Role: Debt Collection Specialist
Salary:35000
Location:Southampton (hybrid) 3 days in office
To inspire the worlds entrepreneurs
AVASK Accounting & Business Consultants are a rapidly expanding international firm that specialise in VAT tax and accounting for e-commerce businesses. AVASK assist hundreds of Amazon FBA sellers as well as entrepreneurs across eBay Shopify and many other platforms. Providing clients with a comprehensive range of expertise - from practical guidance on cross-border transactions to ensuring they are fully to continued growth AVASK are now looking to recruit a Debt Collection Specialist to provide support to the Credit Control Department.
Debt Collection Specialist the role:
- Effectively manage personal workload to achieve individual and team objectives.
- Conduct daily credit control calls to ensure timely collection of outstanding balances.
- Draft and send professional correspondence (emails and letters) regarding due and overdue accounts followed by appropriate phone communication.
- Process customer payments securely via debit and credit card transactions.
- Promptly identify document and follow up customer queries collaborating with internal colleagues to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution.
- Support the continuous improvement of credit control procedures and contribute to reducing aged debt.
- Escalate complex and unresolved issues to the Credit Control Team Leader to avoid delays on collections.
- Recognise and escalate problematic accounts for potential legal action including issuing Letters before Action.
- Perform additional administrative or credit control duties as required.
Debt Collection Specialist the person:
- 3-5 years proven experience in credit control including international collections.
- Proficiency in an additional language would be desirable (E.g Spanish German Italian)
- Strong written and verbal skills with a confident professional and diplomatic approach to debt recovery.
- Detail oriented and able to manage a high volume of work in a fast-paced environment.
- Well versed in Microsoft Office (Excel Outlook Word) and quick to adapt to new systems.
- Experience in using Netsuite (desirable)
- Self-motivated reliable and able to work independently and collaboratively.
Debt Collection Specialist the benefits:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 days per year)
- Company Pension scheme (Royal London)
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Private Healthcare Insurance (Vitality)
- Subsidised canteen with onsite Chef
- Flexible working
- Regular departmental socials company wide
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