Credit Controller at a Transport Industry - Corporate Staffing

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Keeping debtor days within agreed levels.
• Actively pursuing overdue debts by phone, emails & letters to ensure payment within agreed timescales and escalating difficult cases promptly
• Sending out monthly debtors statements/letters
• Reconciling debtors accounts and ensuring accuracy of balances at all times
• Continuous improvement of credit control systems
• Maintaining a day-to-day record of credit control activities for each delinquent account
• Identifying changes in payment patterns and taking action to avert delinquency
• Handling disputed invoices expeditiously and negotiating to bring payment within the agreed terms
• Responding promptly and completely to both debtors and internal enquiries
• Proposing and preparing files for external debt recovery
• Providing ad-hoc reports as and when requested
• Other duties as delegated from time to time by the Finance Manager

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in B.COM (accounting option)
• CPA II finalist
• 2 years’ experience in Credit control
• Have the ability to explain financial reports clearly.
• Should have worked in a medium or large organization
• MS Office applications.