Salary: £13k-£15k per annum Benefits: Performance related
bonus, 2 pay reviews per year and up to 33 days paid
holiday Job Type: Permanent Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am –
6pm. Location: Based at our Head Office branch, Northenden,
South Manchester.
The Company Employing over 500 people
throughout our 11 regional offices, Unicom is the UK's largest
and fastest growing independent telecommunications service
provider specialising in the small to medium size business
market, with an annual turnover of over £60 million. In
recognition of this, the company has featured several times in
the Sunday Times Profit Track 100, Fast Track 100 and Tech Track
100. We currently provide line rental, telephone calls,
broadband, mobiles and directory enquiry services to over 90,000
business customers.
Unicom is committed to giving the
highest standards of customer service and we achieve this through
the ongoing development of our employees. This is reflected in
various awards including Investors in People, Customer First and
Customer Excellence. Our continued expansion creates significant
opportunities for promotion in a variety of roles. Full training
is provided for all roles.
The Role Key duties of this
role will involve calling business customers to chase in all
outstanding monies via direct debits, credit/debit cards, cheques
and BACS, resolving any payment disputes that have lead to
non-payment. Where customers have failed to pay by our standard
direct debit terms, you will investigate the reasons for this,
re-iterate the benefits and overcome any objections to paying by
Direct Debit with a view to re-instating their Direct Debit for
future payments.
You will investigate any claims of
financial difficulties and negotiate sufficient payment plans
where appropriate. It will also be your responsibility to ensure
that customer accounts are escalated properly to the suspension /
ceasing of services, ensuring that customers are aware of the
consequences of non-payment throughout this process.
This
role gives an excellent opportunity to join a company that can
offer genuine career progression and excellent development
prospects.
Skills and Experience Required • Excellent
communication skills • Must be able to develop good working
relationships with business customers • Strong organisational
skills • Experience in collecting debt or a targeted call
centre is advantageous however we will consider transferable
skills from other previous roles • Ability to work in a fast
paced environment a must • Ability to think
innovatively • Strong minded and professional • Able to
negotiate and influence confidently at all levels • Self
motivated, with a positive approach to targets • Confident
telephone manner and ability to build rapport • 2nd language
advantageous although not
essential
Benefits • Personal Incentive Bonus
Scheme (Up to 10% salary bonus per year) • Two salary reviews
per year • Up to 33 days holiday a year • Excellent
promotional opportunities for motivated individuals
• Additional incentive schemes • Full and comprehensive
two week introductory training in the role • Continued
training to help develop skills and abilities • Training
Support Scheme • Work for an Investors in People accredited
company • Regular subsidised social events • Modern, open
plan, air conditioned offices