Description
Rapid processing of unpaid debts prevents them from turning into permanent losses. The company that organizes itself to prevent and amicably handle its late payments minimizes the financial impact and gives its customers the image of a well-managed company. This certifying cycle firstly helps the collection manager to organize his follow-up actions: reminder schedule, interaction with salespeople, handling of disputes, etc. It then helps him to carry out effective telephone follow-up actions, combining firmness and courtesy, in handling difficult situations. Finally, it allows it to handle simple disputes itself such as orders to pay and to manage the consequences of its customers' cessation of payment.
Who is this training for ?
For whom ?Responsible for recovery. Customer accountant. Accounting assistant.
Prerequisites
Training objectives
Training program
- Diagnose customer outstandings
- - Internal and external causes of late payment.
- - The 7 keys to up-to-date customer accounting.
- - Measuring the impact of disputes on outstanding amounts .
- - Signs of customer degradation
- Create or improve your reminder procedure
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- Tools to manage customer credit
- - Use the aged balance, customer account statement, payer profile.
- - Features of customer credit software.
- The legal and financial framework
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- Relaunch different categories of customers
- - International payment methods and guarantees.
- - Recovering debts internationally.
- - Recovery circuit for public debts.
- - Practical advice for recovery from individuals.
- Build the credit function dashboard
- - Performance and management indicators.
- - The different methods of calculating the average payment period (DMP).
- - Recovery performance indicators: DMP, rate due, weight of disputes,...
- Remote activities
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- Promote reminders
- - Give the image of a well-managed company.
- - Improve cash flow and financial results.
- - Strengthen collaboration with sellers.
- - Resolve disputes
- Prepare for the telephone interview
- - Define your priorities: old scale, electronic diary.
- - Develop your recovery form.
- - The different levels of recovery.
- Practice following up on the phone
- - Adjust your voice: volume, flow, intonation.
- - Structure your interview to become more efficient: the 4 Cs: contact, understand, convince, conclude.
- - Positive expressions to avoid.
- - 'Cushion' formulas to dampen directness.
- - Different questions: open, closed, neutral, leading
- - Reformulate to avoid. misunderstandings.
- - Scenario Role play, SRAM: practice questioning and reformulation, practice the 4 Cs to maintain control of the interview, react well in difficult cases
- - Control a talkative customer.
- - Respond to the aggressive or manipulative customer.
- - Avoid triggering aggression yourself and preserve the relationship: DESC.
- - Scenario Role play: DESC, aggressive client
- Negotiate a deal
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- Use the written word as a complement
- - Use writing wisely.
- - Standard or specific letter.
- - Writing tips, terms.
- - Scenario Exercise : correct a reminder letter
- Remote activity
- - To complete an e-learning module: 'Assertiveness: know your profile'
- Prevent customer disputes
- - Essential clauses in the General Terms and Conditions to guarantee your rights: penal clause; attribution of jurisdiction; reservation of ownership.
- - Constitute proof of the debt: the golden triangle of recovery.
- - Establish a moratorium: clauses to be included. Limitation periods.
- Choose the procedure suited to each situation
- - Rules of jurisdiction of the courts.
- - Overview of the interim provision and the summons on the merits: selection criteria and stages.
- - Procedure for unpaid checks.
- - Overindebtedness of individuals.
- Carry out payment orders yourself
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- Ensure the relationship with the bailiffs
- - Can we negotiate their prices?
- - Recourse against abusive practices
- Manage a customer's failure
- - Steps, actors, effects of collective procedures on creditors.
- - Main reflexes: production of debt, request for foreclosure statement.
- - Claim for goods sold with retention of title.
- - Continuation of current contracts.
- - Require payment in advance.
- - Evaluation of acquired assets