Collections Specialist
Company: Together
Role summary
Collections Specialist is a role at Together in Cheadle, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-08-19. Experience level: 2-5.
- Job title
- Collections Specialist
- Company
- Together
- Location
- Cheadle, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Category
- Healthcare Support
- Experience level
- 2-5
- Date posted
- 2026-08-19
You’ll be joining a collaborative team at Together where you can help manage client accounts while developing your financial and communication expertise. It is a fantastic opportunity to build a career in a supportive environment that prioritizes professional growth and clear, friendly interactions with partners.
Job description
Company Description
Benefits of working at Together
26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
Free access to company holiday homes
Buy & sell holidays
Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
Matched pension contribution
Health cash plan plus Private medical insurance
Life assurance and Critical illness cover
Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
Free local gym access
Local bar / restaurant discounts
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Company Description
We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.
We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.
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Job Description
As a Collections Specialist, you will be providing high quality support to our customers. Your aim will be to understand a customer's circumstance and offer the appropriate sustainable support for customers in financial difficulties or are experiencing in-life vulnerabilities. You will be dealing with inbound and outbound enquiries from customers in all stages of arrears.
As a Collections Specialist, we are looking for someone to:
Deal with inbound and outbound telephone calls from customers relating to early and/or late stage arrears on regulated and unregulated accounts
Listen and question and understand the root cause of a customer's financial situation and work with the customer to find their needs
Resolve customer enquiries to completion, aiming for first contact resolution where appropriate.
Identify and attempt to resolve potential customer complaints
Understand the needs of vulnerable customers and arrange the appropriate type of support, including signposting to organisations who can help
Qualifications
Essential
Collections and Recoveries experience is a must
Ability to deal with vulnerable customers
Experience of assessing affordability
An excellent understanding of what a good customer outcomes looks like
An empathetic approach to customers through active listening and effective questioning
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to work under pressure
Desirable
Experience with mortgage collections
If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.
Additional Information
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Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
Click here for more information on our Recruitment Process
Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.
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Working Hours: Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
Department: Collections
Office or Field Based: Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW)
Contract type: Permanent