Income & Debt Finance Officer

We have an urgent requirement for an Income & Debt Finance Officer on an initial 6 month contract. The ideal candidate will have previous experience dealing with debt recovery/credit control. This will be a hybrid working role, after an initial settling in period, with a minimum of 2 days a week onsite.

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.

Essential Experience includes:
* Experience of debt collection
* Experience of working with debt collection agencies and dealing with legal proceedings.
* 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.

LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.