• Application Deadline: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Accountant / Debt Recovery Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and tracking RPM’s debtor lists


• Developing and maintaining a cordial relationship with clients’ finance department


• Planning course of action to recover owed money


• Contacting customers and informing them of their overdue bills.


• Negotiating payoff deadlines and payment plans


• Identifying gaps in the system and recommending solutions


• Building trust with debtors


• Updating receivables status on the database appropriately


• Compiling the list of recovered amounts on a weekly/monthly basis


• Updating the Sales Engineers on their client’s receivables status on a weekly basis usually on Monday


• Complying with requirements when legal action is unavoidable.


• Accurately billing the client


• Ensuring the correctness of submitted documents to reduce payment delays beyond the agreed timeline


• Follow up on receivables status.


• To ensure payment is collected within agreed timelines.


• To track and ensure the collection of cash and debt receivables


• Visibility and real-time information


• To avoid granting Credit Sales to non-worthy or chronic debt customers


• To avoid credit sales turning to bad debt.

Requirements

• BSc/ HND degree in Finance or Accounting


• Minimum of 3 years of experience in debt/ cash recovering


• Professional qualification (ICAN) is considered a plus.


• Smart analytical, detailed, strategic, and conceptual thinking skills.


• Advanced MS Excel skills.


• Knowledge of financial regulations.


• Excellent analytical and numerical skills..


• Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data.


• Good verbal and written communication skills.