Job title: Credit Controller
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Functional Expertise: Accounting & Finance
Salary type: Monthly
Location: Black River
Job published: 27/03/2025
Job ID: 43609
Contact name: Pierrette Naiker, Stéphani Modeste-Rouget

Job Description

Our client part of a well-known group is looking for a Credit Controller to:

Mission:

  • Recover late payments from Debtors,
  • Assess the credit worthiness of a customer by collecting and analysing financial data
  • Assist the Accounts and Finance department in recovering payments

Main Activities & Responsibilities:

Measures of Control

  • Control the credit risks/limit and advise Management accordingly
  • Manage the timely and effective collection of all debts and payments
  • Issue letters of different severity as and when required
  • Liaise and follow up with Sales Team with regards to cash collections and proper measures of debt collection process.
  • Perform daily reconciliation of Salesmen cash collection
  • Circulate weekly Blocked Accounts
  • Liaise with the Group’s Credit Manager for legal actions as and when required
  • Assist the Group’s Credit Manager regarding files to be followed with Attorney and update the Litigation Log.
  • Provide status to Management and advise on the remedial actions

 Customer Service

  • Ensure Collections & Recoveries actions of the Company via phone calls, e-mails and meetings with special attention to the flow rate and DSO.
  • Handle the follow up of debtors’ ageing; having solid negotiations for payments, following promises to pay and report reason of default.
  • Send customer Statement of Account.
  • Maintain a professional standard in customer relationship.
  • Maintain the disputes & discrepancy Log
  • Escalate critical accounts requiring supervisory advice prior to organising meetings with customers.
  • Visit debtors for reconciliation of disputed amount on timely basis
  • Make recommendation on the customer portfolio movement and execute as per Management’s decision.

Procedures and Policies

  • Create procedures and policies with regards to effective credit control
  • Ensure credit and collection policies and procedures are followed
  • Assist in taking actions against the customers who do not abide by the credit facilities time frame

Collaboration

  • Ensure proper control and compliance with regards to the Accounts and Finance activities
  • Provide assistance to auditors upon request
  • Share and collaborate with the staff

Administration

  • Input customer receipts and allocation in the accounting system
  • Perform day to day financial transactions, including credit notes, returned cheques, journal entries and other
  • Provide monthly ECL calculation and issuance of credit notes
  • Ensure that all documentation is updated and filed
  • Keep track of Internet banking transactions to ensure appropriate actions are taken on the system
  • Ensure the reconciliation of statements of accounts with debtors’ ledgers and advise on any discrepancies

Health & Safety Management

  • Complies with Health & Safety Management by:
  • Abiding by Policies and following Procedures scrupulously
  • Having a knowledge of the main requirements of standards and advisories
  • Reporting any dangerous situation, near misses or unsafe act/condition to management
  • Leading or attending tool- box talks organized by your department
  • Maintaining all PPE issued to you by the company
  • Participating in the risk analysis of activities performed by you, as and when required
  • Keeping management informed of all new work process put in place in your department to enable a proper risk analysis

PROFILE

Educational Background / Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance

Experience required:

  • At least 5 years in a similar position

Competency profile:

Technical competencies

  • Accounting and Financial background
  • Knowledge of accounting software
  • Technical ability to assess credit worthiness of a company/customer
  • Proficiency in MS Office

Behavioral competencies

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Negotiating skills
  • Ability to deal with difficult customers
  • People Management skills
  • Decision making
  • Ability to manage stress
  • Analytical skills
  • Focused
  • Multitasking

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To call only the shortlisted candidates for interview.

Not to make any appointment following this advertisement nor to assign any reason whatsoever for accepting or rejecting any candidate.