Collections Analytics Lead

Harnham

United Kingdom

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Bonus
High pension contribution
Private Medical
Pension

Job summary

A leading personal lending company in the UK seeks a Collections Lead to drive strategy on collections and risk. The role involves leading teams, designing strategies, and ensuring compliance while focusing on customer outcomes. Candidates should have over 10 years of collections experience and strong stakeholder management skills. This position offers flexible remote working arrangements, a car allowance, and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of collections experience within consumer lending.
  • Strong stakeholder abilities.
  • Experience with SQL.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and inspire internal teams for productivity and service delivery.
  • Design and execute a strategy for collections and recoveries.
  • Drive data-led initiatives to enhance performance.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Customer Service, and Finance to ensure a cohesive and integrated collections approach
  • Drive data-led initiatives to enhance performance across the collections and recoveries lifecycle
  • Harness technology and innovation to improve customer experience, accessibility, and financial inclusion
  • Ensure regulatory compliance across all collections activities, proactively managing risk and resolving any compliance concerns
  • Streamline operations by optimising workflows and leveraging automation to reduce manual processes and boost efficiency
  • Deliver clear, actionable reporting on key metrics, identifying trends and implementing targeted improvements
  • Set and monitor strategic goals in partnership with senior leadership to reduce delinquency, minimise losses, and maximise recovery rates

Skills

Collections experience
Stakeholder management
SQL

Tools

SQL

Job description

Overview

This unsecured personal lender, operating through aggregator sites, seeks a collections lead to drive strategy forward on collections operations and risk strategy with potential progression to a head of role. The company offers flexible remote working arrangements, a car allowance, and a strong bonus & pension.

Base pay range

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Responsibilities
  • Champion customer outcomes by evolving approach to vulnerable customers and forbearance
  • Lead and inspire internal teams and external partners, holding accountability for productivity, quality, service delivery, and cost efficiency
  • Design and execute a forward-thinking strategy for collections and recoveries that aligns with broader business goals and supports scalable growth
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Customer Service, and Finance to ensure a cohesive and integrated collections approach
  • Drive data-led initiatives to enhance performance across the collections and recoveries lifecycle
  • Harness technology and innovation to improve customer experience, accessibility, and financial inclusion
  • Ensure regulatory compliance across all collections activities, proactively managing risk and resolving any compliance concerns
  • Streamline operations by optimising workflows and leveraging automation to reduce manual processes and boost efficiency
  • Deliver clear, actionable reporting on key metrics, identifying trends and implementing targeted improvements
  • Set and monitor strategic goals in partnership with senior leadership to reduce delinquency, minimise losses, and maximise recovery rates
Qualifications
  • 10+ years of collections experience within consumer lending
  • Experience with SQL
  • Strong stakeholder abilities
Salary and benefits
  • Discretionary Bonus
  • High pension contribution
  • Private Medical
How to apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Shane McWilliams via the Apply link on this page.

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Analyst and Finance
Industries
  • Banking and Financial Services

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