Rajesh Rai

Business Development Executive

Patna, Bihar, India21 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of experience in collections and recovery.
  • Achieved significant growth in recovery rates across multiple organizations.
  • Expertise in debt recovery strategies and financial analysis.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Fintech with extensive experience in collections and recovery management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Collection StrategyDebt Management

Other Skills

Skip TracingVintage ExtractionMISSegmentationRate of ReturnRoll BackArbitrationSettlement WaiverConversion RateCIBIL Clean-upSoft & Hard BucketsResolutionDelinquencyDays Past DueBackward flow

About

20+ years of experience including leadership in collections and recovery. Through understanding of debt recovery strategies, financial analysis, and risk assessment. Significantly increasing collections and recovery that includes identifying and resolving disputes, negotiating settlements, and managing legal proceedings. Exceptional track record in exceeding goals. ▪ 12+ years of experience in banking as well NBFC domain encompassing various profiles. ▪ Demonstrated expertise in recovery, collection, skip tracing, process monitoring, compliance, audit, and fraud. ▪ Career Break from Nov’ 2022 due to personal reasons. Now actively looking for new roles. 💡 Recovery/Collection Skills • Skip Tracing • Vintage Extraction • MIS • Segmentation • Rate of Return • Roll Back • Arbitration • Settlement Waiver • Conversion Rate • CIBIL Clean-up • Soft & Hard Buckets • Resolution • Delinquency • Days Past Due • Backward flow • Normalisation • Bad Debt Recovery • Non-Performing Assets 💡 Professional Skills ▪ Collection Strategy ▪ Audit Management ▪ Debt Management ▪ Agency Management ▪ Performance Metrics ▪ Field And Tele Collections ▪ Unsecured – Credit card ▪ Operations Management ▪ Compliance Management. ▪ Financial Statements ▪ Training Staff ▪ Deductions ▪ Cash Reconciliation ▪ Capacity Planning ▪ Call Monitoring ▪ Process Monitoring ▪ Business to Business ▪ Business to Consumer ▪ Legal Management ▪ Credit Management ▪ CIBIL Credit Rating ▪ Portfolio Analysis ▪ KPIs & Reporting ▪ Analytical thinking ▪ Portfolio Management ▪ Accounts Receivables ▪ Credit Policy ▪ Cash Forecasting ▪ ERP Trainings ▪ Order to Cash 💡 Leadership Qualities ✤Emotional Intelligence ✤Relationship Building ✤Problem Solving ✤Decision making ✤Persuasion ✤Coaching ✤Delegation ✤Time Management ✤Active Listening ✤Empathy ✤Planning ✤Strategizing 💡 Strategic Planner Effectively reduced delinquency by implementing alternate BC and shuffling strategy. Shared ideas on recovery tools to automate the process. Allocated domain specific agencies and processed portfolio segmentation on basis of customer profile. Flagged sourcing quality issues to risk team. 💡 Leadership/Change 8 years of leadership in managing large team of internal employees and external stakeholders across regions. Effective in attending customer walk-ins. Maintaining cordial relationship with stakeholders Trained managers andagencies on skip tracing and process. Led implementation of CRM software and participated in restructuring of organization. Implemented no cash or cheque collection.

Experience

21 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs
Average Tenure
1 yr 5 mos
Current Experience

Paytm

Area Collection Executive Manager

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Patna, Bihar, India · On-site

  • Merchant Loan Lending Collections - East
  • Flows & Recovery -
  • Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal & North East States.
  • Achieved growth of over 326% in recovery, increasing it from INR 27 lakhs in Nov'24 to INR 88 lakhs in Mar'25 for East
Skip TracingVintage ExtractionMISSegmentationRate of ReturnRoll Back+14

Career break

Health and well-being

Nov 2022Oct 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

  • Break from Nov’ 2022 due to personal family health reasons.

Sbi card

Recovery Agency Manager

Oct 2014Oct 2022 · 8 yrs · Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India · On-site

  • Comprehensive expertise & experience in BFSI Recoveries of 10.62 Crores.
  • Achievement of 105.48% over targets. Achieved growth of over 240% in recovery, increasing it from INR 70 lakhs in 2015-16 to INR 238 lakhs in 2021-22.
  • Reduced delinquency below 10% by alternate cycle strategy. Delinquency for 30+ was 5.5% and 90+ was 2.5%.
  • Lowest Settlement waiver of 45.68% with conversion of 83%.
  • Obtained highest recovery in Mar’22 of 55.68 Lakhs (252% of target).
  • Winner of several promotions, Spot award –
  • Mar’22, Apr’20, Champion award – Q1 Apr’20 – Jun’20, Certificate of Appreciation for CPL as Ranked 1st – Jul’16 –Oct’16, Employee of the month – Jan’22, Sep’21, Mar’21, Jul’20, Jun’20, Feb’20, Jan’20, Final Pre chase winner – May’18 & Jun’18, Above and beyond – Nov’16, May’16.
  • EMS Average Rating: Exceeds Expectations from 2014-22.
  • Organized recovery for Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal with portfolio size of 7.5 crore through agencies.
  • Handled Assam, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh for in absence of managers.
  • Enforced strategies to enhance collection capabilities, sustain cost-effective operations, and reduce delinquency.
  • Prioritized visits identification and coverage, with a specific focus on high-risk regions, vintage extraction, and optimizing the rate of return. Emphasized segmented accounts and strategically adjusted resources based on customer profiles and agency skills, ensuring efficient outcomes.
  • Executed measures to reduce broken settlements and waivers, driving alternate payment adoption, streamlining processes, and strengthening engagement. Ensured adherence to regulations, audit compliance, and code of conduct, while providing training on processes, skip tracing, and code of conduct to managers, and vendor staff.
  • Widespread customer-centric service follow-up and conducted negotiations to ensure customer satisfaction. Applied easy repayment options to reduce credit risk and minimize customer attrition. Planned reinstatement of customer cards.
Credit CardsCollection NegotiationsSkip TracingKey Performance IndicatorsPortfolio ManagementVendor Management+12

Career break

Relocation

Mar 2014Sep 2014 · 6 mos · Asansol, West Bengal, India

Standard chartered bank

Senior Recovery Officer

Sep 2009Feb 2014 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Achieved 88% of yearly targets in 2009/10 and achieved 125% yearly target 2011-2014.
  • Qualified for P3 rating 2013 - “1B”,
  • 2012 - "2C",
  • 2011 - "1C", 2010 - "3A" &
  • 2009 - "3A".
  • Recognised for highest recovery SCB pan India (thrice in raw) – Feb’13 – Apr’13.
  • Certificate of excellence – Aug’13.
  • Certificate of appreciation - Q3 Oct’13 – Dec’13.
  • Certificate of exceptional performance – Jan’14 – Feb’14.
  • ▪ Spearheaded card dues recovery, employing skip tracing techniques to locate non-contactable cases.
  • ▪ Orchestrated recoveries exceeding INR 1 Crores Portfolio for Bangalore through agencies.
  • ▪ Collaborated with teams to swiftly resolve complex cases, ensuring audit compliance and adherence to processes, RBI guidelines, and code of conduct.
  • ▪ Proactively schooled customers on CIBIL rating, reducing risk and delinquency. Offered flexible repayment options, maximizing collection efficiency. Undersized customer attrition by addressing and resolving issues.
Vendor ManagementCollection NegotiationsUnsecured LoansCredit CardsSkip TracingDebt Management+7

Career break

Career transition

Nov 2008May 2009 · 6 mos · Asansol, West Bengal, India

  • Career Break for studying ERP Financial Accounting and Controlling Software Training & Learning (SAP FICO).

Shree janardhan refactories

Supervisory Manager

May 2003Oct 2008 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Asansol, West Bengal, India · On-site

  • Supervised all departments and operations of the firm. Leading all responsibilities with entrepreneur mind-set.
  • Managed functioning, including sales, purchases, billing, accounts, finance, payables, and receivables collections.
  • Engaged with customers and conducted sales negotiations and their requirements.
  • Handled Procurement of raw materials, Production, Personnel labor and delivery of finished products.

Education

Bangalore University

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA — Finance

Jun 2000Mar 2003

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