
Credit Manager London, England
Job description
We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.
Job Summary
- Provide and maintain an efficient Credit Control service within set guidelines. This involves the timely follow up of overdue debts, resolving account queries and allocation of payments received.
- Develop good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote and deliver effective communication.
- Support the continual development of processes and procedures to improve efficiency.
- Compile aged debt spreadsheets using system download, v-lookup, and pivot tables.
- Action replies received from insurances, embassies, and other funders.
- Contact patients, insurance companies, embassies, and other funders to follow up on outstanding balances.
- Investigate shortfalls/denials and take appropriate action to resolve.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including insurance companies, embassies, and sponsors.
- Monitor accounts held in contested status and take action to resolve.
- Escalate issues and identify trends from insurance queries, denials and follow up action.
- Provide regular feedback on delays and non-payment issues to Team Leader and Business Office Manager.
- Proactively responding to and resolving queries from internal and external stakeholders.
- Action collections work queues.
- Print and send follow up statements.
- Liaise with internal departments, insurances etc. to resolve issues promptly and effectively.
- Prepare monthly list of accounts for approval and assignment to external Collection Agencies.
- Process incoming payments from patients and third-party payers.
- Deal with refunds, adjustments, and credit balances.
- Investigate and resolve payment allocation issues.
- Complete mandatory education and training to maintain organisation and department specific competencies and requirements.
- Roles will rotate within the team.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Minimum GCSE/High School Diploma or equivalent
- Previous experience working as a credit controller is essential
- Experience working in Private Healthcare handling debt follow up with large insurance companies is desirable.
- Knowledge and experience using Healthcode for information and Service Messaging Service contact with payers is desirable
- Experience using insurance portals to investigate shortfalls and payments is desirable
- Knowledge and awareness of collection guidelines, insolvency process and limitations under PCI and GDPR regulations
- Previous experience in a customer service role is essential
- 25 days Annual leave plus 8 days Bank holiday per year
- Auto-Enrolment of 5% pension - Cleveland contribute 10% through Salary Exchange
- Private Medical Insurance and Private Dental Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Discounted gym facilities in our Admin Office Building
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Seasonal Ticket Loans
CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.
About Cleveland Clinic
CEO: Tomislav Mihaljevic
Revenue: $2 to $5 billion (USD)
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Non-profit Organisation
Website: www.clevelandclinic.org
Year Founded: 1921
