Hybrid Collections Strategy and Performance Manager

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About the role

  • Collections Strategy & Performance Manager optimizing collections strategy across arrears lifecycle at Amplifi Capital in Leeds, leveraging data and consumer lending expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, optimisation, and performance of collections strategies across early arrears, late arrears, default, and recoveries.
  • Use internal and external data to develop, test, and refine segmentation, treatments, and contact strategies.
  • Define and track core collections performance metrics, turning insight into clear actions and prioritised change.
  • Lead structured strategy testing and experimentation, with clear success measures and controls.
  • Design and evolve customer solutions and forbearance options that reflect affordability, vulnerability, and regulatory expectations.
  • Ensure strategies deliver fair outcomes for customers in financial difficulty and align with Consumer Duty and Financial Assistance requirements.
  • Work closely with Operations to ensure strategies are practical, controlled, and consistently applied.
  • Build and own scalable, self-serve‑ collections MI and monitoring that provides clear visibility of performance and risk.
  • Reduce manual reporting by embedding automated controls, alerts, and performance views.
  • Act as a hands-on‑ user of analytics to answer commercial and regulatory questions.
  • Own the Collections strategy and product roadmap, building business cases to prioritise enhancements, automation, and tooling improvements.
  • Lead strategy led‑ change initiatives end to end, partnering with Credit Risk, Product, Operations, Technology, and Compliance.
  • Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce friction, and improve scalability.
  • Oversee the performance of third-party‑ collections and recoveries partners, setting strategy, KPIs, and outcome expectations.
  • Use performance insight to challenge and optimise partner performance.
  • Maintain strong governance, documentation, and auditability of strategy decisions.

Requirements

  • A proven track record with 5+ years’ experience in analytics or data focused collections and recoveries strategy roles.
  • Proven experience using data and analytics to design, optimise, and evaluate collections strategies, including customer level behavioural analysis.
  • Strong understanding of the UK Financial Assistance regulatory landscape, including CONC and Consumer Duty.
  • Experience working with or overseeing third-party partners (e.g., DCAs, debt purchasers) to optimise Collections and Recoveries.
  • Demonstrated success influencing and partnering with Credit Risk (2LoD), Product, Operations, Compliance, leadership teams.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across a fast paced, cross functional environment with diverse skill sets.
  • Hands‑on experience interrogating data and building insight using tools such as SQL, Python, SAS, Power BI or R
  • Strong analytical thinking paired with the ability to step back and think strategically, shaping long-term direction as well as day-to-day improvements.
  • Comfortable exercising independent decision making, owning outcomes, and operating with autonomy.
  • Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines without compromising quality or judgement.
  • Clear and confident communicator able to translate complex analysis into practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Collaborative, adaptable, and willing to roll sleeves up to support broader team priorities.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Pension
  • Holiday Purchase Scheme
  • Discounted Gym Membership
  • Subsidised Nursery Fees
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Hybrid working (2 days from home).

Job title

Collections Strategy and Performance Manager

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Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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