Credit Controller / Credit Control Assistant - Full Time
- Recruiter
- Recruitment Genius
- Location
- Maidstone, Kent, England
- Salary
- £17000 - £18000 per annum
- Posted
- 24 Apr 2018
- Closes
- 22 May 2018
- Ref
- 00081822
- Contact
- Recruitment Genius Ltd
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
An opportunity has arisen for a Credit Controller to join this company's hardworking and successful team in East Farleigh, near Maidstone.
They provide a stress free private practice management service to medical consultants remotely. As part of the Credit Control team you will form close relationships with both practice managers who are based on site and your allocated consultants to ensure that a full and efficient credit control service is delivered. You will be an integral part of the business; ensuring that their consultants are paid on time by patients, insurers, solicitors and hospitals.
Experience in a credit control position would be an advantage but is not essential and full and comprehensive training is given. You do not however, need an accounting qualification to carry out the role.
Essential Skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Tenacity and confidence is key whilst also being able to exercise an empathetic approach
- Ability to work off your own initiative and make informed and considered decisions
- You must be highly organised; able to work to time frames and remain calm in pressured situations
- Strong attention to detail; ensuring payments are allocated correctly
- Computer literate; knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook
This is a team environment and whilst you have Consultants that you are allocated and ultimately responsible for, the whole team work closely together and support each other.
Duties will include:
- Taking payments over the telephone
- Liaising with practice managers, consultants, patients, insurance companies, solicitors and hospitals by phone and e-mail
- Investigating anomalies with invoices or payments and informing colleagues and patients when necessary
- Allocating payments from remittances to patient records on DGL Practice Manager the patient software system.
- Conducting full monthly chases for consultants as well as regularly chasing patients as they reach their payment deadlines following our procedures for each stage
They value their employees so offer the following benefits:
- Profit Share
- Subsidised private medical insurance
- Free parking
- Pension Scheme
- 25 days Holiday
- Comprehensive and supportive in house training programme
- Regular developmental appraisals and review
Working hours: Mon- Fri, 40 per week between 8am-6pm
They provide a stress free private practice management service to medical consultants remotely. As part of the Credit Control team you will form close relationships with both practice managers who are based on site and your allocated consultants to ensure that a full and efficient credit control service is delivered. You will be an integral part of the business; ensuring that their consultants are paid on time by patients, insurers, solicitors and hospitals.
Experience in a credit control position would be an advantage but is not essential and full and comprehensive training is given. You do not however, need an accounting qualification to carry out the role.
Essential Skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Tenacity and confidence is key whilst also being able to exercise an empathetic approach
- Ability to work off your own initiative and make informed and considered decisions
- You must be highly organised; able to work to time frames and remain calm in pressured situations
- Strong attention to detail; ensuring payments are allocated correctly
- Computer literate; knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook
This is a team environment and whilst you have Consultants that you are allocated and ultimately responsible for, the whole team work closely together and support each other.
Duties will include:
- Taking payments over the telephone
- Liaising with practice managers, consultants, patients, insurance companies, solicitors and hospitals by phone and e-mail
- Investigating anomalies with invoices or payments and informing colleagues and patients when necessary
- Allocating payments from remittances to patient records on DGL Practice Manager the patient software system.
- Conducting full monthly chases for consultants as well as regularly chasing patients as they reach their payment deadlines following our procedures for each stage
They value their employees so offer the following benefits:
- Profit Share
- Subsidised private medical insurance
- Free parking
- Pension Scheme
- 25 days Holiday
- Comprehensive and supportive in house training programme
- Regular developmental appraisals and review
Working hours: Mon- Fri, 40 per week between 8am-6pm