Senior Accounts Receivable Consultant - Debt Recovery
Location: Tshwane (Pretoria)
Work Mode: Hybrid
Type: 12 months Contract
Job Brief
- Manage a portfolio of overdue and high-risk customer accounts.
- Conduct proactive debt recovery activities through negotiation and recovery plans.
- Monitor aged debt, identify accounts needing escalation, and engage with customers to resolve payment delays.
- Coordinate with Debt Recovery Agencies, support legal recovery processes, and recommend bad debt provisions.
- Investigate payment delay causes, participate in reporting, and provide guidance to junior team members.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Credit Management or equivalent qualification.
- 3–5 years' experience within Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, Collections or Debt Recovery functions.
- Proven experience managing aged debt and complex collections portfolios.
- Experience engaging with customers to negotiate payment plans and debt recovery outcomes.
- Strong understanding of collections, bad debt provisioning and write-off processes.
- Experience with SAP or major ERP systems.
- Experience in the Oil & Gas, Energy or Manufacturing Industries
- Multinational experience preferred
- Shared Services environment experience preferred
Core Competencies
- Attention to detail, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
- Ethics, communication, planning, and stakeholder service.