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Legal Account Manager - Asset FinanceSurreyCompetitive salary package
James George Recruitment are seeking a Legal Account Manager to join a highly prestigious Asset Finance House based in Surrey.
Reporting directly to the Recoveries Team Leader, you will predominantly be focused on Litigation arrears collection in the Recoveries team.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of Litigation cases over the varying sectors within the Recoveries function.
- Work with their Solicitors, Suppliers, and Broker partners to bring a positive impact to the collections process and maximize their recoveries.
- Utilising the legal system with the support from their Solicitors to make a recovery whilst managing costs to the business
- Arranging sustainable repayment plans through effective evaluation of income and expenditure with customers.
- Carrying out financial checks on customers such as Land Reg, CAIS, Business IQ Reports.
- To review contractual documents and terms & conditions to identify information that can add value to the recovery process.
- Take responsibility for managing occasional project and development work in the team to a high standard and within deadlines.
- Understand the importance of identifying vulnerable customers and how they should be treated differently from a strategy perspective.
- Responsible for completion of the collection and recovery process to minimize risk, prevent arrears and ensure the timely collection of payments.
- Liaise with Asset Management to obtain valuations on delinquent accounts, ensure these are recorded and information used to make informative and balanced decisions
- Review cases for bad debt provision recommendation, completing necessary paperwork for Head of Collection
- Strategically review accounts where recovery is unlikely or not cost-effective make recommendation for write off
- Liaise with Recoveries Team Leader on serious delinquencies and help to minimize losses
Your Background:
- You will be able to manage legal cases with external Lawyers and potentially have experience of issuing your own claims directly with the Courts.
- Collection’s experience ideal.
- Knowledge of contract and consumer credit.
- Asset Finance or Motor Finance background
- Strong negotiator and decision maker.
A great opportunity to join a highly regarded Funder in the Asset Finance market. Please contact Adam Sommerville at James George Recruitment to find out more.
