Debtors Clerk - Cape Town, South Africa - The Joblink

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Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Contact person for this position:
Ronel Bakker

Job overview

My client, a leading manufacturer of catering and baking equipment, is looking for a Debtors Clerk to join their team in Bellville South, Cape Town.

The Debtors' clerk responsibilities entail helping in recovering outstanding debt.

To be successful in this role, you should possess the ability to show off both your customer service & collections skills, when liaising with our customers.

Areas of Responsibility (Your duties will include but are not limited to:)**- Complete debtors' function

Ensure timeous and accurate recording of all invoices, debit, and credit notes
Monitoring of accounts to ensure that payments are received timeously and are up to date
Administering Debtors / Debt collection
Follow up on outstanding accounts
Collect overdue monies and timeously flag overdue accounts to relevant staff and management
Daily, weekly, and monthly reporting including age analysis, reconciliations, processing
Collect overdue monies and timeously flag overdue accounts to relevant staff and management
Accurate and constant follow up with customers regarding outstanding payments
Deal with queries from clients and reconciling of customer accounts where necessary
Accurate and constant follow up with customers regarding outstanding payments
Filing and ensuring all documentation sequence is controlled
Opening new accounts
Daily and monthly reporting to management

Knowledge, skills and experience required

Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Afrikaans

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SAGE experience essential:

Good time management skills, showing the ability to manage self and prioritise tasks
Be able to handle and deal with conflict situations
Listening Skills
Matric or equivalent qualifications
Tertiary qualification (desirable but not essential)
A good working knowledge of MS office and IT packages
Computer literacy
Impeccable business acumen in both written and communication skills
23 years' experience in a similar role (Client Service / Debt Collection)
Previous debt collect experience and techniques would be advantageous
Excellent negotiations and communication skills

Competencies