Collections Officer, Late Arrears

Collections Officer, Late Arrears Location – Sydney or Melbourne

• Join a fast-growing & ambitious financial services firm.
• Use your exceptional customer service & comm’s skills to resolve collection issues.
• Allied Credit has a hybrid environment, we believe is a healthy work-life balance.

Late ArrearsCollections Officer . Responsibilities

• Manage an arrears queue of work through outbound and inbound calls from customers and/ or business partners.
• Responding to written correspondence received from customers and/or our business partners.
• Identifying risk and ensuring matters are escalated promptly to help mitigate losses, complaints or poor customer/ business outcomes.
• Negotiate payment plans utilising active listening and negotiations skills, while also delivering an exceptional customer experience.
• Keep clear, concise, and accurate customer records in the designated systems.
• Ensure all actions meet regulatory requirements governed by the NCCP, Privacy Act, RG 165 and internal processes and procedures.
• Taking ownership of complex matters and participating in change implementation activities
• Contribute to the success of the wider Retail Operations team, by supporting other areas from time to time.

Your background

• Experience working in Financial Services, preferably the Automotive/ Asset Finance industry.
• Relevant late stage (31 days+) collections in a fast-paced responsible lending environment using a dialler system.
• Familiarity with skip tracing and its associated tools.
• Sound understanding of NCCP and the Debt Collections Guidelines would be highly valued.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with strong negotiation capabilities.
• High level of attention to detail with a demonstrated ability to learn and or explain complex processes.

Benefits of working at Allied Credit

• Hybrid working arrangements, we are always willing to discuss flexible working options.
• Access to our exclusive corporate superannuation fund.
• Salary Continuance Insurance (covering TPD insurance).
• Discount offers on selected retailers, car loans and novated leasing options.
• Ongoing extensive in-house and external learning & development opportunities.
• Wellness day with ongoing wellbeing, diversity program & fund-raising events.

For further information on Allied Credit, please visit our website at https://alliedcredit.com.au/. Please contact

Allied Credit is a privately-owned finance company enabling vehicle and equipment manufacturers, distributors and dealership groups to provide branded retail and floorplan finance products in the Australian market. We offer a range of finance solutions from white label and joint venture partnerships to floorplan finance. We are continually expanding our offering.

These solutions, along with our proprietary POS loan origination system, Lightning, are designed to support our partners’ businesses and facilitate convenient and easy finance solutions for their customers. Today, Allied Credit is the retail finance business partner of choice for an increasing array of well-known leading brands and dealer groups in the automotive, motorcycle, marine and recreation industries.