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Team Lead, Credit Collections

Moniepoint

Posted 3 months agoLagos, Nigeria

Location

Lagos, Nigeria

Job Type

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Category

Finance

Job Description

Moniepoint is Africa's all-in-one financial ecosystem, empowering businesses and their customers with seamless payment, banking, credit, and management tools. In 2023, Moniepoint processed $182 billion and is Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer on a mission to create financial happiness for everyone, everywhere.
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Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in collections, with at least 3 years leading a team
  • Proven track record of hitting targets in high-volume outbound dialler environments
  • Deep experience monitoring loan performance including NPL levels, roll rates, and cure rates
  • Practical experience with skip tracing and account escalation strategies
  • Experience managing third-party debt collection agencies is a plus
  • Strong systems thinking with ability to connect agent behavior to portfolio performance
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to lead and develop a team

Responsibilities

  • Conduct regular call audits and coaching sessions to ensure team remains professional, relatable, and effective
  • Ensure every interaction is documented accurately and follows both regulatory rules and internal human-first principles
  • Identify high-risk accounts and recommend the best path forward whether intensive follow-up or field recovery
  • Manage and coach a team of collection agents to hit daily and monthly targets, serving as mentor to help them master the art of negotiation
  • Monitor assigned loan buckets closely, tracking roll rates, cure rates, and liquidation performance to stop portfolio decay before it starts
  • Monitor key metrics including RPC, contact rates, AHT, and productivity per agent and fix gaps immediately with clear factual plans
  • Oversee skip tracing and field recovery alignment, ensuring the right tools are used to reach the right people at the right time