Debtors Clerk/External Consultant (m/f)

Description

Purpose statement

• To ensure the timeous collection of the company’s debtors’ book to maximize cash flow of the business, minimize the risk of bad debts and reduce the debtor’s days to an acceptable level
• To ensure company policies and procedures are adhered to in respect of the granting of credit to customers
• To timeously alert management of potential collection problems
• Key performance areas (to translate into a measure of success)
• Cash Collection
• Debtors Administration

Duties

Cash Collection

• Collection of Money
• Daily review of accounts with staff to ensure that queries are attended to and that cash is received punctually when due
• Following up on debtor’s payments (Through Personal and site visits)
• Allocating debtor payments to accounts on the system
• Reconciling customer payments with invoices
• Daily management of overdue accounts with escalation procedures to mitigate risks

Debtors Administration

• Follow up on all enquiries received
• Accurate and timeous query resolution results in accurate accounts and satisfied customers
• Resolving daily Debtors queries
• Quality control and approval of processes result in accurate financial controls
• Debtors reconciliations
• Maintaining debtors Master Files and Credit Limits
• Performing Credit checks on new Customers for approval
• Distributing Invoices and Statements
• Banking
• Daily/Weekly /Monthly Reporting to management on outstanding debtors
• Assisting with debtor’s review project
• Other responsibilities as allocated from time to time

Requisites

• Minimum:
• Diploma/Certificate
• Recommended:
• Diploma/Certificate/Degree in Accounting/Bookkeeping preferred
• Credit Management qualification advantageous
• Experience:
• 3 - 5 years proven working experience in debt collecting and credit control.
• Knowledge:
• Bookkeeping
• Credit Control
• Accounting system
• Collection of debtors
• Debtor reconciliations
• Skills:
• Administration skills
• Problem Solving skills
• Numerical skills
• Organizing and planning
• Communication skills
• Behavioral Competencies:
• Integrity
• Interpersonal skills
• Resilience
• Persuasiveness
• Energy and Drive
• Quality Orientation
• Planning and Organizing

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Only CV’s submitted in English will be considered applicants must be fluent in Portuguese and able to communicate functionally in English