Recoveries Post-litigation File Handler

3 weeks ago


Bolton, United Kingdom Keoghs Full time

The department deal with pursuing subrogated recoveries on behalf of a number of insurer clients. This is a role in our post-litigation team. The purpose of the role is to effectively manage a portfolio of Delegated (DA) litigated cases where a Defence has been received to ensure that damages and costs are recovered and in appropriate cases judgment is requested in a timely manner and if necessary referred to enforcement.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Organising, prioritising and handling own workload in line with standard operating procedures to ensure that critical dates are met and KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved.
- Effective management of the litigation process to ensure KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved:

- Adhering to all Court deadlines
- Drafting of court documents
- Liaising with the policyholder and other witnesses including drafting witness statements.

- Negotiation of quantum on appropriate cases
- Ensuring prompt payment of damages and costs by the defendant.
- Instructing enforcement
- Effective use of the case management system to ensure:

- Reserving and all other key information is accurate and updated in a timely manner.
- Critical dates are met
- All actions/strategies are documented by way of a file note
- All documents in the history are clearly labelled.
- Delivering quality work, as a minimum meeting audit benchmark standards.
- Driving own personal development.
- Contributes to team effort by working collaboratively to ensure that team targets are achieved and by positively contributing to team morale.

Working Hours
35 hours per week
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch.
Primary location for this role is Parklands, Bolton. This is a hybrid working role working 1 day in the office and 4 days from home.

**Experience, Skills and Qualifications**
- Experience of working in a legal environment.
- Preferably experience of quantum negotiations.
- Demonstrate experience of and the ability to:

- Work to set deadlines
- Deal with calls and enquiries from customers, suppliers and/or the public
- Organise and prioritise their workload
- Work as part of a team
- IT literate: proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages (Excel and Word)
- Excellent listening and verbal communication skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to take constructive feedback and set personal goals for continuous improvement.

Values
Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our five values are at the heart of everything we do;
Keoghs values
We listen, are down to earth and supportive
We work together towards a common goal
We’re friendly with a can do attitude
We care about our clients
We evolve

**Contract Type**
- Permanent

**Area**
- Credit Hire and Recoveries

**Sub Area**
- Recoveries Bolton

**Office**
- Keoghs Bolton Parklands

**Closing Date**
- 09 May 2023


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