Quality Assurance Auditor

Sopra Steria Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to support customers facing debt repayment challenges. The role involves ensuring compliance, delivering training, and maintaining high standards of service. Flexible working arrangements are offered, with a hybrid model of two days in the office and three days remote. This position is full-time and permanent, ideal for detail-oriented individuals with a strong understanding of regulatory requirements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

4 x death in service life assurance

Pension

3 days paid volunteering

5 days paid carers leave

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Understanding of FCA regulations related to Debt Recovery.
• Experience in developing training materials.

Responsibilities

• Complete quality assurance checks across the collections team.
• Provide coaching to improve skills and quality of work.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external business requirements.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Coaching

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

If you bring experience in Quality Assurance within a collection or financial services setting, we want to hear from you!

At Sopra Steria Financial Services, you will play an important role in supporting customers who are having difficulties repaying their debt. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of regulatory requirements, combined with hands-on experience in delivering Quality Assurance activities. If you’re detail-oriented, analytical, and passionate about maintaining high standards in an ethical way, this could be the role for you.

We understand that work-life balance is essential, not optional. That’s why we offer flexible working arrangements to help our employees thrive both personally and professionally. In this role, you’ll spend two days a week in our Newcastle office and three days working from home. You will be required to attend the office full-time during a 3-week training period.

What you will be doing:

1. Complete quality assurance checks across the collections team in line with the Quality Framework.
2. Identify risks to ensure the area remains compliant and risk-averse, meeting internal and external business requirements.
3. Provide proactive one-to-one and group coaching, as appropriate, to improve the skills, accuracy, quality of work, and behaviors of the collections team.
4. Develop and maintain training material, when required, to deliver training requirements of the team.
5. Ensure an excellent standard of customer service by developing and delivering processes to monitor the quality of work produced by the team.
6. Be available and approachable to the team for advice, guidance, queries, and assistance.
7. Responsible for ensuring work instructions, desk notes, and other collateral are kept up to date and reviewed regularly.

What you will bring:

• Understanding of FCA regulations and guidance related to Debt Recovery and Consumer Duty.
• Championing Consumer Duty through insightful recommendations that drive continuous improvement in customer experience.
• Strong analytical skills to identify trends and provide actionable insights to senior management.
• Effective coaching and mentoring skills, with the ability to deliver clear and constructive feedback.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and key specific business systems.
• Proven ability to influence the behavior of colleagues and clients by leveraging evidence, subject matter expertise, and strong working relationships.

It would be good if you had:

• Experience in developing and delivering training materials to support learning and development objectives.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do enquire, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Newcastle (Hybrid)

Security Clearance Level: SC

Internal Recruiter: Rachel

Salary: Up to £35,000 (depending on experience)

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, 4 x death in service life assurance, pension, 3 days paid volunteering, 5 days paid carers leave, and a generous flexible benefits fund which you can take in cash.

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The personal information we will need to collect from you will be shared with Cifas, who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.