Collections Agent

Role: Collections Agent
Location: Sevenoaks
Hours: Monday to Friday, rota between 8am-7pm
Salary: £24,500pa - £27,050pa + Company Benefits
We are currently recruiting for a Collections Agent for a fantastic financial services organisation. We are looking for an individual ideally with a background in Collections Credit Control or similar to join their expanding team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deal with telephone and email queries from customers who are experiencing financial difficulties, finding suitable payment solutions for any missed payments
- Collect card payments, or set up payment plans
- Display compassion and understanding towards customers in vulnerable circumstances, ensuring that all vulnerable or potentially vulnerable customers are managed appropriately
- Accurately record conversations and administrative actions within the relevant systems
- Identify Expressions of Dissatisfaction and potential complaints, recording these accurately and passed to the relevant team
- Review processes which could be automated or enhanced to improve the customer and business
experience, sharing this with your team leader
- Identify and raise any risks with your team leader
Person Specification:
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to establish working relationships at all levels
- Excellent customer service skills
- Comfortable identifying and raising issues
- Appreciates the importance for attention to detail
- Resilient, not derailed by a setback
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong work ethic
- Professional and well presented
Additional Requirements:
- Office hours are between 8am-7pm, shift-based rota
- Hybrid working available after training completed (3 days in the office as a minimum)
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