Assistant Legal Collection Officer (6 Months Contract) at HCS Affiliates Group

Our Client, a financial services provider seeks to recruit an Assistant Legal Collections Officer.

Reporting to: Legal Collections Officer

Contract Duration: 6 Months, with possibility of extension

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Managing the non-performing, active legal control and bad debt portfolios
• Managing the litigations process including but not limited to:
• Brief Attorneys to institute litigation, liquidation, sequestration, eviction  and auction proceedings
• Liaise with borrowers make settlement agreements offers and payment arrangements
• Liaise with vendors including but not limited with attorneys, liquidators, valuers, property agents and auctioneers
• Attend to drafting of internal processing documents
• Attend to drafting demand letters, formal letters to borrowers or their representatives and settlement agreements
• Manage repossessed property portfolio
• Give weekly feedback on the progress of matters

Qualifications and Education requirements

• An LLB qualification with at least two years relevant experience or must have at least 4 years’ experience in Debt collecting and credit management, being a Certified Credit Professional will be an advantage
• She/he will have to be familiar with litigation proceedings, Rules of the High Court and Magistrate’s Court and Company Law, The National Credit Act and Consumer Protection Act
• She/he must have a strong network in the court system and land offices
• The person must have excellent negotiation and communication skills and must have knowledge and experience of liquidations, sequestrations, credit management and debt collecting.

Competencies

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Adhering to Principles and Value People
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Writing and Reporting
• Applying Expertise and Technology