Area Collection Manager - SME Retail

PeopleStrong; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Finance Ltd. (ABFL) is seeking a Collections Manager to lead the collections process for delinquent accounts across a pan-India footprint. The role focuses on reducing NPAs, coordinating with borrowers, and delivering compliant recovery strategies.

The ideal candidate holds an undergraduate degree with experience in collections, and will operate within ABFL's RBI-registered NBFC framework to achieve target resolutions and write-ups.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree required.
• Experience in collections or debt recovery preferred.
• Knowledge of NBFC regulatory environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage the collections process for delinquent accounts within a location.
• Work with non-performing borrowers to devise recovery solutions.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Collections

Under Graduate

Education

Undergraduate

Job description

DEPARTMENT-1 Collections - SME

Country India

Function Others

Skills

Skill

Collections

Under Graduate

CERTIFICATION

Job Description

Basic Details: Fill the required information about business, unit, location, position, reports to position and date of updation of JD

Business

Unit

Aditya Birla Finance Ltd.

Location

Pan India

Poornata Position Number of the job

Reports to: Poornata Position Number

Poornata Position Title of the job

Collections Manager

Reports to: Poornata Position Title

Area Collections Manager

Function

Reports to: Function

Department

Reports to: Department

Designation of the Employee:

Collections Manager

Manager’s Designation:

Area Collections Manager

Date of writing/ Updation of JD

25 th March 2021

1) Job Purpose: Write the purpose for which the job exists (in 2-3 lines) ( Max 1325 Characters)

To manage the collections process for a set of delinquent accounts within a location, working with non-performing defaulting borrowers to create optimum recovery solutions, ensuring compliance with all internal policies and relevant regulations.

2) Dimensions: Mention quantitative or qualitative parameters that are relevant for the job and provide a better understanding of the scope and scale of the job.

Other Quantitative and Important Parameters for the job

• Achievement of month ECL /NCL & Resolution Targets
• Delivery of ECL numbers, which gets prepared by the Strategy Team
• High focus on Cost metrics and CoA’s.

3) Job Context & Major Challenges: Write the specific aspects of the job that provide a challenge (internal and external) to the jobholder in the context of the Business/Unit/Function/Department/Section ( (Max 3975 Characters)

Aditya Birla Finance Limited ("ABFL") is a lending subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited. ABFL is registered with RBI as a Systematically Important Non-Deposit accepting Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC). ABFL is one of the top private diversified NBFCs in India. As of 31-Dec’20, ABFL has a pan-India presence with 91 branches and a lending book of Rs. 45,560 Crores.

ABFL offers end-to-end lending solutions to a diverse set of customers - Retail, HNI, MSMEs, and Mid & Large Corporates through secured as well as unsecured loan products. The diverse range of lending products includes Retail Small Ticket Secured and Unsecured Loans, Unsecured Personal Loans, Unsecured Business Loans, Health & Education Loans, Digital B2B2C and B2B2B Small Ticket Loans, Small Business Secured Loans, Loans Against Property (LAP), Lease Rental Discounting (LRD), Construction Finance (to Real Estate Developers), SME Loans, Capital Markets Loans (Loan Against Shares), Supply Chain Finance, Mid and Large Corporate Loans, and Infrastructure Finance loans. ABFL also has a Wealth Management division.

ABFL is rated “AAA” by India Ratings, ICRA and CARE (reaffirmed in 2020). ABFL secured the ABG Business Excellence Award in 2017 (Silver), and 2015 (Bronze), and multiple other Awards on forums like CII

Collections function carries out monitoring of client wise exposure and portfolio exposure to identify ‘early warning signals’ of stress and to minimize NPAs. This monitoring is done by dedicated teams who specialize in managing delinquent customers who have come under financial stress due to unfavourable market events / changes in business patterns and as well as from those customers who have intentionally stopped payment of dues with mala-fide intentions. It also carries out overdue loan recovery from defaulting clients.

4) Key Result Areas: Write the key results expected from the job and the supporting actions for each of these key result areas (For a majority of jobs typically there could be 4- 7 key result areas)- Maximum 10 KRAs can be updated

Key Result Areas ( Max 1325 Characters)

Supporting Actions ( Max 1325 Characters)

Achieve collections targets

• Minimize credit losses for portfolio
• Drive higher resolution rates.
• Daily monitoring and regular reviews of delinquent portfolio
• Work with non-performing defaulting borrowers to create optimum recovery solutions

Portfolio review and monitoring

• Monitor customer accounts, flagging likely cases of default or delayed payment
• Provide regular inputs to Management and all the other stakeholders such as Sales, Risk, Policy Team on various aspects of collections resolution and delinquency trends, Negative Areas, Negative Profile, Non-Starters, SKIPs, Fraud Cases, etc.

Compliance and audit

• Maintain all documentation related to the collections process in accordance with internal norms and regulatory requirements
• Respond to customer complaints regarding the collections process, taking steps to ensure a satisfactory outcome for both ABFL as well as its customers
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