Searching for a Credit Controller

Job Summary

Our client, a large well known Kenyan manufacturing company seeks to recruit a credit controller to be responsible for effectively managing the company’s credit control policy to minimize overdue trade debtor’s balances, to ensure continued liquidity to meet company obligations and to ensure that all debtors’ accounts are fully reconciled at all times.

Requirements

• Likely 3 to 5 years experience working in a similar or related position.
• Likely a university graduate with an accountancy qualification such as CPA or ACCA
• Ability to regularly follow up all outstanding debts for specific customer accounts with the respective sales staff and report problem accounts to the Group Finance Manager.
• Send out a status collection update to all sales staff on their performance showing collection target, performance to date and outstanding collection
• Prepare monthly collection targets for discussion with the Group Finance Manager and ensure targets are sent out by 5th of the following month.
• To verify facts of all sales returns before passing a credit note. Ensure that all supporting documentations are duly authorized and factual before processing of a credit note. Ensure credit notes are passed and posted on a timely basis to update stock records.
• To refer customer accounts which prove difficult to collect to authorized debt Collection Agents or the Company’s Advocates (after approval by Group Finance Manager) and to regularly communicate with the Agents or Advocates until such accounts are collected.
• Maintain records of all customers in a file (invoices, credit notes, remittance slips, copies of withholding VAT and any manner of correspondences with the customer) and ensure that the same is filed system and in order for ease of traceability. Ensure on a daily basis that the accounts copies are received at the end of every day with clear evidence of delivery to the customer to prevent future disputes. Ensure that the accounts copies received follow a serial order and follow up any number missing. Report any anomaly to the Group Finance Manager.
• Ensure that all documentation necessary during audit is prepared on time and forwarded to the Financial Accountant for inclusion in the audit file.
• Review set control procedures for continued suitability and recommend any changes to the Group Finance Manager for adoption.
• Energetic “can do” attitude to work and with ability to motivate co-workers and work long hours.
• Good communication skills both in verbal presentations and writing. Fully computer literate, word-processing, spreadsheets and e-mail.
  

Remuneration

An attractive remuneration package would be offered to the candidate based on their qualifications and experience.

How To Apply

If you believe this describes you, please in confidence e-mail your application letter and a resume to innovate @ abbott.co.ke and write ‘credit controller’ in the subject line. In your CV please include your current remuneration package and contacts.

For more information please contact Gertrude or Ceciliah at (020) 386 9678 or 0721 292329.

All e-mails will be responded to almost immediately.

Our postal address is Abbott Consulting, P.O. Box 63603 Nairobi 00619 Kenya.

We would prefer e-mail applications in MS Word format only.

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