Legal & Recoveries Associate

Are you an experienced Legal & Recoveries Associate looking for a new challenge? If you’re looking to join a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation who are going through a period of exponential growth, Marsh Finance may have the perfect role for you

Based in Rochdale, Marsh Finance is family-owned business who are looking for a Legal & Recoveries Associate to join their growing team.

**The role of Legal & Recoveries Associate**

As a Legal & Recoveries Associate your primary responsibility will be handling customers who have defaulted on their motor finance agreement and require assessment for potential litigation. The role purpose is to understand each customer’s individual circumstances along with commercial factors and formulate an appropriate solution in-line with company policy.

**What will your day-to-day look like as Legal & Recoveries Associate?**
- Assessing defaulted accounts transferred in from the Collections department and formulate a recovery strategy to ensure all regulatory aspects of the account handling have been adhered to.
- Working with strategic partners to undertake legal action and asset recovery
- Communicating effectively with customers to understand their circumstances and reach a fair solution for the customer and the business.
- Reviewing and managing insolvency cases (IVAs, DROs, Bankruptcy etc)

**To be successful in the role of Legal & Recoveries Associate you will need**:

- A strong background in a regulated collections environment
- Good understanding of recovery and insolvency processes for CRA regulated secured and unsecured debts
- Experience working with vulnerable customers in line with FCA framework
- Excellent communication both verbal and written
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work unsupervised and deliver quality work across multiple tasks within required deadlines
- Ability to prioritise workloads and work under pressure

**You could be the perfect fit if you have**:

- Experience of civil litigation in regulated financial services, including post-judgment enforcement action
- Adaptable to change and willing to embrace new ideas
- Computer skills including the use of Microsoft programs including Word and Excel

**Why join Marsh?**

Our culture comes from within, or to put it another way, it comes from our people. It’s what makes Marsh Finance Limited a great place to work. We are an equal opportunities employer who works hard to attract the best talent for our business. We believe that embracing differences makes us stronger. Our diverse team of people bring us different skills - whatever their educational background, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
- Excellent salary DOE
- Flexible & remote working
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension
- EAP service and employee wellness plans
- Regular employee engagement events

If you’re a driven legal professional with significant experience in a regulated collections environment, this role may be exactly what you’re looking for. With almost 50 years of experience in motor finance, Marsh Finance prides itself on being a forward-thinking, dynamic organisation who are passionate about looking after its staff.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Rochdale, OL16 5RS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- recovery and insolvency processes: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Rochdale, OL16 5RS