Job Description
• Regular monthly check-ins on overdue accounts – keep updated on all overdue accounts
• Make Calls to Clients with overdue accounts – work closely with PLB branches; attempt to locate & contact clients, primarily over the phone, in order to talk with them about their debts, which includes calling customers at home, at work & on their mobile phones.
• Negotiate Payment Schedules - negotiate payment plans & payment schedules that suit current financial situation while still satisfying the debt.
• Advise Customers - on various payment options. If no payment agreement can be reached, customers are informed of further actions that may be taken to collect overdue debts.
• Maintain Customer Files - keep customer files updated, recording times & dates that contact has been made, noting information that customers have received about their debt.
• Prepare Statements - which will be given to credit departments & other institutions when customers fail to meet their payment agreements or when no payment agreement can be made
• Write Letters - to customers to inform them of their debts. When customers fail to meet their payment obligations & fail to make payment agreements, Collection Officers will write letters to credit agencies, insurance companies, lawyers & customers’ employers to collect debt without the customer’s aid
• Answer Phones - answer incoming calls from customers & other individuals
• Follow up with PLB panel of lawyers – to carry out necessary legal actions to recover debts & loans
• Perform any & all related duties that may be required from time to time
Job Requirement
• Computer skills– requires good hands on working knowledge of computer skills
• Mathematics – basic math skills are required to work on financial figures & numbers
• 2 years of relevant working experience in loan collections
• People skills – good use of persuasive techniques to collect overdue debts from customers:
• Communication skills – good command of both written & verbal English & Khmer language; required to draft letters & speak clearly to clients about their payment options, employing persuasion & other tactics in order to collect debts on overdue accounts
• Attention to detail– must be detail-oriented professionals who take accurate & informative notes for client records & follow proper PLB process & procedures for debt collection