Collections Associate

Aimee Willow Connex Ltd; Thorntonhall; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Aimee Willow Connex Ltd is seeking a Customer Support & Collections Associate to help mitigate losses, advise customers on repayment options and coordinate support for those in difficulty. The role emphasizes empathy, analytical assessment, and regulatory awareness.

You will work with customers across channels to understand circumstances, provide clear options, and log any dissatisfaction while maintaining governance standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in collections/recoveries, preferably with lending products.
• Experience with vulnerable customers.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical abilities to assess circumstances and apply appropriate strategies.
• Emotional intelligence, resilience and empathy.
• Strong teamwork in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Mitigate losses to the bank through early engagement with customers in financial difficulty and recoveries strategies.
• Communicate confidentially and empathetically with customers via telephone, post and email.
• Understand customer circumstances through structured questioning and income/expenditure analysis.
• Explain repayment options and point to independent debt advice for informed decisions.
• Identify and respond to customer vulnerability and coordinate additional support where needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Collections experience

Vulnerable customers

Analytical skills

Emotional intelligence

Teamwork

Communication skills

Tools

Alfa Financial Software

Job description

As a Customer Support & Collections Associate, you will need to develop a deep understanding of the asset finance businesses, products and processes. You'll use your exceptional interpersonal skills to deliver good customer outcomes ensuring alignment to divisional objectives. An inquisitive nature, strong initiative, problem solving skills and a customer-first approach are key to success in this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Customer:

• Mitigate losses to the bank through early engagement with customers in financial difficulty and deployment of appropriate collections and recoveries strategies
• Confidentially and empathetically communicate with customers through channels including telephone, post and email
• Understand customer circumstances through appropriate techniques, including structured questioning and use of income and expenditure analysis
• Provide clear explanations of repayment options and independent sources of debt advice to empower customers to make informed decisions
• Identify and respond to customer vulnerability ensuring an appropriate level of care, seeking additional support where needed.

Policies & Procedures:

• Apply the Collections and Recoveries Standards, and associated procedures, to all customer dealings
• Identify and log customer dissatisfaction in an appropriate and professional manner whilst adhering to complaints/escalation process
• Escalate complex queries or situations that cannot be resolved at first instance
• Identify improvements to enhance customer and/or Bank outcomes
• Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE:

• Prior experience in collections/recoveries, ideally in relation to lending products
• Experience with vulnerable customers
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to assess customer circumstances and identify appropriate strategies, applying judgement and decision making skills
• The ability to demonstrate emotional intelligence, resilience and empathy
• Strong teamwork skills, able to collaborate effectively while maintaining individual workload in a fast paced environment

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE/CAN:

• Deliver excellent customer service via previous customer facing roles with excellent and professional telephony skills
• Knowledge of collections and recoveries regulatory requirements and industry standards
• Proficiency in Alfa Financial Software