Our client is looking to recruit a Personal Insolvency Administrator with experience of both bankruptcies and IVAs based at their Leeds office.
Our Client
Our client is an established independent insolvency and business advisor based in West Yorkshire.
The Role
The Personal Insolvency
Administrator will manage a portfolio of bankruptcy and IVA cases and report into both Manager
and Partner. The successful candidate must
have bankruptcy and pre & post IVA experience focusing on non-consumer
IVA's. The role will be 20% bankruptcy and 80% IVA.
Candidates with corporate experience would be considered.
Tasks- Plan, control and pro-actively
manage a portfolio of personal insolvency cases ensuring the portfolio of cases are progressed on a timely basis and are compliant with statute
- Draft / Review necessary reports
to secured creditors/creditors’ committees/creditors and the Court
- Deal with and adjudicate on
claims that are secured, preferential and unsecured
- Carry out necessary investigation
procedures and identify the appropriate time to seek legal advice
- Dealing with solicitors by phone,
email and correspondence, dealing with technical issues, advice and
possible solutions and
propose appropriate courses of action to the Manager and Partner
- Preparation of documentation for
meetings
- Maximising asset realisations and
ensuring recoveries are pursued in a pro-active and cost effective way
- Complete and review appropriate
banking and cheque request forms in order to ensure that estate monies are
handled and dealt with correctly
- Complete VAT returns and reclaims
- Liaise with professional agents
- Production of good quality
reports and letters
- Monitoring, maintenance and
up-dating of diary system – in a timely manner
- Monitoring of costs to ensure
that time charges and fees are proportionate and drawn at appropriate stages,
in accordance with resolutions
passed by creditors
- Deal with day to day
correspondence, including non-standard items
- Adhere to statutory compliance
and current legislation (Insolvency Act), best practice and the firms policies
and procedures
- Attend and assist at meetings
both in and out of the office when required
Key attributes and Qualification
- Experience of working in Insolvency
Excellent Technical Skills – IVAs and Bankruptcy
- Excellent communication
skills, written and verbal together with a Professional
manner including good interpersonal,
telephone and letter writing skills
- Effective use of IT
including Excel, Word & Outlook
- Excellent report writing
skills. Maintains high professional standards of conduct and practice
- Able to organise and manage
time efficiently and effectively whilst being flexible
- Ability to anticipate and
communicate problems with possible solutions to others in the team
- Take responsibility for
work tasks and quality of the portfolio of cases, ensuring
deadlines are met.
- Keeps case Manager and
Partner updated on progress and highlights potential issues
- Show enthusiasm and
commitment to progressing cases, building rapport with peers internally and
externally
- CPI would be an advantage, but not essential
Salary Salary package is £18k - £25k dependent upon the experience and qualifications the candidate can bring.
