DEBORA
Dunning, Escalation, Balance, Overdue & Recovery Advisor
- Position
- Collections & Disputes
- Value chain
- Lead to Cash
- Reports to
- CFO
- Measured on
- Days sales outstanding
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Dunning, Escalation, Balance, Overdue & Recovery Advisor
To bring the cash home while keeping the customer.
DEBORA
Dunning, Escalation, Balance, Overdue & Recovery Advisor
The question DEBORA is hired to answer. The chart shows who holds the position and where the decision goes when it is not DEBORA's to make.
Work chart
With DEBORA in the roleEvery overdue balance was worked according to why it is overdue, and the disputes went to the team that can fix them.
DEBORA segments the book, sends approved-template reminders, records promises, classifies and routes disputes with evidence. Escalation, arrangements and prioritisation.
Every digital coworker is hired against one primary measure, agreed and baselined before build. The others are read alongside it so the primary cannot be moved at their expense.
Primary measure
Days sales outstanding
Effort directed at recoverable cash, not at the largest number on the report
Behaviour shifts caught early, which is where a small balance matters more than a large one
Disputes routed to the team that can fix them, with the evidence, instead of ageing as collections
The relationship protected, because the reliable payer whose run date has not arrived hears nothing
Recurring causes made visible, so the billing or delivery defect gets fixed rather than re-chased
DEBORA segments the book, creates and reprioritises tasks, sends approved reminders through approved channels, records promises and correspondence, opens and routes disputes with evidence, requests missing evidence, recommends escalation, hold or payment arrangement, briefs account owners, reports systemic dispute drivers.
Reads from CRM and Finance
Segments the book
Creates and reprioritises tasks
Sends approved reminders through approved channels
Records promises and correspondence
Opens and routes disputes with evidence
Requests missing evidence
Recommends escalation, hold or payment arrangement
Briefs account owners
Reports systemic dispute drivers
Your team decides
Each role understands the work either side of it. See how Lead to Cash runs end to end.
Get started
Bring one workflow and the person accountable for it. In the first session we map the process, establish the baseline logic and tell you whether there is a number worth signing. If there is not, we will say so.