Position: CREDIT CONTROL OFFICER.
Deadline: 30 Mar 2016.
Date posted: 24 Mar 2016.
Location:Dar es Salaam.
Description:
Main duties will include
- Close
liaison between the credit control officer and the marketing /sales department so
that credit issues are resolved smoothly
- Checking
customers credit situation
- Deciding
whether or not to offer the credit
- Setting up the terms and conditions of the receivable balances
- Dealing with internal queries about payments, ensuring customers
pay on time and negotiating re-payment plans
- Assist in
the setting up of the credit control system
- Ensure
that debts are paid in a timely manner
- Meet cash
& debtor day targets set by the Firm
- Chase
overdue invoices by telephone, email & letter within agreed timescales
- Maintain
accurate records of all chasing activity
- Regularly
making contact with customers to ensure all relevant debts are managed as
necessary
- Identify
changes in payment patterns and propose action to avert indebtedness
- Ensure
that all transactions are compliant with Company's policies.
- Handle
disputed bills and negotiate to bring payment within the agreed terms
- Provide
accurate advice on billing queries
- Respond
promptly and completely to both client and internal enquiries
- Propose
write off of irrecoverable receivables
- Providing
ad-hoc reporting as and when requested by management
- Undertake
account reconciliations as required
- Ensure
monthly processing deadlines are met as required
- Send out
monthly client statements/letters as may be agreed from time to time
- Develop
the credit management capability within the practice
- Other
duties as delegated from time to time by the CFO or Finance Manager or any
other person designated in their absence
- If
any customers stop paying or pay late then it's your responsibility to stop the
providing services, start legal action to collect the money owed (if necessary)
and in the case of bankruptcy you'll have to report to your higher management
about the strategies to make sure you can recover what you can.
- You
are expected to regularly review the company's debt recovery procedures.
Required Skills & Abilities
- You will
need to be firm and organized to work in credit control.
- Good team management skills
- The
ability to work in a team and individually
- Sound
decision-making
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills
- Good
attention to detail
- The
ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Good business judgment
- A
good head for numbers
- Sound
Computer Skills using a computer