Billing / Account Receivable Officer at Cobranet Limited

Job Description

• A Billing/Account Receivable Officer is responsible for recovering money owed by customers to the organization. 
• The credit function plays a vital role in the finance department to ensure that invoices are paid on time to assist the organization in managing its cash-flow.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Credit control supervisor, the Billing / Account Receivable Officer role will perform a wide range of duties and responsibilities. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Chasing up overdue payments via telephone and email and visits
• Invoicing
• Resolving customer Accounting queries and issues
• Setting credit limits
• Reconcile payments to customers’ accounts
• Solve problems regarding incorrect payments.
• Identifying clients that exceeded credit limits for disconnection.
• Highlighting problem customers to senior management
• WHT recovery and follow-up.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3 years of relevant experience.

Skills and Attributes:
The more common skills and attributes that are most needed for this role may include:

• Understanding of the end-to-end Accounts Receivable process
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Management
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Tenacity and ability to have difficult conversations
• Willingness to escalate debt issues
• Intermediate computer software skills, including Excel and Accounting packages.