Area Collections Executive, Epe & Ajah (Lagos State)
Department: Corporate Risk
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Nigeria
Reporting To: Zonal Credit Manager, West
Description
Location: Epe (Lagos State)Area Of Coverage: Epe & Ajah
About the role:
We are looking for diligent and well organized team member to join our Risk department as an Area Collections Executive. The Employee will drive the efforts and processes related to collections of our PAYG products in the field. They will also give advice and suggestions on how to improve customer payments and satisfaction while ensuring that the company offer matches end-users expectations.
What you would be expected to do
- Assessing regional portfolio and repayment trends and laying down daily, weekly, and monthly strategies to drive better collection rates from delinquent customers.
- Conducting mystery market visits to confirm the quality of sales and obtain different insights from different areas to enhance strategic direction to mitigate situations of disabled lamps and repayments.
- Providing weekly updates to Sales and Risk Management teams on-field interventions performed and results achieved, along with customer insights.
- Designing, piloting, and operationalizing collection processes necessary for ensuring better repayments and customer satisfaction.
- Working with Area Business Managers and Field Sales Executives to repossess products from delinquent customers in cases where direct intervention is required.
- Reporting any cases of product tampering observed in the field through the process and mechanism established by the Risk team.
- Facilitating reporting and actions to be taken against those perpetrating fraudulent practices in the field, such as product tampering, misinformed sales done by FSEs, etc., as per the processes laid out by the Risk function.
- Training Agents (Field Sales Executives) on dealing with repossessions and difficult customer collection issues.
- Driving operating rhythm to follow up with Agents (Field Officers) to ensure they are completing their collection calls and repossession tasks on time.
- Recruiting cash collection centers and setting up the critical collection area.
You might be a strong candidate if you
- Have Bachelor's degree/Higher Diploma related to Finance, Community Development, Communication, Credit Risk Management or related fields.
- Have at least 1 year of work experience in a similar position with field experience and also with rural customers settlements.
- Are excited about working in the field to drive collections, resolving issues, and enhancing the customer experience.
- Have relevant experience from Microfinance/ Fintech or banking background on Credit Collections debt recovery preferable.
- Have good communication & people skills
- Are excited about working with rural customers & resolve customers issues.
- Have excellent issue-tracking and resolution skills.
- Work with multiple sales teams and cross-functional teams seamlessly.
- Knowledge of the territory will be an added advantage.
What Sun King Offers
- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.