Collections Agent

• Are you a curious person who is comfortable asking questions?
• Have you got experience of dealing with customers over the phone?
• Are you empathetic and committed to providing a first class customer experience?

About the Role

You'll be supporting our customers on a day to day basis, answering any questions they may have as well as understanding why they have fallen into arrears; making sure that they are provided with appropriate solutions to help them to manage their finance agreement with us and improve their financial health.

You'll enjoy talking to customers and you're inquisitive with strong communication skills and, along with the rest of our Collections team, you'll focus on good customer outcomes and are able to proactively manage and prioritise your work.

You've the ability to recognise that sometimes, delivering the right customer outcome involves making those more difficult decisions where it is evident that the agreement is no longer affordable for the customer.

If you've worked in a consumer credit environment previously that would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Manage a daily queue system of allocated accounts.
• Contact customers when they have arrears via telephone, email, text and letter to determine their situation, primarily focused on obtaining payments or agreeing a repayment plan (where appropriate) in keeping with company policies and customer affordability.
• Offer alternative forbearance options to customers where a repayment plan/payment is not the right option for the customer.
• Respond to customer letters, text and email queries.
• Liaise with debt management agencies where appropriate.
• Take manual payments over the telephone.
• Take inbound calls from customers regarding their agreement.
• Liaise with other departments where necessary to effectively manage situations.
• Review customer credit files information.
• Any other ad hoc duties.

You'll work 37.5 hours each week, with shifts allocated between 8.00 am - 8.00 pm and will work one Saturday morning (9 am - 1 pm) every 4 weeks.

About Billing Finance

Billing Finance is a privately owned, family run vehicle financing company based on the outskirts of Northampton. We focus on customers with non standard credit profiles that may not fit the automated underwriting processes of other lenders. Our mission is to help get all our people, including customers and staff, "where they need to be" by "putting them at the heart of everything we do". We are entering an exciting phase of transformation and, as a small company, this role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work across the whole customer journey cycle and to directly see the impacts that they have made.

Our values

• We are responsible - We are conscious of our impact on people and planet
• We care about you - We are kind and compassionate with our customers and with each other
• We work with you - We support financial wellbeing for our customers and the wider community

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension salary sacrifice scheme
• Private Medical
• Income Protection
• Employee Assistance Programme

Equal Opportunities

Billing Finance is an equal opportunities employer, and we understand that for some candidates to perform their best they may need some reasonable adjustments. If we can make your application journey with us more suitable for you, please do let us know and we will endeavour to help.