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.
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