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Date Added: Thu 20/06/2024

Collections Agent

Sheffield, UK
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Company: MERJE LTD

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £23,000 - £26,000 per annum

Collections Agent

Sheffield

£23,000- £26,000

My client is looking for a Collections Agent who will be responsible for making and receiving telephone calls from businesses and individuals to recover outstanding debts. Handling difficult conversations in a sensitive and professional manner with customers over the telephone.

The successful candidate will be working shifts between 8am to 8pm - Monday to Friday, in an open plan, contact centre environment – achieving personal and team targets. The role requires clear and confident communication skills, both writing/data entry and over the telephone, and the ability to work to targets. The successful candidate will have previous experience working in a call centre or credit control type role, be happy to make outgoing telephone calls to customers, and have strong problem-solving abilities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Making and receiving telephone calls with customers to arrange payment of outstanding debts
  • Handling difficult conversations in a sensitive and professional manner with customers over the telephone
  • Entering accurate records of conversations and payment agreements into a customer database
  • Following processes and guidelines regarding debt collection
  • Accurately entering customer payment details into our systems - ensuring these are entered correctly first time around

Required knowledge and experience:

  • Previous experience working in a call centre or credit control type role
  • Clear and confident communications skills – both writing/data entry and over the telephone
  • Comfortable working to targets – earning more money based on achievements
  • Strong IT skills – ability to pick up different technologies and systems quickly
  • Happy to make outgoing telephone calls to customers - on occasions these can be difficult conversations

If you have the required experience and would like to work for a leading debt recovery company in the UK, please apply now.

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