Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all accounts receivable/payables are settled and collected as per agreed terms of settlement
- Identify and analyze all accounts differences and liaise with the respective team to ensure that all items are booked correctly and differences are resolved in a professional manner and on a timely basis. Establish and maintain an abeyance system
- Recommend write offs where applicable
- Perform credit control function of Accounts Receivable/Payable and related account reconciliations
- Coordination, transfer and reconciliation of data from interfaces of front-end systems
- Execute settlements of disputes with investors/customers particularly the control of outstanding balances
- On an ongoing basis, properly account for all collections through timely application in the SAP system, processing ADT files and booking in the GL. Prepare monthly cash, receivable/payable and other account reconciliations and related journal entries
- Document application of policies, procedures and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility
- Archive records to satisfy audit and statutory requirements
- Draft standards to improve quality
- Work collaboratively with other functional areas (Operations, Accounting, O&M) in establishing processes, booking flows and accuracy completeness controls
- Contribute to project work within the department Daily monitoring and Reporting of cash collection bank accounts for customer payments and follow established procedures for processing of cash receipts.
- Manages and maintains the non-trade account receivable ledger (e.g non-trade debtors, prepayments, e.t.c)
- Receives and process all staff claims, staff expense reimbursement and staff cash purchase advance retirement requests
- maintain staff loan and cash purchase advance accounts ledger
- Maintenance of All Customers Accounts
- Maintenance and reporting on pre-payments
- produce monthly age analysis of outstanding staff cash purchase advances for review and circulation Financial Control
- Monthly analysis of all receivables accounts in addition to producing account proofs.
- follow-up on staff with over-due unretired cash purchase advances
- process payment of monthly float replenishment to commercial field staff
- process all staff car loan related requests and maintenance of the relevant records
- generate monthly staff car loan repayment advice for approval and payment processing
- Making available to management bank collection accounts’ balances on a daily basis
- Resolution of bank Inflow related queries
- Resolution of complaints and reconciliation of accounts
- Interface with Commercial team on investors deposit and payments/ charges identification
- Interface with O & M team to reconcile monthly on bank collections
- Maintenance of all Customer, Investors, Warehousing detailed Accounts
Requirements and skills:·
- Qualification in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting or comparable degree preferred or qualified by experience in related discipline
- Several years of professional experience in a Finance role. Ideally experience in asset management
- Advanced Excel and Power point skills to effectively analyze data and convey messages in a winning fashion
- Solid understanding of credit control practice and principles
- Good understanding of financial statements and their performance measurement including drivers
- Basic knowledge of local GAAP, IFRS, Regulatory, Tax and other relevant requirements with regards to reporting, compliance and declaration
- Analytical skills and the ability to handle complex processes (closing, reporting, finance operations) including understanding of data flows
- Good communication skills
- Experience with project and team work in an international environment would be a plus
- Fluent English skills