Credit Control Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya (100K - 150K)

Job Re Advert: Credit Control Manager

Industry: Security
 
Location: Nairobi
 
Salary: 100K – 150K gross
 
Our client is one of the leading and most respected Security Solutions providers for a wide host of clients in diverse industries in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. 

They seek to hire a dynamic and result driven individual to fill the position of a Team Leader – Installations. Candidates with a technical background are encouraged to apply.
 
Job Purpose: Take responsibility for the assessment of new business proposals, together with the regular review and assessment of existing exposures/business portfolios across the business alongside managing a team of credit controller and debt collectors
 

Key Responsibilities Include:
  • Take sole responsibility for credit control functions of the business
  • Set up and maintain customer credit limits, and ensure all accounts are maintained within specified credit terms and limits.
  • Contribute to the development/refinement of credit strategy, policy and processes.
  • Supervise all forms of regular customer contact including statements, phone calls, emails, and formal letters.
  • Auditing delinquent accounts considered to be uncorrectable to ensure maximum efforts have been taken before assigning bad debt status to the accounts
  • Establishing and update customers credit activities
  • Regularly review ledgers with Credit Controllers
  • Negotiate with suppliers, e.g. credit information, credit insurance and debt collection agencies
  • Ensure timely and accurate receivables and collections reporting including, but not limited to, cash collections and forecasting and DSO calculations
  • Effectively manage account/invoice disputes, both internally and externally in order that disputes are resolved within the agreed SLAs.
  • Reviewing collection reports to ascertain status of collections and balances outstanding and evaluates effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures
  • Deal with customer queries, including following up with relevant internal departments to resolve issues including strong negotiation skills and hard sell when required
  • Provide information and support for cash forecasting, monitor actuarial and analyze variances to targets
  • Drive process and efficiency improvements including current systems, procedures and documents
  • Measure department performance with appropriate metrics
  • Provide for ongoing training of the credit staff
Skills and Qualifications Required
  • 5 Years and above experience in credit management
  • University Degree in finance, accounting or business related field
  • CPA (K)/ACCA or equivalent
  • High level of personal motivation and drive
  • Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Must be assertive, persistent and have a positive outlook
  • Highly motivated and ambitious
  • Ability to follow a task from start to completion
  • A strong team leader who inspires a winning team
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Re Advert Credit Control Manager 100- 150K gross)  to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Friday 6th March, 2015.

Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing


Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.