General Credit Controller

Duties and Responsibilities

The above role will be reporting to the finance Manager.
1. Maintain the existing credit control system in collaboration with sales and marketing, finance, inventory, and management team members.
2. Establish policies that follow customer service best practices while ensuring customers submit payments on time.
3. Check customer credit limits and credit period, approve or deny applications and communicate decisions to the appropriate teams in a timely manner.
4. Negotiate payment plans with consumers and set terms and conditions accordingly.
5. Conduct regular analysis of the credit-control system and implement changes as needed to reduce bad debts and overdue aged accounts.
6. Report any payment issues to management.
7. Follow up on overdue invoices and payments and implement company collections procedures.
8. Ensure timely reconciliation of customer accounts.
9. Ensure timely allocation of customer payments and updating the Vat control account.
10. Ensure timely dispatch of customer state
11. Cashflow forecasting on weekly basis.
12. Month-end accounts receivable reporting.
13. Develop and maintain close working relationship with key customer(accounts)
14.Knowledge of Microsoft Central business dynamics- Navision (any other ERP) will be an added advantage.