Credit Controller - Contract Position

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POSITION INFO:

Our client an industry leader and innovator in the field of information is requiring a Credit Controller to a join their team

The Credit control position is accountable for the debt collection activities in such a manner that it maximisers collections and minimizes bad debts in the company

Location: Port Elizabeth or East London

Job type: On-site – Temporary Contract - month to month

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to collection policies and procedures.
• Monitor and manage a debtor’s portfolio of approx. 480 accounts.
• Achieve and maintain collections and targets set per company protocol.
• Collect payments according to payment terms
• Performs reconciliations of allocated accounts
• Review all defaulting accounts.
• Blacklisting clients
• Inform the credit supervisor of any liquidations, absconded clients and business rescues
• Check that all credit notes and adjustments are raised correctly.
• Submit all credit notes requisitions to the regional credit supervisor.
• Ensure the bank statements deposits are captured and allocated daily.
• Ensure that all suspense accounts are reconciled and cleared monthly.
• Assist auditors as and when required.
• Ensure queries and complaints are dealt with efficiently, accurately, and promptly.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree or Diploma within the accounting field
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a financial environment
• Must have strong collections experience 
• Sage X3 experience
• Willingness to work overtime when needed.

Skills/Competencies

• Capacity to deliver under pressure
• Good people skills
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines and targets
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Attention to detail and ability to work accurately and deliver quality outputs.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.

Should meet the above criteria, we invite you to apply directly to the advertisement. Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of application, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful