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Credit Controller

University of Essex - Finance, Planning and Data Insight Section

Location: Colchester
Salary: £24,715 to £28,131 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 28th March 2023
Closes: 25th April 2023
Job Ref: REQ07323
 

Income and Payment team

To support the University's growth and an increase in service demand, the University is currently seeking to appoint an experienced Credit Controller on a fixed term basis to join our Income team.

The Income and Payments team sits within the Finance, Planning and Data Insight Section, which has responsibility for managing the University’s income and expenditure, ensuring we get value for money in all financial activity and that we comply with all statutory and regulatory requests. Our aim to ensure consistent financial best practice is applied across the University.

The Income and Payments team is co-located on both the Colchester and Southend campuses. This post will be based at our Colchester campus.

Duties of the Role

The post holder will be responsible for applying the University’s Student Debt Policy and debt collection procedures in relation to debt recovery, by undertaking credit control activities of specific categories of customers to maximise income collection, and to reduce and maintain aged debt to a minimal value.

This will include assessing customer financial circumstances with a view to negotiating payment plans and monitoring payment plan arrangements, accurately record notes on all customer contact associated with debt collection and recommending further action to the Income Manager through outside debt collection agencies or County Court where all previous recovery efforts have failed to resolve the outstanding debt.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.

Qualifications and Skills required

A high-level working knowledge of Microsoft Office together with GCSE's Grade A-C or equivalent, including in Mathematics and English, and experience of working with a computerised accounting system are essential for this role.

You must have the ability to deal with multiple priorities and work to deadlines as well as having good organisational skills and experience of data inputting. In addition, you must have excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to impart and record information clearly and accurately.

A full list of the skills and qualifications required for this role can be found within the job pack.

This is a fixed term role limited to 24 months from the commencement date, due to a temporary funding source.

Whilst this is a full-time role, we would welcome applications from candidates who are able to work part-time (minimum of 0.8 FTE, equivalent to 4 days per week). Please indicate clearly on your application if your preference is for full-time or part-time working.

Previous applicants

Candidates who applied for this role under job reference REQ06665 or REQ06929 will not be reconsidered at this time and need not apply again.

Current students

Please note that due to the sensitive nature of this role, applications from current students at the University of Essex cannot be considered.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here. Our website http://www.essex.ac.uk contains more information about the University of Essex. If you have a disability and would like information in a different format, please email resourcing@essex.ac.uk

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