Accounts Receivables Officer at GZ Industries

Roles & Responsibilities

• Prepares, sorts, and ensures that invoices and payment journals are correctly entered into the accounting system (SAP).
• prepares local and export customers' invoices.
• Processes and generates reminder letters and monthly statements.
• Reports and reconciles GZl's account at the end of each month.
• Investigates and resolves queries resulting from non-payment of invoices both internally and externally.
• Performs sales Order creation, price maintenance and customer account creation.
• Address customer inquiries regarding billing issues and reconcile account disputes.
• Checks customers' credit rating and enforces customers' credit limit.
• Monitors GZl's debtors' balances and follows up with them to ensure prompt payment is made 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.
• Escalate customer overdue appropriately to the Head of Finance and Head of Sales.
• Negotiates repayment plans with customers in line with GZl'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 GZI.
• Conducts monthly reconciliation of foreign exchange and price differences with customers.
• Develops and presents Weekly and Monthly Reports (Delivery report, other debtors' schedule, Cash Analyser, VAT Output, GIT, Weekly Collection report, Weekly and Monthly receivables aging report).
• Assist with internal and external audits to ensure completion within the target timeline.

Required Education/ Qualification

• Minimum Of a First Degree or HND in Accounting or its equivalent.
• Relevant certification from a reputable professional institution will be an added advantage.
• At least 5years post-qualification experience.
• Working knowledge of SAP software is key.