Attorney

2 weeks ago

South Africa Synergycontactcentre Full time
Attorney Main Purpose of Role

Responsible for the legal processing of Vehicle Asset Finance recoveries and providing support to legal secretaries to ensure that legal milestone deliverable timelines are achieved.

Ensuring compliance with internal department's standards of drafting, serving, copying and collating of documents as well as specific attention to compliance with Court requirements.

All tasks to be executed in line with the Standard Operating procedures of Munnik Basson Dagama Inc. and may be subject to change depending on business requirements.

  • Co-ordination of all litigation processes for the recovery of the asset / shortfall / monetary judgement (Inclusive of but not limited to: Drafting of complex Summons/ Judgment Applications / Recission applications/ Debt review applications and Opposed actions / applications)
  • Facilitation and completion of alternate vehicle recovery processes, such as voluntary surrender / mediation/ settlement negotiations.
  • Co-ordination and Management of sheriffs, correspondents and third parties
  • Execute and exceed on defined deliverables within the realm of the law firm's strategies
  • Fulfil the operational requirements within agreed time frames and provide updates on completion.
  • Telephonic engagement with consumers and/or legal representatives, leveraging legal process, to negotiate suitable payment arrangements and also to settle claims timeously where legal process has or is to be implemented.
  • Daily resolution of queries, Client escalations and threats of legal again against the Client.
  • Legal research and advisory – on all litigious and non-litigious matters.
  • Build strong relationships with all stakeholders e

g:
internal and external

  • Attend to daily, weekly and monthly reporting
  • Attend to monthly billing/invoicing
  • Ensure that Financial targets are achieved – daily, weekly, monthly
  • Any other legal tasks required by management
  • Adhering to all compliance, legislative and regulatory requirements.
Minimum requirements for work Experience and Education

  • Grade 12
  • LLB
  • Admitted Attorney
  • - 3 years' experience in VAF Collections and strong Knowledge of Legal Collections Process
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel is ESSENTIAL.
  • Experience in Banking Law and Civil Litigation (preferable)
  • Knowledge and understanding of Debt collection, VAF and secured asset legal recoveries
Key Performance Areas
Manage Legal Process

  • Drafting of legal notices/pleadings (opposed/unopposed)
  • Compilation and preparation of Summons and Judgment packs
  • Proper communication by way of correspondence in response to queries
  • Ensuring that all necessary correspondence are scanned and saved for record purposes.
  • Compiling and save keep of information for court processes
  • Ensure that the work process complies with legislative and court requirements.
  • Monitoring of all recovery stats and quality on a daily basis
  • Provide feedback to management of negative trends and suggestions on arresting trends
  • Correct inaccuracies on work done as well as errors which will be pointed out by other stakeholders
  • Verification of all summons info when compiling sheriff and correspondent packs
  • Work closely with legal secretaries to ensure that legal milestone timelines are met
  • Support Client and provide legal advisory services on ad hoc escalations
  • Manage Sheriff and Correspondent processes
  • Update cheetah and cheetah legal with correct status and workflow
  • Update required magic data fields
Book /File Management

  • Update notes (flags) relating to the relevant status of accounts in accordance with legal flow requirements on Cheetah
  • Coordinate and distribute legal documents to the appropriate department within the portfolio.
  • Update and manage the Legal filing system.
  • Update new contact information or addresses on Cheetah.
  • Update all required info on all required systems
Relationship Management

  • Give input on Legal operational issues to Team Leaders and Managers
  • Escalate complaints / queries from various stakeholders that cannot be dealt with on this level(internal & external) to the Attorney
Technical and Behavioural Competencies Required
Technical

  • National Credit Act, Debt Collectors Act, FICA
  • Magistrate's and High Court Act, Rules and Procedures, Municipal debt control and by-laws, Municipal system Act, CPA, Companies Act

Understanding of the Tracing tools:

  • Experian, XDS, Traceps, Company searches, Deeds office searches, Metonymy.
  • Analytical
  • Writing and Reporting
  • Presenting and communicating information
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