Senior Manager, Legal - Manchester, United Kingdom - Anthony Cole Associates Ltd

Description

This opportunity has a base to £55,000, plus 10% pension & up to 10% bonus - £65,000 package .

To provide further depth to the Debt Management team, they are looking to hire a Debt Escalation & Enforcement Manager to join asap.

This will be a challenging but highly rewarding role that will be mainly REMOTE BASED , however the ability to travel to the client's main offices in London / The Midlands / The Northwest or one of the 300 buildings located nationally 2 days a week is required.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Debt Management team ensuring that all aspects of debt enforcement are conducted in accordance with the debt management policy and take responsibility for managing the day-to-day escalation process ensuring it is undertaken in a professional and timely manner.

As a member of the Finance team the post holder will also be required to assist in other daily finance functions as required, provide line management and support to the wider debt management team roles, and will act up to cover in the absence of the Head of Debt Management.

Identify gaps and poor payment performance trends.
Contribute to innovate and pragmatic collection strategies including the recovery of historic delinquent debt.

Legal Enforcement

Prepare cases for legal action through completion of due diligence and working with the Property and Lease support teams.

Attend Escalation Panels with the wider Community.

Prepare papers for the submission of potential legal action to the Assurance Panel and manage the debt through the same process.

Support regular legal action progress reviews and consider / discuss alternative strategies on a case-by-case basis.

Contact with the wider community.
Excel & Sage reports.
Take responsibility and providing responsibility in the absence of the Head of Debt Management.
Line Management, mentoring and providing support to the wider Debt Management team.

Maintain strong working relationships across the finance community.

Credit Management Qualification (CICM qualified or equivalent).
Strong experience with litigation processes and procedures.
Experience of managing a legal case load with Solicitors.
Confident presenter with the ability to engage and connect at Senior Management and Director levels.
Experience writing business case papers with the ability to demonstrate effective delivery at senior levels of engagement.
Good time management & organisational skills.
Strong excel user (Pivot tables, v-lookups etc).
Experience within the Real Estate / Property Management or similar industry would be preferred, though not essential.