Credit Controller (06081)

Alentaris is a Recruitment and HR consulting agency assisting organisations in meeting today’s complex human capital challenges by providing integrated solutions to our clients. We have been working with a wide variety of clients in Mauritius, Sub-Saharan Africa and internationally.

-Close monitoring of each debtors’ accounts -Chasing debtors by telephone and email and reducing debtor days -Timely processing of debtors` payments -Upon receipt of payment from customers, send an official receipt once posting has been done on the ERP system -Allocating payments in accordance with customer remittances
-Ensure statement of accounts are sent to all debtors on a monthly basis via e-mail or by post
-Ensure reminder letters are sent to all overdue debtors
-Review the monthly debtors` returned cheque list and take appropriate actions -Liaising with the sales and accounts receivable officer to resolve outstanding queries -Month end reporting of debtors` situation, to provide an analysis of individual debtors` account and debtors` group as a whole including percentage increase/decrease by ageing periods
-Assess needs to increase/reduce debtors` credit limit -Investigating and resolving queries relating to non payment of invoices
-Coordinate debtors` exchange of cheques with the Accounts Payable Officer
-Identify changes in payment patterns and propose action to avert indebtedness
-Responsible to provide all required documents in respect of debtors in case of legal action
-Follow up of status of sued debtors with attorney
-To visit difficult customers as & when required by Management
-Other general accounting tasks as assigned by the head of finance