Early Collections Agent Tachbrook Park Permanent, Full-time, Hybrid About the role This role plays a critical part in supporting both our customers and the business by proactively managing customer debt, resolving overdue invoices, and helping us achieve key performance targets. You’ll work closely with customers, internal stakeholders, and third-party partners to secure positive outcomes, while also contributing ideas to continuously improve our processes and ways of working. This is a great opportunity for colleagues who enjoy problem-solving, handling challenging conversations professionally, and working in a fast-paced, target-driven environment. Key responsibilities Proactively contact customers to resolve outstanding debt, handling objections professionally and assertively to achieve successful outcomes Negotiate and validate payment plans where appropriate, ensuring alignment with policy and customer circumstances Work with third-party partners (e.g. Debt Collection Agencies and Legal Partners) to support debt recovery Follow business policies, processes, and procedures, while actively identifying opportunities for improvement Maintain accurate and up-to-date customer records to provide clear visibility across the wider business Respond to customer call-backs in a timely and professional manner Escalate queries or issues that are preventing debt recovery Monitor customer payment behaviour and identify deteriorating trends, ensuring appropriate credit checks are completed Complete your allocated stage of the debt journey and prepare accounts for the next step where required Keep your Team Lead informed of any issues or risks as they arise Report key performance indicators to your Lead on a monthly basis Key skills and experience Essential Experience in debt collection and/or customer service activity Strong communication skills with the ability to build rapport and manage challenging conversations Confident objection-handling skills Hard-working, resilient, and comfortable working towards personal and team targets Organised, with strong attention to detail and effective day-to-day prioritisation Proactive and able to use initiative to drive activity A collaborative team player who contributes to shared KPI goals Able to identify and raise opportunities to improve policies and processes Desirable Knowledge of SAP and Salesforce Previous experience working within a debt collection team Why apply? Opportunity to develop specialist debt management skills High-impact role supporting both customers and the wider business Collaborative team environment with clear performance goals Chance to contribute to continuous improvement across processes