Team Leader – Accounts Receivable

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council (East Midlands Shared Services)

Work Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG / Hybrid

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker (Required to work from the office 1 day every 3 weeks)

Salary: £33,060 - £36,660 (starting salary £33,060 increasing to £36,660 over a 4 year period)

Benefit: 17.2% of annual salary pension scheme,

Benefit: 25 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years service) plus Bank Holidays

Working Hours: 37hrs Job Share considered (Mon - Thurs: 08:30-17:00, Fri: 08:30-16:30)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 19th April 2024

Interview Date(s): TBC

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Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference?

Do you want a job where no two days are the same?

EMSS is looking for a Collections Team Leader to join their expanding busy team. EMSS are going through an exciting period of growth and have a new Credit Control Team Leader opportunity available within our team.
The postholder will have previous years’ experience as a credit controller and previous years’ experience in a Managerial or Team leader/Supervisor role as they will be responsible for mentoring and developing an established team of credit controllers. In addition to managing and motivating the team, the postholder will be expected to identify gaps in processes and work towards finding necessary improvements to ensure the service EMSS provides is effective and past-due debt is reduced.

About the Role

• Direct day to day management of a team of credit controllers
• Responsible for the team’s monthly cash collection
• Setting, monitoring, and reporting on individual KPI’s ensuring all cash receipts are analysed to provide the team with doable but challenging targets
• Providing regular reports on team performance
• Support management with data insights by creating comprehensive and compelling reports and data analysis
• Conducting performance reviews, ensuring ledger reviews are scheduled weekly and 121 meetings are held monthly to ensure the reduction of the past due debt in line with expectation and targets set
• Acting as an escalation point for aged debt to ensure focus is maintained
• Liaise directly with colleagues within the partner councils and EMSS customers to provide resolution of operational issues
• Reviewing unallocated cash and proactively identifying areas for improvement, working closely with AR Transactional Team Leader
• Project planning and onboarding of new customers
• Assist with benchmarking the service against other external Finance providers to ensure the service is within the industry standards
• Identifying process inefficiencies and implementing continuous improvements
• Liaising with auditors and providing required information within tight deadlines
• Providing ongoing training, coaching and development opportunities for existing team members
• Leading the recruitment process for credit control staff, ensuring a comprehensive induction is provided to new team members
• Work closely with the manager to understand market trends and identify potential Risks due to economic climate
• Negotiate Payment terms that fall within their limit
• Review and monitor debt status to ensure reporting accuracy
• Conduct periodic reviews of existing customers to assess creditworthiness
• Assist management with ad hoc tasks and/or team projects as and when required

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Successful track record in driving continuous improvement, managing projects and initiatives end to end
• Working within a fast-paced environment, strong work ethic with energy, drive, and enthusiasm
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines to prioritise tasks
• Clear and concise written communication and good interpersonal / verbal skills.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own time whilst always being professional, organised and result focused
• Understand different debt collection strategies and know how they apply in different circumstances.
• The use of ICT systems, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Access as someone with passion for data analysis and intermediate level excel skills (Competent with Excel Vlookups, Pivot tables, Charts & Formulas) is required.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Suzana Lugonja FSC Team Manager

Telephone: 01163053034

Email: suzana.lugonja@emss.org.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £33,060.00-£36,660.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 2264