Debtors Controller (Accounts Receivable) - Must Have Xero Experience Durbanville, Western Cape

Labournet; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Labournet in the Durbanville area is seeking a Debtors Controller with Xero experience to join our finance team on a 12-month contract with potential permanency. You will manage invoicing, receipts, and maintain accurate accounts receivable records in a dynamic waste management environment.

The role requires strong numerical and analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise deadlines while communicating with stakeholders and resolving queries promptly.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Finance or equivalent qualification.
• 3 years end-to-end Debtors Control experience.
• Advanced MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Valid driver’s license and own vehicle advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accounts receivable function including invoicing and receipts.
• Maintain customer records and age analysis; resolve queries.
• Generate and provide reports to stakeholders.
• Assist with EPR declarations and BanQu portal.
• Assist internal/external audits related to accounts receivable.
• Onboard new members to EPR online system.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Degree or Diploma in Finance or equivalent qualification

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

BanQu

Job description

DEBTORS CONTROLLER (Accounts Receivable) – Must have Xero Experience Durbanville, Western Cape

12 MONTH CONTRACT – To go permanent Start Immediately!

Our client, an established Waste Management concern is in search of a competent, skills and proficient Debtors Controler to join the dynamic finance team.

The main purpose of the role is to maintain the company's accounts receivable function through issuing invoices timeously, allocating payments from customers and maintaining accurate financial records.

One would describe you as a numerical, analytical and systematically inclined professional who has the ability to prioritise a wide range of workloads with critical deadlines

You have strong analytical communication and negotiation skills accompanies by attention to detail and time management skills.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintain Accounts Receivable Function

• Maintain customer records in the accounting system, including customer set-up after reviewing data and updating information as required.
• Customers include EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) members and project partners.
• Complete vendor forms as required by members to facilitate payments.
• Invoicing customers timeously.
• Receipting and allocating payments.
• Resolving customer queries timeously.
• Send customer statements monthly.
• Manage the Customer age analysis and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders on long outstanding debt issues.
• Collections and reporting on long outstanding loan payments and EPR fees.
• Work closely with stakeholder team.
• Provide the internal stakeholders with relevant reports as required.

EPR Fees, Invoicing and Collections

• Understand the online declaration system (BanQu)
• Administer the online EPR member declarations on BanQu portal,
• fee collection, invoicing, and payment control process on accounting system.
• Identify discrepancies in declaration forms submitted.
• Understand the plastic packaging types and member paypoints.
• Ensure member queries are timeously resolved.
• Prepare reports for EPR Fee to relevant stakeholders.
• Assist new members with onboarding onto the EPR online system.
• Reconcile the EPR online system with the accounting system.
• Basic understanding of EPR requirements and plastic industry.

Administration

• Process administrative tasks associated with financial and operating aspects.
• Maintain email accounts to ensure all correspondence is timeously addressed.
• Assist with internal and external audit requirements as it relates to the accounts receivable function and EPR declarations.
• Assist on other ad hoc tasks within the finance department, dependent on capacity.

Competencies

• Effective communication, interpersonal skills and transactional analysis
• Attention to detail
• Adapting to Change
• Accuracy
• Honest, trustworthy, and respectful
• Interacting with People at Different Levels and building relationships
• Time management
• Prioritising and Organising Work
• Problem Solving
• Solution Driven
• Strong administration experience

Qualification, Skills and Experience required:

• Degree or Diploma in Finance or equivalent qualification
• 3 Years proven end-to end Debtors Control experience gained
• Intermediate to advanced level of MS Excel proficiency is essential as well as proficiency on MS Word and MS Powerpoint
• Bangu experience is advantageous
• Valid driver’s licence and own vehicle is highly advantageous