Credit Controller

Patient Services

A Credit Controller is primarily responsible for managing a company’s accounts receivable, meaning you track the money owed by customers, record payments received, identify overdue accounts, and actively follow up with customers to ensure timely payment collection, essentially acting as the primary point of contact for recovering outstanding debts owed to the business; the work often included basic bookkeeping tasks to maintain accurate financial records. 

• Certificate/diploma or degree in Finance
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Credit Controller

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      Debt Collection Management:

• Proactively manage overdue accounts, implementing effective debt recovery procedures and following up with clients as needed
• Ensure invoices are matched against requisitions, purchased orders and goods received notes with reference to quantities, quality, description and price
• Ensure requisitions, purchase orders and invoices are properly authorized and are in accordance with the appropriate levels of authority
• Complete the debtors control sheet on a daily basis
• Comply with the requirements of the quality management system
  
  Customer Relationship Management:
  
  
• Liaise with customers to ensure timely payments and build strong relations to facilitate ongoing business
• Forward remittance advices to supplier after completion of payment run
  
  Financial Reporting:
  
  
• Provide regular reports on receivables and overdue accounts to senior management
• Timeous payment of invoices, ensuring discount claimed where applicable
• Assist in preparation of cost/profit centre reports, by maintaining and providing analytical assist in the preparation of quarterly reports
• Ensure invoices related to contracts agree to the contract
• Ensure the correct GL account & vendor account is utilised when processing invoices in accounts payable module
• Any ad-hoc duties which are assigned