Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 11 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The company is searching for a tactical debt collector to oversee the prompt receipt of clients’ overdue payments. The debt collector’s responsibilities include spotlighting and contacting prominent defaulters, conceiving payment plans, restructure or reschedule such loans and negotiating updated payment options. You should also inspect clients’ adherence to these updated obligations.
To ensure success as a debt collector, you should possess polished tracking and strategizing techniques.

Debt Recovery Officer’s Duties and Responsibilities:
• Identifying deviations from predetermined payment plans.
• Calling and emailing defaulters to restate their dues.
• Use skip-tracing techniques to locate difficult debtors..
• Proposing realistic, carefully-constructed payment plans.
• Negotiating newly-adjusted payment plans.
• Prepare debt collection reports.
• Monitoring defaulters’ repayments to stop recurrent non-compliance.
• Maintaining an updated, exhaustive paper trail.
• Instituting suitable, timely legal action, if needed.
• Ensure compliance with debt collection laws.
• Resolve conflicts to achieve solutions.
• Share insights to improve debt recovery strategies.
• Attend courts on behalf of BML as part of recovery process.

Education and Experience
• Full grade 12 certificate or higher preferred.
• Proven experience in debt collection (minimum 3 years) , preferably in finance.
• Receipt of a formally-recognized finance qualification is ideal.
• Familiar with debt-related legal provisions.
• Excellent verbal communication and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of debt collection laws.
• Fine-tuned telephone etiquette.
• Discerning, attentive, and thorough.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Certification in debt collection practices is advantageous.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
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• All applications in writing should be accompanied by up-to-date Curriculum Vitae and supporting documents (Note: do not send originals) with the names and addresses of three referees, one of which should be the last or current employer. The applications must be submitted in a sealed envelope indicating the position being applied for.
• Applications should be addressed and submitted to the address below by 25th September 2024:
• The Chief Executive Officer
Bedford Microfinance Limited
Flat Number 2 Permanent Court
Church Road Ridgeway
Lusaka
Zambia
• For any information contact us on +260 211 410 034

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