Temporary Income & Debt Finance Officer
£13.96
6 - 12 months
Immediate role
Previous experience dealing with debt recovery/credit control essential.
Key duties and responsibilities of the post:
- Provide support to the departments credit control function, following up overdue invoices to identify and resolve any queries. This will include the processing and issuing of reminders where necessary, dealing with telephone, email and other enquiries.
- Support with customer creation and the raising of invoices and credit notes.
- Deal with Debt Collection Agencies to minimise the Trust’s risk of bad debt resulting from non-payment of invoices.
- Assist with the regular reporting on the age and status of debt.
- Provide support to the Financial Accounting Team where necessary to help meet deadlines.
Previous Experience:
- Use of computerised systems.
- Use of Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience of debt collection
- Able to concentrate for frequent prolonged periods of time to input data, check documentation.
- Ability to work on own initiative, alone or as part of a team.
- Able to work to tight deadlines in a working atmosphere which often involves interruptions and disruptions to their working patterns.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - so that information and advice can be clearly and concisely relayed to all types and levels of personnel both internal and external to the organisation.
- Able to follow Trust policies and procedures.
- Excellent organisational and communications skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Advanced keyboard skills.