Title: Credit Manager
Salary: 150K
A company in Nairobi is looking to hire a Credit Manager who will be responsible for delivering targeted performance for the Credit Control Department and undertake bad debt management.
Duties and Responsibilities
A company in Nairobi is looking to hire a Credit Manager who will be responsible for delivering targeted performance for the Credit Control Department and undertake bad debt management.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure
that the company adheres to corporate credit policies and procedures for
consistent handling of collection matters so as to maintain good customer
relations.
- Be
responsible for Team motivation, performance review and provide leadership
to the Credit Control Department
- Effectively
manage account/invoice disputes, both internally and externally and ensure
that disputes are resolved without undue delay
- Drive
collection & strategy planning of debt control, particularly mitigate
spill over of debt past the set period
- Ensure
the appropriate accounting and allocation of receipts and provide the
underlying detail for bad debts and revenue reserves.
- Enforces
the company’s credit policy and ensure that the set standards are strictly
adhered to
- Proactively
drive improvements in business processes and procedures, e.g. invoicing,
follow up, and query/dispute management
- Manage
the credit assessment process; ensuring that customers have appropriate
credit limits and that these are reviewed constantly
- Spearhead
escalations and ensure prompt stop service on inactive accounts
- Work
proactively with Billing, Customer Services, Sales, Legal and major
clients to solve issues, manage collections and customer escalations.
- Actively
manage and attain reduction of company bad debt provision as per set
KPIs
- Improve
company cash cycle and enhance cash conversion as per KPIs
Skills
and Qualifications
- Minimum
degree in a business field acquired from a reputable university.
- Professional
diploma course in Credit Management (Certified Credit Professional K is
preferred) CPA K will also be considered
- Minimum
5 years’ experience in credit management, debt collection, and business
risk management Preferably gained from the service industry
- Good
customer and negotiation skills
- Effective
hands-on manager able to lead a team of not less than 10 members of staff
- Result
oriented, energetic go getter ready to face new challenges
- Ability
to travel to the branch network and to meet out of town key customers
occasionally.
- Ability
to meet with defaulting customers and ensure ultimate conversion
- A
good business understanding of the country.
- Good
communication skills, superior computer skills and driving experience of
over 5 years.
How to
Apply
If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Credit Manager) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Tuesday 9th August 2016.
Kindly
indicate current/last salary on your CV.
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candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.