Collections Specialist

Together; Heald Green; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Heald Green is seeking a Collections Specialist to provide high-quality support to customers facing financial difficulties. The role involves managing inbound and outbound calls, understanding customer circumstances, and offering sustainable support. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional communication and customer service skills, with a commitment to identifying customers' needs and resolving inquiries effectively. This office-based position provides a supportive and inclusive working environment.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance and Critical illness cover

Free gym access

Qualifications

• Exceptional Customer Service and communication skills.
• An understanding of good customer outcomes.
• An empathetic approach to customers through active listening.

Responsibilities

• Deal with inbound and outbound telephone calls from customers.
• Understand the root cause of a customer's financial situation.
• Resolve customer enquiries to completion.

Skills

Exceptional Customer Service skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

• Working Hours: Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
• Department: Collections
• Office or Field Based: Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW)
• Contract type: Permanent

Company Description

Benefits of working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

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Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common‑sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 750 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book.

Job Description

As a Collections Specialist, you will be providing high quality support to our customers. Your aim will be to understand a customer's circumstance and offer the appropriate sustainable support for customers in financial difficulties or are experiencing in‑life vulnerabilities. You will be dealing with inbound and outbound enquiries from customers in all stages of arrears.

As a Collections Specialist, we are looking for someone to:

• Deal with inbound and outbound telephone calls from customers relating to early and/or late stage arrears on regulated and unregulated accounts
• Listen and question and understand the root cause of a customer's financial situation and work with the customer to find their needs
• Resolve customer enquiries to completion, aiming for first contact resolution where appropriate.
• Identify and attempt to resolve potential customer complaints
• Understand the needs of vulnerable customers and arrange the appropriate type of support, including signposting to organisations who can help

Qualifications

• Exceptional Customer Service and communication skills, with a commitment to minimising customer effort
• An excellent understanding of what a good customer outcomes looks like
• An empathetic approach to customers through active listening and effective questioning
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure

If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.

Additional Information

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Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.