Debtors Team Leader
REF: KK532
Market Related Salary
Cape Town International Airport, Western Cape
Our client, a leader in their field, is looking for a Debtors Team Leader to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and maintaining debtor accounts, collecting all overdue monies on the debtor’s book and resolving any remaining outstanding amounts, minimizing bad debt, and maintaining productive business relationships with customers.
The Team Leader will be responsible for managing a team of credit controllers and reporting to the Accounts Receivable Manager.
DUTIES INCLUDE:
Ensuring all Credit Controllers perform credit applications: collating information to enable final assessment of credit applications
Ensuring debtor reviews / increased limits: collating information to enable reviews
Maintaining debtor accounts on the ERP system
Sending out monthly statements to customers, ensuring that customers email addresses are kept updated
Ensure collections: collecting overdue debts according to our credit policy.
Effectively deal with accounts queries and reconciliations
Preparing debtor reports for all stakeholders
Performing credit control activities.
Ensuring adherence to policies and procedures by all team members
Working team lead for 5-6 credit controllers engaged in account follow-up to ensure timely and effective processing and collection of payments
Assigning work to team members. Training team members. Recommending and helping formulate policies and procedures to improve follow-up operations
Spot checking credit controllers work to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and uniformity
Proactively identifying trends and making recommendations for change to Accounts Receivables Manager
Exercising judgment to make decisions for select methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
Reporting to manager any non-compliance with staff
Assisting internal and external auditors with Debtors related enquiries
Ensuring the ERP system is kept update with requirements in customer maintenance.
REQUIREMENTS:
Tertiary qualification in accounting or related field (preferred)
At least 5 years of experience in credit control
Preferably experience in leading a small team of credit controllers