Garnishment Officer
About this role
Key Responsibilities
1. Legal Notice Processing
- Review incoming legal notices (garnishments, levies, liens, subpoenas) to ensure:
- Accuracy
- Completeness
- Basic legal validity (as per defined guidelines)
- Identify impacted customer accounts within internal systems.
- Categorise and prioritise incoming notices based on type and urgency.
2. Account Actions & Case Handling
- Place and release account holds in accordance with legal requirements and internal procedures.
- Support processing of levies, including:
- Applying account restrictions
- Supporting recurring holds
- Facilitating fund remittance coordination
- Process UCC liens, subpoenas, and account freeze requests.
- Handle account releases following legal resolution.
3. Case Management & Documentation
- Manage end-to-end case lifecycle, including:
- Case creation and tracking
- Updating system records
- Maintaining complete documentation
- Download and upload legal notices into internal systems.
- Maintain accurate and audit-ready records for all processed cases.
- Monitor assigned workload and meet defined SLAs and turnaround times.
4. External Communication & Responses
- Prepare and submit responses to third parties (e.g. creditors, tax authorities, agencies).
- Communicate with:
- Customers
- Government agencies
- Legal representatives / attorneys
- Respond to email-based cases using predefined templates and macros.
- Escalate complex or sensitive cases to the Manager where required.
5. Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Adhere to all legal, regulatory, and client-specific requirements.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of all case actions and communications.
- Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and internal controls.
- Support audit requests and quality review processes.
6. Process Support & Continuous Improvement
- Identify process inefficiencies or recurring issues.
- Suggest improvements to workflows, templates, and SOPs.
- Participate in training and process updates as required.
Key Requirements
Experience
- 2–3 years’ experience in operations or back-office processing, ideally within:
- Financial services
- Payroll or garnishments
- Legal or compliance processing
- BPO/shared services environment
Core Skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to manage high-volume, case-based workflows
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow structured processes and SOPs
- Basic understanding of compliance-driven environments
- Strong time management and prioritisation skills
Preferred Attributes
- Exposure to legal notices (garnishments, levies, subpoenas, liens)
- Experience with case management systems
- Familiarity with email-based workflows and templates/macros
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Company at a glance
In the US, Grant Thornton LLP and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) practice as an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations and professional standards. Grant Thornton LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients, and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business consulting services to their clients. Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.
With a unified, local presence across several countries – including the U.S., Ireland, and others, our platform represents a community of 18,000+ problem solvers, relationship builders, and quality-driven industry specialists. Serving clients across 16 distinct industries, we believe how we serve matters as much as what we do. Learn how we go beyond the expectations of business at GT.com.
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