Optimising Debtor Verification
Duration: Half Day
Designed for:
Anyone performing debtor verification in an invoice finance operation, whether new to the role or more experienced in verifying debt.
Objectives
To optimise the debtor verification process by increasing the skills and understanding of those taking part in this process in an invoice finance operation.
Content:
PowerPoint presentation, discussion and various activities in groups will be used to reinforce learning. The following areas will be covered:
Where does debtor verification fit in to an invoice finance operation
Understanding organisations
- Private and public sector
- UK business structures and the concept of liability
- Company group structures
- Directors’ and shareholders’ needs
Sources of information about debtors
- Companies House – what information is available and its accuracy
- Credit agencies and other sources
Industry-specific issues for the verification process
Invoice finance fraud and how it can affect the verification exercise
- Sales ledger frauds
- Collusion between clients and debtors
- Improving detection
- What constitutes a true verification
- Case histories of where verification has gone wrong
Internal aspects
- Benefitting from in-house information (statistics, audits, client visits)
- Maintaining arms length from existing relationships (client managers in particular)
- Comparing input and output from clients in similar industries
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