Chelmsford BC Revolutionise Debt Recovery

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Chelmsford BC Revolutionise Debt Recovery

Chelmsford Borough Council have revolutionised their debt recovery processes and have achieved 98% of all debts recovered in 90 days.  This innovative approach has been led through the introduction of a dedicated recovery focus within the Finance section, and the transfer of responsibility of difficult debts from Legal, back to Finance.  The team are making use of the TotalFinance Enhanced Debtors functionality, combined with a standardised process for all debts to be actioned within the first 90 days. 


With reducing budgets, combining the creditors and debtors sections into a single team has afforded efficiencies of scale, reducing the overall head count by one FTE and sharing the peaks in workload through the year.


The Service Departments are pleased with the better management information and the improved income results have enabled them to focus on their service delivery rather than debt handling.

 “Support from Consilium has been instrumental in us achieving this transformation – it has meant immediate payback.”  Nick Eveleigh, Director of Financial Services.


Chelmsford have always positioned themselves as cutting edge, working directly with Consilium in the development of new modules and features including Invoice Scanning and the Asset Register.  This partnership has enabled us to progress features for the benefit of the entire TotalFinance User Community.


Alison Chessell will be presenting at the forthcoming Finance User Group, in Leamington Spa on 1st November.


Date Posted: 04 Oct 2011