Role: Debt Collection Specialist

Salary: £35,000

Location: Southampton (hybrid) 3 days in office

‘To inspire the world’s 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 compliant. Due 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.

• Analyse client accounts to identify early signs of financial stress and determining the probability of default.

• Provide risk insights to help the team prioritise workloads.

• Reporting on their debt level of your portfolio.

• 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.

• 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)

• Highly developed written and verbal skills with a confident, professional and diplomatic approach to debt recovery.

• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills.

• 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)

• Flexible working

• Regular departmental socials, company wide

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