Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
- Prepares, sorts, and ensures that invoices and payment journals are correctly entered into the accounting system (SAP).
- prepares local and export customers' invoices.
- Processes and generates reminder letters and monthly statements.
- Reports and reconciles GZl's account at the end of each month.
- Investigates and resolves queries resulting from non-payment of invoices both internally and externally.
- Performs sales Order creation, price maintenance and customer account creation.
- Address customer inquiries regarding billing issues and reconcile account disputes.
- Checks customers' credit rating and enforces customers' credit limit.
- Monitors GZl's debtors' balances and follows up with them to ensure prompt payment is made when due.
- Works and adheres to monthly and annual collection targets.
- Allocates payment in accordance with customers' remittances.
- Creates and implements Credit Control procedures and policies that ensure timely payments, whilst maintaining a high level of customer retention.
- Escalate customer overdue appropriately to the Head of Finance and Head of Sales.
- Negotiates repayment plans with customers in line with GZl's credit policies.
- Reconciles complex accounts that have been escalated from the AR team.
- Ensures credit and collection policies and procedures are complied with within GZI.
- Conducts monthly reconciliation of foreign exchange and price differences with customers.
- Develops and presents Weekly and Monthly Reports (Delivery report, other debtors' schedule, Cash Analyser, VAT Output, GIT, Weekly Collection report, Weekly and Monthly receivables aging report).
- Assist with internal and external audits to ensure completion within the target timeline.
Required Education/ Qualification
- Minimum Of a First Degree or HND in Accounting or its equivalent.
- Relevant certification from a reputable professional institution will be an added advantage.
- At least 5years post-qualification experience.
- Working knowledge of SAP software is key.