Debtors Controller

Tsebo Solutions; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading service company in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced finance professional to manage accounts and collections. Responsibilities include reconciling debtor accounts, maintaining customer relationships, and ensuring timely payments. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and experience in financial management. This role offers a dynamic work environment focused on customer service and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Follow up on all outstanding payments
• Reconciling of debtor accounts
• Review of allocation of payments
• Build and maintain a positive and healthy relationship with Customers
• Attend meetings with Ops at customers
• Manage the Finance and Operations relationship to address account queries
• Monthly forecast of Collection targets
• Ensure collection targets are met
• Issue of credit notes and write offs as per policy
• Ensure correct master file information
• Compile monthly Credit Note per region report
• Weekly Report on overdue Age analysis Clearing acc
• Monthly reporting to Management
• Adhere to SHEQ Management Systems Policies & Procedures
• Implement procedures to ensure timely payments and customer retention
• Reconciling complex accounts escalated from the AR team
• Monitor debtor balances to reduce DSO
• Ensure credit and collection policies are followed
• Liaise with customers and internal personnel, including sales team
• Prepare business review documents on time
• Prepare daily cash forecast and reconciliation
• Oversee processing of intercompany invoices
• Support the financial manager with ad hoc tasks
• Liaise with auditors to mitigate identified risks

Job description

Duties & Responsibilities

• Follow up on all outstanding payments
• Reconciling of debtor accounts
• Review of allocation of payments
• Build and maintain a positive and healthy relationship with Customers
• Attend meetings with Ops at customers
• Manage the Finance and Operations relationship in order to work together to sort out any account queries / overdue / errors
• Monthly forecast of Collection targets
• Ensure collection targets are met
• Issue of credit notes and write offs in terms of Authority matrix and policy
• Ensure correct master file information
• Compiling of monthly Credit Note per region report ensuring all credit notes are signed as per Authority Matrix
• Weekly Report on overdue Age analysis Clearing acc Historical & current Queries
• Monthly reporting to Management
• Adhere to the Safety Health Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) Management Systems Policies & Procedures as applicable to this position
• Any reasonable action requested by management
• mplementing procedures and policies that ensure timely payments while maintaining a high level of customer retention
• Reconciling complex accounts that have been escalated from the AR team
• Monitoring debtor balances to ensure a reduction in debtors DSO
• Ensuring credit and collection policies and procedures are followed within your team
• Liaising with customers as well as internal personnel including the sales team
• Prepare business review documents within stipulated timelines
• Preparation of the daily cash forecast and reconciliation to expected cash flow
• Oversee the processing of intercompany invoices
• Ad hoc task in support of the financial manager
• Liaising with internal & external auditors to mitigate any risks identified

Key Skills

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