Credit Control Officer at Vodacom Nigeria

Department: Finance
Reporting to: Credit Control Manager
Job type: Full-time
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Lagos
Closing date: 31st August 2015

Key role

• Responsible for credit control and account receivable functions in Lagos region

Principal Accountabilities/Objectives

• Administer Customer credit vetting and new customers on-boarding procedures
• Manage customer relationship in terms of payments
• Ensure delivery of invoices to customers based on the agreed payment terms
• Ensure all payment cheques are picked and remitted to Vodacom bank accounts
• Issue and ensure delivery of payment receipt to customers
• Perform internal procedures such as booking of payment receipts, processing of credit notes and tax entries
• Carry out account reconciliation and reconciliation meetings with customers on payment issues
• Carry out telephone and email follow up and ensure collections are done as at when due
• Any other AR duties which might be required

Communications and Work Relationships

Internal:

• Account staff
• Business Development Group
• Service Management

External:

• Customers
• Other Business Units: All Departments

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competency requirements

• Prospective candidate should be a graduate of Accounting or social sciences with not more than 3 year experience in finance.

Other requirements are:

• Innovative thinking
• Ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment
• Working and relating with peers excellently
• Multitasking abilities and ability to work under pressure
• Effective public speaking, communications and writing skills
• Effective presentation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to take ownership and leadership by influencing superiors
• Good interpersonal and people management skill