Description
The City of London Corporation is seeking an Accounts Receivable and Credit Control Manager to lead its Accounts Receivable Team and support the delivery of the Financial Shared Services Division’s strategic objectives.
The successful candidate will oversee the timely billing, collection and recovery of approximately £200 million across commercial rents, residential service charges, service charge loans, mortgages and sundry income.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing expert advice on complex debt recovery matters
- Monitoring collection performance and ensuring effective, efficient and customer-focused processes are in place
- Analysing performance information and identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes
- Deputising for the Head of Transactional Finance when required
The ideal candidate will have:
- Detailed knowledge of billing, income collection and recovery legislation and best practice
- Strong knowledge of sundry and commercial debt recovery law and practice
- At least five years’ senior-level experience in income collection and recovery
- Effective leadership and people management experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good IT skills, including experience of relevant financial systems
- A degree, full or part-qualification with a relevant professional body (such as CICM, IRRV, AAT, CIPFA, ACCA), or equivalent professional experience