Job Description

Job Summary Your Mission:

• Reinvent Collection Strategy: Design and execute innovative recovery solutions for all secured lending portfolios -- from residential property to complex asset classes.
• Lead High-Stakes Operations: Oversee the end-to-end collections cycle with a relentless focus on efficiency, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Rescue & Rehabilitate Assets: Drive rehabilitation and restructuring strategies that balance commercial returns with customer sustainability.
• Inspire & Empower Teams: Provide visionary leadership to a high-performing collections division, embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate for Impact: Partner closely with legal, credit risk, finance, and operational teams to deliver results that are sustainable and compliant.
• Own the Numbers: Monitor portfolio health, report on recovery performance, and proactively identify emerging risks.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk, Quantitative Studies (CRM certification a plus).
• 10+ years of leadership in collections, recoveries, or secured credit risk within banking.
• Mastery of foreclosure processes, legal frameworks, and portfolio analysis.
• A proven record of delivering high-impact, commercially valuable collection strategies.
• In-depth knowledge of secured lending products, especially home loans/mortgages.

Your Edge:

• Strategic thinker with commercial instinct.
• Calm, composed, and decisive in high-pressure situations.
• Data-driven decision maker with strong analytical skills.
• Influential leader and skilled stakeholder partner.
• A clear, persuasive communicator with a results-first mindset.

Why This Role?

• Executive-level influence with the mandate to shape strategy.
• Work on complex, high-value portfolios that truly move the needle.
• Join a forward-thinking banking environment where innovation is encouraged.
• Drive real impact on financial recovery and long-term sustainability.

If you're ready to elevate secured collections to the next level, this is where strategy meets execution -- and where your leadership will leave a lasting legacy.
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