Collections Agent - Legal

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iMasFinance

Centurion

ZAR 50 000 - 200 000

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3 days ago

Job description

Job title: Collections Agent - Legal

Job Location: Gauteng, Centurion
Deadline: March 12, 2025

Job Outputs:

Handover legal cases to debt collectors and attorneys
Handle the foreclosure process
Support the Team leader and Legal Collections Manager in the execution of Outsourced collections and Recoveries strategies
Manage attorneys and debt collector’s portfolios and arrange for payments
Coordinate activities with external agencies, manage stakeholder relationships throughout the process
Handle debt collectors and members queries
Solve practical problems and deal effectively with members
Make arrangements with members for short fall
Secure promise to pays
Attend to routine correspondence with regards to collections or recovery issues
Maintain the computer-based information system on all collection activities
Ensure that all EDC’s engagements are accurately recorded on the appropriate systems
Assist with the establishment of a panel of debt collectors and attorneys
Knowledge of the Swordfish Collections system would be an added advantage
Report on portfolios
Administer the repossession of vehicles and demands
Liaise with valuators, tracers, sheriffs, and lien holders
Handle legal collections queries and follow up of legal processes
Manage progress on judgements
Maintain internal and external relationships

Qualifications:

Grade 12 with accounting
Relevant Qualification – Paralegal studies, Diploma in Credit Management, Debt Collection, Diploma in Law
Driver’s licence (Minimum Code 8)
LLB would be an added advantage

Experience:

Minimum 5 years’ late-stage debt collection and/or legal collections experience, legal administration experience in the legal firm responsible for debt collections
Knowledge of Foreclosure process would be an added advantage
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