Debtors Team Leader Cape Town

Debtors Team LeaderOur client, a leader in their field, is looking for a Debtors Team Leader to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and maintaining debtor accounts, collecting all overdue monies on the debtor's book and resolving any remaining outstanding amounts, minimizing bad debt, and maintaining productive business relationships with customers.The Team Leader will be responsible for managing a team of credit controllers and reporting to the Accounts Receivable Manager.Duties & ResponsibilitiesDuties include:Ensuring all Credit Controllers perform credit applications: collating information to enable final assessment of credit applicationsEnsuring debtor reviews/increased limits: collating information to enable reviewsMaintaining debtor accounts on the ERP systemSending out monthly statements to customers, ensuring that customers' email addresses are kept updatedEnsure collections: collecting overdue debts according to our credit policyEffectively deal with accounts queries and reconciliationsPreparing debtor reports for all stakeholdersPerforming credit control activitiesEnsuring adherence to policies and procedures by all team membersWorking team lead for 5-6 credit controllers engaged in account follow-up to ensure timely and effective processing and collection of paymentsAssigning work to team members, training team members, and recommending and helping formulate policies and procedures to improve follow-up operationsSpot checking credit controllers' work to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and uniformityProactively identifying trends and making recommendations for change to Accounts Receivables ManagerExercising judgment to make decisions for select methods and techniques for obtaining solutionsReporting to manager any non-compliance with staffAssisting internal and external auditors with Debtors related enquiriesEnsuring the ERP system is kept updated with requirements in customer maintenanceDesired Experience & QualificationRequirements:Tertiary qualification in accounting or related field (preferred)At least 5 years of experience in credit controlPreferably experience in leading a small team of credit controllers
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