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Manager: Collections Strategy

Executive Placements
Johannesburg Full-day Full-time

Description:

This is your chance to step into a highâ??influence strategic role where your ideas dont sit in someones inbox they shape the future of how a major financial institution drives collections, optimizes risk, and leverages AI and machine learning across the full credit life cycle.

Youll be the person who answers the question: "How do we collect smarter, faster, and more efficiently at scale?"

What Youll Lead (and Transform):
This is not a maintenance role it is a build, innovate, and optimize environment.

You will:
  • Design and optimize endâ??toâ??end collections strategies
  • Build, deploy, and monitor predictive models
  • Drive portfolio analytics and provide deepâ??dive insights
  • Own target forecasting and collections scorecards
  • Lead champion/challenger tests to improve profitability
  • Integrate analytical models into operational processes for real impact
  • Automate reporting and enhance dashboards in partnership with BI
  • Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes, and tools
    What You Bring:
    You are strategic, analytical, commercially sharp, and technically strong.

    Mustâ??haves:
  • Honours degree or equivalent in Stats, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering
5+ years in a similar strategic analytics role Strong technical skills: SQL, Python, R, AWS, and advanced Excel High comfort with dataâ??driven decision-making Ability to communicate complex insights to nonâ??technical stakeholders Bonus:
Experience in banking or financial services
Apply Now!

This role is designed for someone who wants to lead, not just execute.

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20 Jan 2026;   from: gumtree.co.za

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