Manager Field Collections

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking a Collection Specialist to join their Wealth and Retail Banking team in Kuala Lumpur. This role is vital for assisting customers in financial distress and will involve providing tailored financial solutions while managing credit risks. The position offers opportunities for growth within a supportive team culture and includes comprehensive training and competitive remuneration.

Benefits

Comprehensive training

Performance-related reward and recognition

Flexible work arrangements

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Qualifications

• Proactive attitude with excellent communication (written and spoken) skills.
• Experienced in providing outstanding customer service.
• Ability to work in dynamic environments.

Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally and assist customers in financial difficulties.
• Report adverse trends and mitigate credit risks.
• Collaborate with a motivated team to meet and exceed targets.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Customer service

Negotiation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

As a Standard Chartered Collection Specialist, you’ll be a part of the Wealth and Retail Banking team and will play an important role within our Collections and Recoveries Unit. You’ll be the first point of contact for our customers, have the opportunity to help our clients meet their financial needs, and lead strategies to minimise our exposure to credit risk and save losses to the Bank.

About Wealth and Retail Banking
Wealth and Retail Banking (WRB) serves more than 11 million clients in many of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Our client continuum spans from Mass Retail to Affluent, including high-net worth clients served by our Private Bank. We leverage digital banking channels with a human touch to provide clients with differentiated products and services such as deposits, payments, financing, wealth management and personalised advice. We also support small business clients with their business banking needs.

Key Responsibilities
• Communicate professionally and assist customers who are going through financial difficulties.
• Maintain a positive customer experience, by having empathy and the right negotiation techniques.
• Provide the best suited financial solutions, to help the customer back to financial wellbeing.
• Collaborate with a high performing, motivated team to meet and exceed targets.
• Report adverse trends and patterns observed during collections activities to mitigate the credit risk.
• Continuously improve the way of work by identifying process improvements and cost saving opportunities.

What’s in it for you.
• Comprehensive training to help you succeed, grow, and make a real impact.
• Performance related reward and recognition.
• A supportive team culture that values diversity and promotes inclusiveness.
• Flexible work arrangements and work life balance (this will vary by market).
• A career with purpose, working for a Bank proud to be recognised as a great place to work.

Skills and Experience
• Proactive attitude with excellent communication (written and spoken), interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced in providing outstanding customer service, and skilled in active listening to establish and address, customer concerns with respect, professionalism, and empathy.
• Passion for achieving goals and solving challenges.
• Ability to work in dynamic environments and diverse cultures.
• Maintain professional appearance, is organised and presents a positive image.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office.
• Language Proficiency – (Country specific) - Written and spoken – English, and local language.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thingand are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle,continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together,we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-offincluding annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning cultureto support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.