Regional Collections Manager, Lagos (Nigeria)

Regional Collections Manager, Lagos (Nigeria)

Department: Corporate Risk

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Nigeria

Reporting To: Zonal Credit Manager, Lagos Zone


Description

Location : Lagos, Nigeria

The team you would Join:
Sun King’s Global Corporate Risk team identifies, monitor and control the credit risk inherent in the company’s direct to consumer business. The Corporate Risk team works collaboratively with the company’s PAYG Direct Sales, Operations, and Finance teams across multiple countries to maintain the health of the solar energy loan portfolio. The team continuously analyzes sales and customer payment related data and identifies, pilots, and executes new sales, collections, and incentive processes. The Corporate Risk team also leads the company’s efforts around customer data privacy and consumer protection.

About the Role:
We are looking for a passionate, diligent, well organized, highly logical person to join our Risk department as a Regional Collections person. 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:

  • Analysing regional portfolio and repayment trends and laying down daily, weekly, 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 problems of disabled lamps and repayments.
  • Providing weekly updates to zonal credit analyst as regards 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 on 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 centres and set up for the key 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 3 years of work experience in a similar position with field experience and collaborating with rural customers settlements.
  • Are enthusiastic about working in the field to drive collections, resolving issues, and enhancing the customer experience.
  • Have strong experience from Microfinance/ Fintech or banking background on Credit Collections debt recovery preferable.
  • Have good logical, communication & people skills.
  • Have clear and straight to the point communication skills with fluency in English and Language of assigned territory.
  • Have clear thinking/problem-solving ability.
  • Are enthusiastic about collaborating with rural customers & resolve customers issues.
  • Have excellent issue-tracking and resolution skills.
  • Are able to manage multiple tasks at the same time diligently and accurately.
  • Can work with multiple sales teams and cross-functional teams seamlessly.
  • Are familiar with the territory.

What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

  • An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast growing, high impact industry;
  • The chance to work in an open minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Greenlighters who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world;
  • 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 Greenlight Academy.
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