Credit Manager Job Re-Advertisement (150K)

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

  • 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. 

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

Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.