Purity Njoki
Team Leader, Debt Recovery Department
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About
I have over 8 years practical experience in credit management, financial reporting, filing tax returns and account management with a passion for helping companies achieve their growth potential. I take a customer-centric approach and understand that each client has unique needs and requirements. With my extensive experience in strategy and relationship building, I strive to provide innovative solutions that drive success for clients.
I am dedicated to staying up to date with the latest trends and techniques in the industry and committed to ongoing professional development.
Experience
Team Leader, Debt Recovery Department - TripleOKLaw Advocates
(2021-03 - 2026-04)
- Kept track of outstanding credits on behalf of clients.
- Planned courses of action to recover outstanding debts.
- Negotiated payoff deadlines and payment plans with debtors.
- Handled customers' questions and resolved complaints.
- Identified gaps in systems and recommended appropriate solutions.
- Raised fee notes and invoices monthly using ETR.
- Complied with legal requirements when legal action became unavoidable.
- Supervised and coordinated the activities of team members engaged in collecting overdue payments.
- Reviewed delinquent account records to determine which customers required follow-up for overdue account collection.
- Organized collection workloads according to the degree and amount of delinquency and assigned accounts to team members for collection.
- Wrote collection letters for use in debt recovery efforts.
- Authorized or referred accounts to the Head of the Collections Department for repossession and legal action against debtors.
- Assisted team members with collection activities involving difficult cases.
- Proactively engaged the existing client base to increase the firm's market share.
- Marketed the department to secure new outsourcing opportunities and followed up on client responses.
- Followed up on outstanding client fees to ensure timely payments.
- Generated monthly reports for clients.
- Scheduled monthly review meetings with existing clients to present collection progress and performance.
- Scheduled and coordinated weekly internal team meetings aimed at improving monthly collection performance.
- Liaised with advocates regarding legal action against debtors when necessary.
Remote Customer Support Agent - Influx
(2020-11 - 2021-05)
- Answered tickets via live Chat, emails (Intercom and Zendesk), inbound calls and outbound calls.
- Assisted customers with returns, refunds and tracking their shipments.
- Participated in trainings weekly.
- Followed up on daily reminders, targets, and important communication from teammates on slack.
- Met the daily targets of 150 tickets a day.
- Assisted customer using systems such as shopify and shipstation.
- Ensured the customer is satisfied.
Debt Recovery Executive, Debt Recovery Department - TripleOKLaw Advocates
(2019-05 - 2020-11)
- Handled all delegated tasks.
- Created new programs that resulted in increasing productivity and customer satisfaction.
- Performed site evaluations, customer surveys and team audits.
- Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs.
- Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
- Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.
- Created agendas and communication materials for team meetings
- Reviewed credit reports to identify debt and determine best-fit strategies for consolidating or eliminating balances.
Credit Advisor - Quest Holdings
(2018-02 - 2019-04)
- Reached out to major credit bureaus to obtain records and discuss entries.
- Prepared budgets, financial education tools and referrals on behalf of clients.
- Evaluated client situations and recommended optimal products to meet individual needs.
- Responded to more than 100 telephone calls and emails each day, setting up appointments, answering questions and collecting information about specific concerns.
- Accepted and processed customer payments and applied toward account balances.
- Created debt management plans, spending plans or budgets to assist clients in meeting financial goals.
- Reviewed credit reports to identify debt and determine best-fit strategies for consolidating or eliminating balances.
- Calculated clients' available monthly income to meet debt obligations.
- Negotiated with creditors on behalf of clients to arrange for payment adjustments, interest rate reductions and time extensions.
- Answered client questions about factors affecting credit and recommended suggestions to improve credit scores.
Customer Support/ Assistant Human Resource Manager - Ngong Hills Hotel Business Centre
(2017-03 - 2018-01)
- Boosted productivity by maintaining strong call control and quickly working through scripts to address diverse problems.
- Ran the payroll for the casual workers.
- Processed payment for casual workers.
- Arranged Leave timetable for business center employees.
- Supervised cleaning.
- Handled the clocking in system.
- Handled attendance of employees.
- Managed high-volume of inbound and outbound customer calls.
- Utilized active listening and communication skills to address customer inquiries and escalate issues to supervisor.
- Conducted CRM tasks to maintain quality assurance satisfaction levels.
- Implemented services to assist company in maintaining exceptional client service ratings on external audits.
- Responded to customer requests for unavailable products and suggested other suitable options.
- Investigated and solved routine, complex and long-standing customer issues each day.
Managerial Attachment - Ngong Hills Hotel
(2016-05 - 2016-07)
Managerial Attachment - United Kenya Club
(2015-05 - 2015-08)
Education
Master Of Business Administration - INTI International University and colleges (2025-08)
Certified Public Accountant - KCA University of Kenya (2022-09)
Bachelor of technology - hotel and restaurants management - The Technical University of Kenya (2013-09 - 2017-12)
International Computer Driving License - Institute of Advance Technology (2013-01 - 2013-08)
Kenya certificate of secondary education. (K. C. S. E) - Mary Leakey Girls High School (2010-02 - 2012-11)
High school Education - Apostolic Girls High School (2009-02 - 2010-01)
Kenya certificate of primary education. (K. C. P. E) - Halisi Academy (2006-01 - 2008-11)
Primary Education - Imara Daima Primary School (1997-01 - 2005-12)