Credit Controller at Express Shipping & Logistics (EA) Limited (ESL)

Duties & responsibilities:

Profitability & Growth

• Identify & mitigate all company bad debts and aligning with group policies on collection and provisions.
• Ensure timely recoverability of trade & other receivables with an objective of ensuring no projections for bad debts.
• Identify & mitigate all own risk limits while ensuring customer accounts are covered and insurance or sales payment terms are adopted.

Sound Financial Corporate Governance

• Credit risk management.
• Stakeholder mapping & management through liaising with customers, commercial team.
• Adherence to professional conduct.
• Liaising with commercial team to set up and seek approval on credit limits to the management.
• Closing on all reconciliations that could inhibit collections of debts.

Sound Credit Policies

• Implement relevant policies.
• Review of relevant policies.
• Sensitization of team members on areas that affect them.

 Automation of all Credit Processes

• Automation of processes.
• Review of system utilization & recommendations.

Reporting

• Daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
• Annual credit performance and analysis.
• Report any payment issues to management or the appropriate team on a regular basis and credit report every month on the same.

Budget Formulation, Execution and Monitoring

• Be involved in annual budget formulation of the company on matters credit.
• Monitor all credit limits and debtors on a regular basis.
• Prepare periodic variance analysis and provide explanations on the variance.

Financial Audit Management by Internal and External Auditors

• Coordinate with internal & external auditors and provide debtors balances confirmations every end of the financial year.
• Implementation of audit management reports.

Sound Debt Management System

• Adhere to set financial contractual agreements & policies.
• Negotiate payment plans with customers and adhere to the set financial contractual agreements and policies accordingly.
• Credit application and appraisals.
• Monitoring of debtor’s days.
• Ensure the customer database is always updated in the ERP.
• Look for ways to improve debt collection processes without compromise to customer retention.

Company Compliance Management

• Statutory requirements.
• QMS Standards.
• Labor laws.
• Financial and Tax laws.

Company Assets Management

• Monitoring & maintaining trade & other receivables.
• Conduct verification & circularization of trade & other receivables.

Any other duty assigned by management.

Key Competencies and Skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
• A Master’s Degree in Finance or its equivalent will be an added advantage.
• CPA (K) or ACCA certification.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years post qualification experience.
• Fluency in English, able to effectively communicate orally and in writing.

Competence & Skills:

• Team player & self motivated.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Honest, reliable & of high integrity.
• Attentive to detail and strong decision making.
• Negotiation and problem-solving ability.
• Knowledge on ERP systems.
• Computer proficient in Ms. Word & excel.
• Strong financial, accounting and debt management skills.
• Knowledge of debt recovery procedures including legal procedures related to debt collection.
• Strong reporting skills.