Credit Controller (Fixed Term Contract)

CA Financial Appointments; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG firm in South Africa is seeking a Credit Controller for a fixed-term 6-month contract. The ideal candidate will have a degree in accounting and 5-10 years of experience in the FMCG sector. Responsibilities include managing the sales to operations flow, preparing product destruction documentation, and ensuring customer credit limits are met. Strong Excel skills are required.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience in FMCG, Food Processing or Food production environment.
• Ability to perform advanced Excel tasks such as pivots, V-Look-ups.

Responsibilities

• Understand flow in FMCG from sales to stock control and debtors.
• Prepare documents for destruction of product and write-offs.

Skills

Advanced MS Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Accounting or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Financial systems

Job description

My client well-known FMCG brand in South Africa, looking to employ a Credit Controller on a fixed term 6 month contract. If you meet the requirements and you are available to start a contract role, please apply.

Responsibilities :

• Understand flow in FMCG from sales to operations / processing to stock holding / stock control / warehousing, deliveries / logistics and debtors
• Understand sales orders process to delivery documents / POD's invoicing, credit notes, claims process, product returns process and return to stock in the warehouse
• Prepare documents and processes necessary for destruction of product and write-offs for age analysis and debtors book and customer accounts
• Understand processes and impact on customer credit limits and trading terms

Requirements :

Qualification : Degree in Accounting or equivalent

Must have 5-10 years experience in FMCG, Food Processing or Food production environment

Previous experience with ERP and Financial systems

Advanced MS Excel skills able to do pivots, conditional formatting, V-Look-ups, SUMIF, Dashboards and Charts. Understand waterfall charts overall in depth formula and data analysis

Must be a self-driven individual with, strong communication skills

Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail

Please not this is a fixed term contract role for 6 months

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