Debt Litigation Manager
- West Yorkshire
- £50,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Salary £50-70,000 dependent on experience (candidates slightly out of this salary range, with exceptional experience are encouraged to apply).
- Hybrid working - 40% of time in the office.
- 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays and the option to buy and sell.
- Opportunity to deal with more complex higher value (up to £1million) debt recovery work in the future.
- Managing a small team of Solicitors and fee earners, dealing with business development, recruitment, appraisals, work delegation, KPI setting, client contact and maintaining existing client relationships, being the point of contact for complex queries.
- Managing a reduced caseload of commercial debt recovery matters from the point of defence through to judgment.
- Responding to defences and counterclaims, issuing complex proceedings, drafting witness statements, negotiating settlement, preparing for trial, requesting judgment, enforcement.
- A confident litigator, with commercial or consumer debt recovery experience.
- An experienced leader, with experience managing a team of debt recovery professionals.