Collection Officer - Complex Collections
Chandler Macleod
- Melbourne, VIC
- Contract
- Full-time
- Ownership and accountability of the debt position of the customers within debt portfolio managing complex cases from inception to resolution where necessary
- Strong commercial decision making around risk -vs- revenue/retention
- Sound commercial risk analysis of debt portfolios
- Completing complex reconciliations across customers and entities including 'many to 1' set ups
- Optimisation of processes that inhibit maximum cash collections, including upstream processes belonging to functional owners outside immediate team
- Pro-active engagement of Key Stakeholders to maximise returns
- Exceptional Customer Service (Internal and External) with Financial objectives in mind
- Initial and proactive management of complex cash lock up disputes
- Investigation skills relating to customer changes and ability to manage end-to-end
- Work with key areas of the business to ensure resolutions to disputes are fully delivered
- Proven experience in a similar role within a large business and corporate environment
- Proven assertiveness, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
- Proven interpersonal skills with high quality written and verbal communication skills
- Strong Risk Analysis skills leading to sound decision making
- Ability to utilize systems and software (SAP, Excel, Power BI) to perform investigations, reconciliation and analysis/reporting to support collections goals
- Self-managing, pro-active, good time management skills with a relentless desire to investigate and resolve root causes
- Strong presentation skills with clear concise communication
- SAP experience preferred
- Exposure managing Unknown Customers to avoid Revenue Leakage preferred