AfricaSkillz :: The Premier Premium Job Board and Social Network in Africa.

JOB NAME

Credit Control & Collections Officer [Lagos]

POSTED BY: Edge Recruiter Nigeria Limited
REF:ERJ 1121210207
Date Published:10 December 2021
Date of Expiration:08 June 2022 EXPIRED
RECOMMEND THIS JOB ON FACEBOOK

LOCATION OF THIS JOB

Nigeria | LAGOS in Nigeria

INDUSTRY

HEALTH AND MEDICALCARE

JOB TYPE

Full-Time

MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB INFORMATION
1. Job Opening ID ERJ1923
2. Industry Medical
3. Salary Negotiable
4. City Lagos
5. Province Lagos
6. Country Nigeria
7. Postal Code +234

JOB SUMMARY
1. Managing the debts of a company.
2. Collection debts from our company debtors, evaluating new credit requests, ensuring timely payments of company debts maintaining the sales ledger, matching invoices to payments and providing administrative support.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Evaluating new credit requests and conducting client credit checks.
2. Timely follow up on overdue payments via telephone and email and visits
3. Ensuring receivables days are kept within allowable limits
4. Managing and collecting debts from company debtors.
5. Setting up the terms of credit for new clients.
6. Ensuring that long-outstanding debt are monitored and that the receivables ledger is accurate.
7. Prepare weekly aging analysis report of customer debts showing outstanding balances and monitoring and reporting on all due receivables.
8. Negotiating payment plans.
9. Managing the collection of all payments and debts.
10. Responding to payments and reconciliations related client enquiries
11. Processing invoices.
12. Preparing statements and reports for the company accountant.
13. Managing the sales ledger and liaising with customers and the sales team.
14. Assisting with timely month end reconciliations, including ensuring accuracy of monthly Aged Debtor Reports.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Bachelor’s degree with at least a 2:1 grade in Accounting, Finance or related field
2. Minimum of 3 years’ working experience in the credit control environment of a reputable organization
3. Proficient in Accounting and Office software.
4. Ability to reconcile complex debtors' accounts.

COMPETENCY AND SKILL REQUIREMENT
1. Understanding of the end to end Accounts Receivable process and good credit management processes.
2. High level of accuracy and attention to detail
3. Ability to priorities and multitask
4. Ability to make decisions and exercise sound judgment.
5. Ability to maintain objectivity in appearance and fact
6. Ability to apply ethical principles and values to the activities being audited
7. Strong analytical skills
8. Demonstrated self-starter and problem solver with excellent interpersonal skills
9. Excellent report writing skills
10. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to summarize and present complex financial data in an organized, concise manner
11. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
12. Tenacity and ability to have difficult conversations