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Senior Credit Control

Seacom Uganda | Kampala

JOB DESCRIPTION

The successful candidate will report to the Group Financial Manager and will be responsible for, inter alia, the following:

Key Responsibility: To produce a Debtors Ageing report (with appropriate analysis)

Core Tasks:

  • Download data from ERP & manipulate in Excel (ensure links and formulas to Dashboard graphs and tables are working properly)
  • Ensure all accounting entries are correct through analysis; Determine reasons for errors and proactively work with Country Accountants and other colleagues as required to correct
  • Use the company’s specified customer management system as the primary system for customer communications, follow-ups, updating comments etc. (Yaypay)

Key Responsibility: Collection of Debtors Book

Core Tasks:

  • Ensure compliance with the company Customer Collection Policy
  • Effectively maximize collections while minimising bad debts
  • Prepare Monthly pre-legal handover schedules and documentation for the Credit Manager
  • Assist Credit Manager where directed as required.
  • Actively manage and reduce the 90+ Days balances in line with set targets for the company/group

Key Responsibility: Reconciling Debtor Accounts

Core Tasks:

  • Complete Debtor Recons timeously and accurately by liaising with Country Accountants, Billing Accountant and KAMs as required

EDUCATION:

  • Matric essential
  • Credit Control Certificate
  • National Diploma in Credit Management
  • ADVANCED Excel skills essential

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

  • At least 10-15 years corporate credit control experience
  • 10 years working on a Senior
  • Credit control
  • Supervisory Skills
  • Strong Attention to detail
  • Focused and goal-orientated 
  • Good communication skills
  • Process driven through personnel orientation

REQUIRED KEY COMPETENCIES/ATTRIBUTES:

  • Act with honesty and integrity, avoiding actual or apparent conflicts of interest
  • Africa Experience
  • Strong Account Recon abilities; investigation and query resolution capabilities
  • Persistently and assertively manage and reduce Debtors Book via telephone, emails and meetings
  • Improving credit and collection performance
  • Ability to work independently to and meet deadlines
  • Strong personality and leadership abilities
  • Multifunctional collaboration and team working skills
  • Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Assist Line Manager to identify any system / process bottle necks
  • Resolve unallocated cash queries daily
  • Daily allocations
  • Achieve Quarterly Targets

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