Group Debtors Manager

Areas of Responsibility include, but are not limited to the following
Oversee and manage the full debtor’s department for a group of companies consisting of 9 companies and more than 1500 active customer accounts, which vary from private groups, government accounts and COD customers all over South Africa as well as export customers;
Taking full accountability of Group Debtors by overseeing the department and managing the debtors team;
Manage month end processes , balancing intercompany banks and doing journals to ensure cut off on month end runs smoothly;
Prepare and distribute all internal debtors reports to different branches and management monthly;
Ensuring customer statements are sent timeously to customers on a monthly basis;
Establish strategies in terms of risk management and collections to ensure accounts are kept within agreed limit and terms;
Managing Payment Allocations, Cash flow monitoring to assist with treasury management;
Initiate legal action against debtors who evade or refuse repayment according to the terms and conditions;
Regular meeting with clients and sales representatives to resolve big account issues;
Reviewing customer credit requests and applying credits where necessary;
Responding timeously to client queries;
Ensuring customer statements are sent timeously to customers on a monthly basis;
Overseeing the Capturing of Bank statement by the debtor’s department for Accountants to capture Payments;
Prepare amortisation schedules for approval of payment arrangements;
Calculate and post interest on payment arrangement schedules;
Facilitate annual performance appraisals of the debtors team;
Assist with the annual audit regarding customer accounts and the collection of balances;
Assist with implementing and maintaining internal financial controls and procedures;
Managing financial queries from Divisional Managers;
Facilitate monthly debtors meetings with management.
Any ad hoc projects required.
Qualifications
Matric is essential
Credit Qualification/Degree being a definite advantage.
Experience Required
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in staff management;
Working history working with Government debtors will be an added advantage;
Knowledge of National Credit Act, Consumer Protection Act and POPI;
Comfortable to operate within an environment with active shareholder involvement;
Proficiency in Syspro will be a definite advantage;
Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office with a strong working knowledge of Excel at an Advanced level is a requirement for this position.