Monday, February 3, 2014

Some Information About Credit And Collections Training


by Serena Price


In a business, one of the most important aspects of the accounting or financing department would be collection of the accounts receivable. In fact, for big companies, there is a separate department that is solely concentrated on collecting money called the collections department. Of course in order to be able to do this effectively, workers have to undergo credit and collections training.

The very first thing that the trainers will be teaching the workers in this department is how to set a reasonable goal for them to reach. For example, if the company is supposed to collect a certain amount, then tell the workers to set a goal that they must collect a certain amount out of the total amount. One may use the collection effectiveness measurement tool as a reference.

Now for those who do not know this tool, here is a short explanation on how it actually works. Basically, one sets a goal on how much he is going to collect from a certain debtor. Now after that, he will make a record of how he collected and will record the percentage of how much he collected versus the total amount which he will be showing the management for examination.

The next thing that will be taught would be how to work as a team. Do take note that collecting debts is not just a one person job as it is a whole department working together in achieving the goal of getting back the accounts receivable. So one will be taught how to work as one whole department in trying to collect money.

Now after learning those two things, then one will be learning some techniques on how to collect money. Now these techniques were made so that one will be able to collect money from the debtor without actually offending the debtor. If one will offend the debtor, the debtor will most likely not want to pay and things might just get ugly.

One will be learning how to be able to properly approach the debtor and some of the things that he has to say. He will be learning the basics of good customer relations because this is actually also needed when following up with payments. So he will be given specific lines to say and also some follow up lines that may help.

Lastly, one will be learning the rules of collecting money from debtors. What many do not know is that there are actually certain rules and laws when it comes to following up with the payments or receivables from the debtors. One will be learning these rules so he will know how to not violate them.

So basically, those are some of the things that one will be learning in credit and collections training. This is actually a very tedious job and has a very negative view from consumers. However, it is a very important part of a business and is essential for its survival because it entails getting the money that rightfully belongs to the company in the first place.




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