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Renat Usmanov

Toronto,ON

Summary

Skilled and motivated professional with more than 10 years international experience in Fintech and banking. Full circle of lending operations from launching a new product, issuing a loan to debt collection and debt sale. Proven track records in the continuous improvement of business strategies and operational process optimization, compliance and control functions that results in revenue growth and profitability. Solid experience in mentoring and developing teams.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Group Head of Debt Collection

Eleving Consumer Finance
Latvia
10.2018 - 02.2023

Full debt collection process management for various online and offline lending products in 6 countries, in total of 67M euro portfolio (in-house/external collection, debt restructuring, forward flow and debt sale).

  • Implemented collection strategies and workflows across Group, which improved recoveries and roll rates, while portfolio significantly increased and average ticket size doubled.
  • Implemented unified OKRs/KPIs and reporting across Group (requirement preparation for BI developers/testing).
  • Automated processes and improved collection tools (launched unified call centre and predictive dialer functionality, improved ERP system and its functionality), which allowed to decrease cost on 40%, while collection efficiency improved.
  • Trained Debt collection managers and minimized turnover.
  • Deep portfolio analysis and workflow audit for process optimization.

Freelance

Self Employed Services
Ukraine
02.2017 - 10.2018
  • Due diligence support (portfolio purchasing)
  • Assets/collateral monitoring for SME.

Credit and Collection Manager

Ukrsotsbank UniCredit Group
Ukraine
06.2014 - 01.2017

Ensured debt collection operations over bank's retail portfolio (mortgages and cars, sme-loans).

  • Strategically coordinated operations according to objectives, increased company profits through performance optimization strategies and efficiency improvements.
  • Established performance goals for department and outlined processes for achievement, supervised and trained field and legal agents (FTE ~100).
  • Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
  • Decreased time for routine actions by automating claims process.
  • Implemented debt collection reporting and KPI's to maximize employees performance.
  • Implemented portfolio segmentation workflow to minimize losses.
  • Conducted financial due diligence on potential investments and acquisitions

Head of Collection Development

VostokFinance Group
Russia
04.2010 - 01.2014

Full responsibility for field and legal collection department.

  • From scratch developed and managed field and legal collection network in 2 markets - Ukraine (from 30 to 150 FTEs), Russia (from 0 to 110 FTEs).
  • Launched field and legal collection processes for unsecured consumer loans and utility debts.
  • Developed procedures and tools for all representatives to assist them with debt collection negotiation process which allowed to reach highest productivity while cost reduced.
  • In-house CRM system development. User story writing, maintaining technical specifications and User Acceptance Testing.

Regional Key Account Manager

UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group
06.2008 - 02.2010

Bank's partner network development to grow mortgage portfolio (real estate agencies, financial intermediaries, developers – primary and secondary real estate markets)

  • Created partner network and maintained strong working relationships.
  • Developed procedures and supported financial consultants (~45 branches) to assist with customer mortgage application process which led to overachieving sales target by 10-20%
  • Fraud investigation

Education

Master of Science - International Business Management

Kyiv National Economic University
06.2005

Bachelor of Science - Economic

Institute of Municipal Management And Business
06.2004

Skills

  • Performance monitoring and process audit
  • Process optimization and automatization
  • Data analysis
  • Problem solving & change management
  • ERP development and testing
  • Customer service
  • Call centre management
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Leadership & people management
  • Communication
  • Outbound Collection Calling
  • English - fluent; Russian - fluent; Ukrainian - native

Timeline

Group Head of Debt Collection

Eleving Consumer Finance
10.2018 - 02.2023

Freelance

Self Employed Services
02.2017 - 10.2018

Credit and Collection Manager

Ukrsotsbank UniCredit Group
06.2014 - 01.2017

Head of Collection Development

VostokFinance Group
04.2010 - 01.2014

Regional Key Account Manager

UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group
06.2008 - 02.2010

Master of Science - International Business Management

Kyiv National Economic University

Bachelor of Science - Economic

Institute of Municipal Management And Business
Renat Usmanov