Credit Controller

Job Purpose

The job holder is responsible for providing analytical and back-office administrative support to the Credit Control Department by conducting periodic review of customer credit limits, obtaining bank references for existing and prospective customers, managing Post Dated Cheques collections by Business units and analyzing overdue debts to improve cash flow status and also to reduce bad debt expenses in compliance with the Group’s credit control policy and procedures.

Job Responsibilities

• Reconciling customer balances and regular follow up of collections
• Liaising with commercial coordinators on resolving customer disputes
• Liaise with concerned staff to solve technical issues for collecting customer outstanding balance
• Generate customer statement every week and sending Statements of Accounts for outstanding payments to be received from customers
• Credit application procedures, including taking credit references from their customers, collecting legal documents, filling the credit approval form and sending to HO for approval
• Adhere to risk management policy and SOP
• Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Managing Post-dated cheques, cheque deposits and reviewing banking transaction on daily basis
• Verifying PDC with date and tally it with cheques in hand on daily basis.

Verifying bank statements on daily basis and find out defaulted payment and take action for returned cheques

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounts

Experience

• 5 years of experience where 2 years in a similar role preferably within the same industry

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent influencing skill
• Well organised & effective plans in all situations.
• Methodical approach for better inputs, result oriented
• Can work under pressure with deadlines
• Able to work independently.
• Sets and achieve highest work standard at all the times.