degree preferred by many employers
- Strong negotiation and verbal communication skills in a high-volume call environment
- Ability to meet productivity and recovery targets in a compliance-driven setting
Debt Collector Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a debt collector in New York?
Debt collectors working in New York City must register with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection under the debt collection agency licensing requirements, while collectors operating statewide outside the city are governed by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Most employers require a high school diploma at minimum. Familiarity with the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and New York's own debt collection regulations is essential before starting work.
Which companies hire debt collectors in New York?
Employers hiring debt collectors in New York right now include Deutsche Bank, MetLife, and Macquarie, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's concentration of major banks, hospital networks, and third-party collection agencies means openings appear across a wide range of industries throughout the state.
Which New York cities have the most debt collector jobs?
New York, Columbus, and New York account for the most debt collector openings in New York. New York City dominates due to its density of financial institutions, healthcare systems, and third-party collection agencies, while Buffalo and Albany generate steady demand from regional banks, credit unions, and large health systems that maintain significant back-office collections operations outside the metro.
Are there remote debt collector jobs in New York?
Yes, and they are more common than in many fields, since collections work is largely phone and software-based. About 28% of debt collector openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how readily the role translates to a home-office setup. Outbound consumer collections and medical billing recovery roles tend to offer the most remote flexibility.
How can I get hired as a debt collector in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying directly to third-party collection agencies and large hospital revenue cycle departments in New York, which regularly hire for entry-level collections representative roles with no prior experience required. Employers such as Northwell Health and major regional agencies often train new hires on-site. Moving laterally from customer service, retail banking, or medical billing into a junior collections role is a well-worn path, and completing a course in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act signals readiness to compliance-focused hiring managers.
Where can I find and apply to debt collector jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to debt collector jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings updated regularly. Find roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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