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The Legends Agency

Case Handler (Complaints Handling and Recoveries)

The Legends Agency

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Intermediate position
  • Cape Town CBD
  • Posted 29 Aug 2025 by The Legends Agency
  • Expires in 33 days
  • Job 2620918 - Ref 290825
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About the position

Key Responsibilities

Recoveries & Case Management

  • Proactively manage a portfolio of accounts in recovery, applying effective strategies to secure repayment
  • Liaise with solicitors and borrowers to assess case progression, settlement outcomes, and repayment timelines
  • Monitor breached or non-performing accounts, escalating high-risk cases where required
  • Conduct regular case reviews and update internal records and CRM systems with accurate notes
  • Process loan term extensions, borrower representation changes, and facility adjustments
  • Support enforcement or litigation, including drafting documents, briefing counsel, and tracking legal spend

Complaints Handling

  • Manage the full complaints process, ensuring timely responses in line with FCA regulations and internal SLAs
  • Investigate and resolve complaints by engaging with clients, solicitors, and internal stakeholders
  • Maintain thorough records of complaints, investigations, and outcomes
  • Draft fair, clear, and accurate complaint outcome letters
  • Identify complaint trends or root causes and escalate insights to improve processes and product design
  • Support the preparation of FCA reports and internal management information relating to complaints

Compliance & Reporting

  • Ensure all activities comply with FCA regulations, AML, GDPR, and internal compliance policies
  • Maintain well-documented case files to support internal and external audits
  • Contribute to operational reporting and provide regular case status updates to senior management

Skills & Competencies

  • Experience in complaints handling, recoveries, or case management within financial services, legal, or consumer credit sectors (training will be provided if needed)
  • Knowledge of Family Law, Probate, or consumer credit lending is advantageous
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex issues empathetically
  • Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
  • Confident decision-making with the ability to assess and manage risk
  • Resilient and composed when handling sensitive or emotionally charged interactions
  • Adaptable to a fast-paced, evolving environment with a solutions-focused mindset
  • Team player with a proactive approach to continuous improvement and learning

Why Join?

  • Opportunity to be part of a mission-driven, award-winning team
  • Inclusive and collaborative working environment
  • Meaningful work supporting people through complex legal and financial journeys
  • Comprehensive training and development with clear progression pathways

Desired Skills:

  • complaints handling

About The Employer:

This role focuses on managing a portfolio of customer cases, ensuring fair and timely resolution of complaints and effective recovery of outstanding loan balances. It is a varied and fast-paced position that requires excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, sound judgement, and a customer-first approach. The successful candidate will also contribute to identifying root causes of complaints, recommending process improvements, and ensuring compliance with regulatory expectations, including the FCAs Consumer Duty.

Employer & Job Benefits:

  • salary

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The Legends Agency

About the agency

We are a South African in-country Employer of Record and Recruitment service provider that offers co-employment Opportunities to UK, USA and Auz-based Companies. Simply, co-employment is a relationship between two entities sharing responsibility for an employee. We take care of the employment contracts, salaries, and taxes, and assist with SA employment legislation.

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