About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Be #InGoodHands with Metrobank!</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Here at Metrobank, we don't simply hire employees—we hone future leaders. We provide opportunities that enhance your skills and unlock your talents, helping you evolve into a well-rounded individual. We supply you with all the pieces you need to do your best work, unleashing your full potential to help you secure your future and lead a fulfilling career. And with Metrobank's strong heart for the community, you have the chance to give back and make worthwhile contributions to our nation's economic and social development. With Metrobank, a meaningful life is within your reach!</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 9.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 9.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Position Title: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"> Recoveries Specialist</span></p> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Job Summary</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">The position is responsible for managing assigned collection agencies and ensuring that flow rates, lagged and coincident delinquencies of 90-179 days past due accounts (dpd) accounts are within desired parameters, minimizing gross credit loss while maximizing recoveries from written-off accounts</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Specific Duties & Responsibilities</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Acquires ownership of 90+ days past due accounts or from the time these are endorsed to the assigned agency by practicing proactive agency management</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Manages external collection agencies, ensuring that:</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Monthly Recoveries targets are met</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Flow rate and collection rate targets are met; </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Help monitor delinquency levels within projected standards and minimize credit losses</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Accounts under litigation are properly handled as evidenced by court case updates</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:left"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Monitors strictly and efficiently collection/payment system in place</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Manages agency inventory to ensure that endorsements are maximized</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Conducts agency visits to establish close monitoring and coordination and ensure that a visit report is submitted within the agreed turn around time</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Conducts audit to ensure that all recovery activities performed by the agency are within guidelines at all times. For any breaches, ensure these are documented and corrective and preventive actions are in place</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">- Conducts a robust bi-annual Business Review for assigned colle</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">ction agencies</span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Results of collection efforts and payments of all accounts endorsed to the collection agencies are strictly monitored with periodic reports being transmitted to collection agencies</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Puts the use of standard discounting and factor rate tables in place to facilitate collection</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Ensures timely submission of commission schedules and requests for Cashier’s Order cheques due the collection agencies</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Maximizes collection/recovery: </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assists customers in drawing and finalizing payment arrangements, as much as possible, with no incidence of default in payment</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Attends to walk-in clients</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">- Monitors maturing PTPs of cardholders with payment arrangements by calling the cardholders and/or collection agency handling the account</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">- </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Recommends and assists in litigation to achieve maximum collection by evaluating accounts which can potentially go into litigation</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Reinforces service standards in all interactions with cardholders. Ensure that: </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Requests for waiver/reversal of charges are acted upon immediately, after making the necessary recommendations</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Agency queries/concerns are addressed, i.e. updated account balance, new contact numbers and addresses, payment proposals</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Handles complaints received from cardholders and ensure resolution within standard TAT</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <ol style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" start="5"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Perform back office functions including but not limited to: (5%)</span></strong></li> </ol> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Prepares reversal requests for account balances of fully paid accounts;</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Endorses review, returns and tagging of accounts.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Handles of post dated checks</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Submits various status reports</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Perform other functions which may be assigned from time to time </span></strong></p> <p><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif"> <strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Qualifications:</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Bachelor’s degree holder; preferably graduate of business course</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">At least 1 year of collections experience preferably from credit card company, bank or collection agencies</span></p> </li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Knowledge on collection system and policies/procedures is an advantage</span></p> </li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Proficient in the following Microsoft applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint</span></p> </li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Willing to work onsite 100%</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Other Details:</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Rank:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> Rank and File</span></p> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0in 10.0pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:middle;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Unit:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">Consumer Business Sector / Credit Operations Group / Collections and Recoveries Division</span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Location:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> Pasay City</span></p>