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Reports to: Country Finance Manager
Direct Reports: Dispatch & Documentation Clerk
Location: Sultan Hamud
Competitive salary plus benefits
Our client, a well-established multinational manufacturing company, plans to establish operations in East Africa by setting up a plant in Sultan Hamud, Kenya, to support the East African Region. They seek to hire a seasoned, innovative, and proactive Accounts Receivables Officer to manage and issue sales invoices, manage the company’s credit allocation, and ascertain the credit line allowable to the company’s customers
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Roles and Responsibilities
Sales Invoicing
- Prepares, sorts, and ensures that invoices and payment journals are correctly entered into the accounting system (SAP)
- Prepares local and export customer’s invoices.
- Processes and generates reminder letters and monthly statements.
- Reports and reconciles the company’s account at the end of each month.
- Investigate and resolve queries resulting from non-payment of invoices both internally and externally.
- Performs sales order creation, price maintenance, and customer account creation
Credit Control
- Checks customers’ credit rating and enforces customers’ credit limit.
- Monitors the company debtors’ balances and follows up with them to ensure prompt payment is made as at when due.
- Works and adheres to monthly and annual collection targets.
- Allocates payment in accordance with customers’ remittances.
- Creates and implements Credit Control procedures and policies that ensure timely payments, whilst maintaining a high level of customer retention.
- Negotiates re-payment plans with customers in line with the company’s credit policies.
- Reconciles complex accounts that have been escalated from the AR team.
- Ensures credit and collection policies and procedures are complied with within the company.
- Develops and presents Monthly Reports (Delivery report, other debtors Schedule, Cash Analyser, VAT output, GIT, Weekly Collection report).
- Conducts monthly reconciliation of foreign exchange.
Integrated Management System
- Documents, implements, and maintains the requirements of the Quality, Food Safety, Environment, Health, and Safety management systems
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Qualifications:
- Minimum of a First Degree in Accounting or its equivalent
- At least 5 years post-qualification experience in the same role
- Working knowledge of SAP software is key
- Relevant certification from a reputable professional institution will be an added advantage
- Budgeting and Budgetary Controls
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Statutory Reporting
- Tax Management
Benefits
- Medical, Pension, performance-based bonus, group insurance
Requirements
- Passport- travel for 3-4 months for training purposes within Africa
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Accounts Receivables Officer – Manufacturing) to [email protected] before 10th July 2024