Debtor's Officer at Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To provide advice and assistance to the debtors’ manager in debt collection, by, mail, telephone or in person.
• Deal with routine correspondence with regard to any collection or recovery issue.
• Prepare refunds and write-offs including journals and credit notes and pass these to the appropriate Senior Officer for authorization
• Liaise with outside Debt Collection Agencies
• Downloading and reconciliation of accounts and sending them to clients
• Identify and notify clients of due accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits in order to solicit payment
• Identify and monitor overdue accounts (accounts with 90 days and over) giving them priority and more attention,
• Record information about financial status of customers and status of collection efforts and perform various administrative functions for assigned accounts, such as recording address changes and key contact persons
• Review of reconciliations and accounts rejects status
• Department cost consciousness.
• Participate in Department’s Inventory control and Counts exercises
• Actively participate in the hospital’s quality and customer care initiatives as per institutional policy and framework and as may be called upon.
• To ensure delivery of cost-effective services
• To deliver quality services in the operations
• To deliver customer service excellence

The requirements

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting/Finance Option), CPA II or equivalent
• Certificate in Debt/Credit Management an added advantage
• Proficiency in Ms Excel
• High negotiation and debt collection skills
• Good customer service skills
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in Debt management