Debtors Clerk jobs in South Africa
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Debtors Clerk
Job summary
A recruitment agency is seeking a skilled professional for a debt collection role in Cape Town. The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills in English and Afrikaans, with a strong background in client service and debt collection. Responsibilities include managing outstanding accounts, timely reporting, and ensuring accuracy in invoicing. Candidates should have 3-5 years of experience in a similar position and possess good negotiation skills. A tertiary qualification is desirable but not essential.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years experience in a similar role (Client Service / Debt Collection).
- Previous debt collection experience and techniques advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Ensure timely and accurate recording of all invoices, debit, and credit notes.
- Monitor accounts to ensure that payments are received timely and are up to date.
- Administer debtors / debt collection follow up on outstanding accounts.
- Collect overdue monies and timely flag overdue accounts.
- Daily, weekly, and monthly reporting including age analysis, reconciliations, processing.
- Accurate follow up with customers regarding outstanding payments.
- Deal with queries from clients and reconcile customer accounts.
- Filing and ensuring all documentation sequence is controlled.
- Opening new accounts.
- Daily and monthly reporting to management.
Skills
Education
- Ensure timely and accurate recording of all invoices, debit, and credit notes.
- Monitor accounts to ensure that payments are received timely and are up to date.
- Administer debtors / debt collection follow up on outstanding accounts.
- Collect overdue monies and timely flag overdue accounts to relevant staff and management.
- Daily, weekly, and monthly reporting including age analysis, reconciliations, processing.
- Accurate and constant follow up with customers regarding outstanding payments.
- Deal with queries from clients and reconcile customer accounts where necessary.
- Filing and ensuring all documentation sequence is controlled.
- Opening new accounts.
- Daily and monthly reporting to management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Afrikaans.
- Good time management skills, with ability to manage self and prioritise tasks.
- Ability to handle and deal with conflict situations.
- Matric or equivalent qualifications.
- Tertiary qualification (desirable but not essential).
- Good working knowledge of MS Office and IT packages.
- Impeccable business acumen in both written and verbal communication.
- 3-5 years experience in a similar role (Client Service / Debt Collection).
- Previous debt collection experience and techniques advantageous.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
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