Debtors Manager

Zeal HR; Western Cape; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a dynamic company in the Retail Food and Beverage sector for a Debtors Manager. This role is pivotal in managing the Debtors functions, ensuring financial processes are optimized, and leading a team to achieve financial goals. The ideal candidate will be energetic and skilled in stakeholder management, with a strong grasp of management accounting principles. You will play a key role in enhancing efficiency in accounts receivable, managing team dynamics, and ensuring timely payments. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and teamwork, and make a significant impact in a thriving industry.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of management accounting principles and leadership skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and build relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team while ensuring financial controls are met.
• Analyze accounts receivable processes to improve efficiencies.
• Oversee month-end processes and reporting.

Skills

Management Accounting Principles

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Advanced Computer Literacy

Budgeting Knowledge

Debtors Management

Job description

Exciting opportunity to join our Client in the Retail Food and Beverage industry for a Debtors Manager, based in Brackenfell, Cape Town.

We are seeking an energetic individual to effectively manage the Debtors functions, by monitoring and improving business and financial processes, managing the team in order that the financial controls and outputs meet the required level of service, producing financial reports and planning for the long-term financial goals of the team and business.

Responsibilities

1. Managing, motivating and developing a team
2. Identify and improve KPIs
3. Stakeholder management
4. Analysing and updating existing accounts receivable, processes to create efficiencies
5. Ensure all customer payments are received within the agreed payment terms
6. Month-end Processes
7. Month-end Reporting
8. Debtors forecasting
9. Change management of people and processes
10. Ensure all accounts are paid within terms

Requirements

1. Knowledge of management accounting principles and practices
2. Leadership, people and interpersonal skills
3. Ability to work independently as well as in a team
4. Ability to work under pressure
5. Good communication skills - verbal and written
6. Advanced computer literacy
7. Resilient, flexible, able to adapt to a changing environment
8. Detailed knowledge of interest calculations
9. Budget / Forecasting knowledge
10. Build strong relationships with stakeholders in the business
11. Monthly and weekly focused reporting to Business Units highlighting problem debtors
12. Management of all intercompany billings and the filing thereof
13. Month-end Processing i.e. accurate matching of customer payments to invoices, resolving customer queries, reporting accurate balances, ensure Customer Control in line with GL, ensure unallocated payments are allocated
14. Monthly Debtors Balance Forecasting
15. Account receivable year end audit
16. Approve bank activations for debit orders, Approve weekly debit order deductions
17. Master Data Maintenance i.e. vat no, contact details
18. Formalise SOP and embed in team and business
19. Recruitment
20. Full team management.

Desired Skills

1. Debtors Management
2. Debtors