A Multinational company is looking for a Credit Controller to handle and ensure speedy recovery of debts from fast moving consumer goods, projects and general trading and assist in, decisions and terms and conditions of current sales. The successful applicant will possess strong critical thinking and decision-making skills coupled with a constant drive to perform. This position will play a major role in maximizing revenue and mitigating credit risk while reducing the books. The ideal candidate will be excited to collaborate with our sales and marketing departments to implement an effective credit control system and resolve overdue debt issues.
Job Description
Job Title: Credit Controller
The candidate should have experience collecting the most difficult debts, interacting and working with customers to ensure their needs are met and their credit fits in with the current risk portfolio. The candidate should also understand when it’s appropriate to renegotiate payment plans. The Credit Controller should be prepared to hold daily recovery meetings and escalate issues and improvements to the Head of Finance and ultimately the Country Manager.
Responsibilities
- Ensure customers pay on time and chase any overdue invoices
- Develop the credit control system in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance and company executives
- Improve and implement debt collection processes when there are any overdue invoices or payments, and recommend legal procedures if necessary
- Hold daily debtors meeting with the collection and sales team to ensure debtors books are reduced
- Produce daily debtors report and highlight areas of concern and actions
- Maintain accurate records of customer debts, analyse the effectiveness of the company’s credit control system and implement changes to improve profitability and reduce bad debts
- Setting up the terms and conditions of a sale in collaboration with business managers
- Timely and effective collection of all debts and customers payments
- Negotiating re-payment plans
- Maintaining contact with clients to ensure invoices are clear for payment
- Reconciling customer accounts daily and ensure all debtors have accurate records
- Managing credit control team to eliminate overdue invoices
- Resolving queries both internally and externally around outstanding invoices
- Posting and allocating daily receipts to accounting systems
- Providing accounts information to internal departments
Skills
- Excellent teamwork, organization and communication skills
- Proactive and initiative driven
- Punctual
- Smart and attention to details
- Honest and loyal
- Ability to work long hours without supervision
- Strong analytical skills and an eye for detail
- Proven track record of making successful collections and debt recoveries
- The ability to listen to customers and negotiate winning solutions
- At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Marketing, law or related field
- Ability to use accounting packages and Microsoft suites
Salary
Attractive with performance bonus and commissions
Qualification
BSc. Admin, Marketing, Accounting, LLB, ACCA
At least three (3) years relevant experience in Credit control and collection
Proven tract record of debt collection and receivables accounts management will be a great advantage.
How to Apply
Applicants should send their CVs and Certificates to recruit.dwafinance@gmail.com not later than Friday, 27/08/2018, 3:00PM. Only shortlisted qualified applicants will be contacted.