Career Opportunity: Credit Controller
Three Green
Apples Consulting Limited is a consulting practice providing transformational
human resource management services.
Our client,
a four-star hotel located in Nairobi, is looking to hire a Credit Controller.
The Credit Controller will be
required to:
- Validate sales revenue, manage invoicing within established deadlines including posting collections, drawing up, records, auditing invoices and performing end-of-month closings.
- Involve the sales team in risk management and collection of overdue payments, providing them with appropriate information (guest account balance, solvency, etc.).
- Handle client complaints as well as negotiating settlement terms for payments overdue.
- Enforce guest credit allowance terms throughout the hotel.
- Conduct the reconciliation with the hotel corporate accounting department.
- Carry out credit checks on new customers.
- Comprehensive debtor management including assessment of risk and opportunities to improve company cash flow.
- Being the overall responsible for all sales ledger billing for the hotel businesses
- Set up admin accounts within the relevant billing systems for all events. Post fixed charges from event function sheets to the billing systems.
- Check to ensure all deposits received are correctly accounted and allocated on the billing systems.
- Ensure that billing instructions are clear and strictly adhered to, including working with Front Desk to ensure that pay on departure instructions are highlighted and followed.
- Have a broad understanding of the VAT treatment of invoicing.
- Open credit signing accounts provided they meet the company standard and that recognized checks have been exercised.
- Develop and maintain strong working relations with the sales and operations departments.
Requirements
The
position is a very hands-on role, requiring a highly driven individual who will
hit the ground running.
The successful candidate will have:
- Full CPA (K)/ ACCA or equivalent qualifications. A university degree in Accounting/Finance Business or a business related field will be an added advantage.
- At least 2-3 years of practical experience in a busy commercial organization.
- Strong business acumen, people management.
- Stickler for perfection with a great eye for detail.
- Computer literate.
- Good communication.
- Leadership orientation.
Experience
in use of Sun system, Micro Fidelio will be an added advantage.
The
successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to fit into a dynamic and
entrepreneurial organization.
He/she will
demonstrate drive, energy and results orientation with a commitment to deliver
excellence.
He/she will
demonstrate ability to work under pressure, prioritize work, and meet tight
deadlines.
He/she will
have a track record of success and value addition in pervious roles.
Remuneration:
A competitive salary will be offered for this position, negotiable dependant on
experience and demonstrable contribution.
If you are
interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would
like to hear from you.
Please apply
for this position on-line and attach a copy of your updated resume together
with details of your current salary and benefit package, to recruitment@tgagroupea.com
The
interview process for this position will however commence immediately we
receive suitable applications.
Please
Note: we do not charge individuals any fee to accept or hold their applications
in our database. We therefore do not accept any applications from agencies who
charge their clients for submitting their resumes.
We receive
numerous applications for positions. Every applicant is important to us. We
aspire to respond to each and every one. Do bear with us in the event of
delayed feedback.
