Vacancy: Credit Controller: Bloemfontein

Credit Controller: Bloemfontein

Role Description

Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa

Full-time and Office based

Reporting Line: Regional Credit Manager

Job Purpose

The job is responsible for the management of outstanding and unpaid debt relating to customers in our Bloemfontein region. Accurately execute the entire credit control function, including maintaining monthly cashflows, banking forecasting, and credit limits. 

The successful candidate should be efficient in communication within the Finance department and willing to carry out the overall financial administrative functions in Bloemfontein as and when required.

Recruitment Specialist

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• Responsible for the success of the full credit control function relating to Bloemfontein customers
• Meet monthly collection targets and reduce the day’s sales outstanding
• Ensure that all queries relating to proof of delivery, goods returned, rebates, or claims are resolved within a reasonable timeframe.
• Liaise with Warehouse and Sales staff regarding issues related to credit control.
• Produce monthly debtor’s reconciliations
• Action and follow up on outstanding queries on a daily basis
• Prepare the monthly Cash flow/banking forecasting
• Process daily receipts and aging debtor’s accounts correctly 
• Assist Cash Book Clerks to resolve queries
• Provide daily financial department assistance to other departments including Sales and Logistics
• Report default of payment to the Regional Credit Manager
• Maintain credit limits with Credit Guarantee
• Submit new applications for credit terms and insured limits online with Credit Guarantee
• Attend to monthly statements and close-off procedure
• Assist with overall financial administrative functions in the Bloemfontein branch as and when required.

Experience and Knowledge:

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in retail credit control
• Advanced understanding and knowledge of account reconciliations, claims, credit terms, rebates, and the entire credit control function

Skills and Education:

• Matric with mathematics is essential
• A relevant financial tertiary qualification is preferred and would be an advantage
• Be able to work in a pressured environment and meet monthly targets.
• Strong reconciliation skills
• Excellent administration skills are required
• Excellent verbal and written business communication and people skills are required.
• Excellent ability to complete calculations (ability to work with numbers on an above-average level) 
• Intermediate computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint 
• Customer-focused and delivering above-average customer service
• High attention to detail 
• Finance focused
• Good time management i.e., deadline-driven, able to plan and prioritize a high workload 

• Mature, positive, outgoing individual
• Well-groomed and highly presentable
• Ability to work and perform without direct supervision
• Organized and planned individual
• Ability to collaborate as part of a team and to work independently
• Analytical thinker
• Good at managing stress and can work within a high-stress and pressurized environment 

Compliance Competencies:

• Perform all duties with integrity, to the highest ethical standards, and in compliance with all relevant legal, contractual and other requirements as mandated by the Company Code of Conduct.
• Keep up to date with changes in applicable compliance obligations, controls and measures relevant to the role.

All applications in the form of a detailed CV must be forwarded to:

Recruitment Specialist
[email protected]