Job Title: Credit Controller
Hiring Organization: Corporate Staffing
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Health
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 06/04/2024
Gross
Salary: Ksh 70k – 80k
Our
client is a leading provider of laboratory and field-testing solutions in East
Africa. They are looking for an enthusiastic Credit Controller to join their
team. It’s your chance to be part of a dynamic team and make an immediate
impact! As a Credit Controller, you will play a crucial part in providing
operations and finance teams guidance and support.
Responsibilities:
Credit:
Monitor
intermediate limits to ensure control once accounts have open balances.
Send
statements to debtors who are overdue and follow up on phone, email and
physical visits for timely payment to be done.
Seek and
manage remittance information and post payments on their Account Ledgers.
Manage SOA accuracy.
Monitor
unpaid amounts daily and liaise with the Sales Representative and Customers for
payment to be done.
Relationship
building with clients, build directory of contacts to be uploaded in respective
systems.
Negotiate
Payment plans with clients
Work
towards improving payment collection metrics and strategies.
Reporting
Responsibilities
Create
and maintain a log of challenged invoices or invoices with issues and present
the list as a bi-weekly report to Customer Service and the different HODs to be
aware. Initiate a monthly meeting per dept to review and tackle these logged
items in questions.
Above log
to include pending disputes and issues needing resolving
Above log
to include incomplete work or pending matters with clients
Record
activities performed and list of updates of communications with customers
Submit
the debtors’ projection list to the HODs weekly.
Submit
debtors’ aged analysis reports to the Sales Representatives and HODs
summarizing debt balances per department.
Share a
bi-weekly report list of round offs/small amount corrections due to be sent to
the Accounts Dept to action against respective accounts.
Projects:
Set up a
procedure and documentation requirement for evaluating new credit requests and
assigning credit terms and limits for existing and new clients.
Update
Credit Agreement forms with new and updated Credit Limit Terms, initiate a
request for signed forms where not in place.
Update
revised Credit Limits per account on the company’s ERP system. Save the Credit
Forms in a central location.
Once
above new limits are assigned on the ERP system, coordinate with operations to
integrate debtor account limits and approvals as part of the order processing
workflow.
Develop,
standardize and implement a payment collection process across the
organization.
Set up a
reporting template to show % completed and pending signed delivery notes for
POD visibility
Customer
Service/Deliveries Documentation:
Filing:
maintain up-to-date records of delivery note copies, and follow up with
customers for PODs.
Perform
regular SOA confirmations that invoices are posted at customers’ finance
systems and reflecting on their payables due. If not chase up on pending
documentation to be delivered.
Qualification
and Skills
3-5
years’ experience in a similar role.
Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting, Finance, Bachelor of Commerce or related field
(preferred).
Qualifications:
ACCA or CPA (preferred).
Good
understanding of the legal complexities of loans, payment plans, and interest
rates.
Financial
Accounting Skills (preferred). Understanding of WHT, VAT, Tax codes.
Ability
to reconcile complex debtors’ accounts.
Competency
with SAP/Sage and other accounting tools.
Excellent
planning, organization and problem-solving skills.
Ability
to before accurate credit analysis on debtor accounts and pending order book
for decision making.
Ability
to deal with problematic clients.
How to
Apply
Gross
Salary: Ksh 70k – 80k
If you are up to the challenge
and possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV
only quoting the job title on the email subject (Credit Controller – Health )
to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 16th
June 2024
