Collection Firm, LTD Financial Services, Plans San Antonio Call Center

San Antonio’s bilingual work force helped convince LTD Financial Services to open a new 200-employee call center here, a company official said.

The Houston-based collection agency plans to open the facility in March at a 17,600-square-foot building in the Corporate Square complex at 4801 N.W. Loop 410, said Jamie Campise, LTD Financial’s director of sales and marketing.

“We picked the building because it’s expandable,” Campise said. “If we need to grow it, we will grow it. If we need to go to 1,000 employees eventually we will. There are no limits.” Initially, LTD Financial Services will start with 100 employees and plans to double its operations by the end of the year, Campise said. The jobs will have salaries ranging from $24,000 to $36,000. Positions include everything from account representatives to managers. The company has opened a job hotline at (800) 414-2101, ext. 2175.

In addition to San Antonio’s Spanish-speaking workforce, Campise said, LTD Financial chose the city because it’s close to Houston and it has an abundance of skilled employees.

LTD Financial, a limited partnership founded eight years ago, handles accounts receivables from major financial institutions. The company does not have a Web site because most of its business is done with the top 20 percent of financial institutions in the country, Campise said, and a Web site is counter-productive to business.

“Our company is focused on nationwide clientele,” Campise said. “We tend to stay out of the consumer spotlight.”