Debt Recovery Officer

Vacancy title: Debt Recovery Officers

Jobs at: Perfect Finance Uganda Limited

Deadline of this Job: 30 May 2024

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Perfect Finance Uganda Limited is a registered financial institution in Uganda and is adherent to the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority’s regulations and guidelines and was founded in 2020 to provide microfinance services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Periodical review of the recovery procedures and advice management on the new development in the recovery process
• Responsible for prompt follow up and recoveries of assigned non-performing loans
• Daily review of the  arrears position and advice the Supervisor on the progress of recovery of all loans above 30 days in arrears
• Ensure that the institution’s recovery agents give proper attention to the recovery of bad debts
• Ensure all demand letters for delinquent loans in his/her portfolio are issued and served promptly in accordance with credit policies and procedures.
• Negotiate with Debtors and ensure that the Debtors repay the bad debts and default charges to the Bank.
• Ensure all recovery activities and follow up are properly documented and filed in customers' credit files.
• Work closely with court bailiffs and legal officers and local authorities to ensure quick disposal of securities pledged for non-performing loans.
• Liaise with court bailiffs and legal officer to ensure alternative recovery measures are employed for unsecured loans and loans secured by inferior securities.
• Responsible for prompt follow up with assigned court bailiffs, auctioneers and other debt recovery agents and advise management on all allocated loans.
• Maintain a proper diary in Excel Spreadsheet format, for all the scheduled debt recovery activities e.g. demand notice expiry, advertisement notice expiry, auction date, e.t.c to be shared with credit Manager on weekly basis.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by credit manager.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicants for the Perfect Finance Uganda Limited Debt Recovery Officer jobs should hold University degrees in business-related fields
• Qualifications in Credit Management/Debt Collection will be a definite advantage
  At least two to three years’ experience in banking operations, with exposure to credit or lending and debt collection functions
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Maturity, honesty, integrity and a strong sense of ethics
• Demonstrated ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Patience and understanding be persuasive, persistent and firm

Application procedure
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications which should include a cover letter and an up-to-date detailed CV through the Brightermonday Portal by Clicking on the 'Apply Here' section