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Legal Collections Officer
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- Posted By: JHR
- Address:
- Contact: 0113 383 3738
- Date Posted: 16th May 2008
- Salary: £15000-19000
- Location: Leeds (LS11)
- Reference Code:
- Views Since Posting: 4
- Full Description:
We need people who ideally come from an insolvency or legal background for our friendly offices in Leeds. You will assist in the recovery of corporate debt and get involved in the legal processes required to do so.
This a very varied role with an excellent benefits package
Duties include:
? Handle arrears cases within an agreed portfolio, ensuring that these cases are actioned quickly, efficiently and within stated procedures.
? Ensure all accounts are worked proactively and that regular communication is undertaken with customers predominantly by telephone and letter.
? Negotiate with customers to ensure that agreements are brought into line as soon as possible.
? Take responsibility for doubtful accounts, investigating the remedies available to the business in a distress situation.
? Attend Creditors meetings where necessary or arrange for proxies to be lodged.
? Ensure our assets are secured, liasing with our business partners or other agents to dispose of them when needed.
? Recommend Repossession action where appropriate. Advise customers where approved.
? Recognise and collect fees where appropriate,
? Raise and send invoices required by the collections department and chase for payment where appropriate.
? Prepare write offs including liasing with insolvency practitioners to agree claims, investigating reasons for failure and advising the business on the lessons to be learnt.
? Other duties as specified from time to time in accordance with the company?s business requirements.
? To ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOx) requirements you need to ensure ongoing compliance with the following objectives:
- an understanding of your process
- awareness of responsibilities for control within the process
- confirmation that controls are operating
- exceptions to controls are raised with your line manager
- being open to ensure that the testing process can identifyany issues
- undertaking agreed remediation to correct any weakness
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:
? Must demonstrate the ability to think and take initiative in terms of decisions with regard to specific tasks and activities within remit. Must enjoy and strive for increased responsibility working within a pressurised and fast paced environment.
? Must be target and results driven.
? Must be customer driven with the ability to deal with individuals at all levels both within the organisation and externally.
? Must be seen to be calm and assured under pressure, dealing with issues as they arise in a calm and professional manner.
? Must be seen as positive and enthusiastic demonstrating a ?can do? attitude, being flexible in terms of being willing to carry out a wide variety of tasks and activities as required, according to the changing requirements of the business.
? Must adopt a professional approach in all dealings, demonstrate high standards and levels of performance and constantly strive to improve processes and procedures so as to add value to the team.
? Must adopt a pro-active style of work, taking responsibility for more mundane issues/tasks within remit and capability, without automatic referral to line management.
? Must demonstrate the ability to build relationships with a variety of different individuals both within your own team and across the business and to be seen as approachable and willing to get involved, as required.
? Must be committed to and demonstrate company values particularly relating to levels of integrity, professional approach and teamwork.
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