Credit Controller at WIOCC Nigeria Limited

Job Objectives

• To ensure timely payments are made by customers while maintaining a high level of customer retention and taking a proactive role in managing and collecting debts.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare regular statements of accounts for clients as and when required
• Ensure all invoices are paid as per the agreed credit terms
• Reconciliation of discrepancies between clients records and company’s statement
• Continuously devise plan to recover outstanding receivables
• Liaise with clients on a regular basis including face to face meetings to seek payment updates, payment plans and negotiating payoff deadlines
• Escalation of client unwilling or unable to pay as and when required
• Complying with requirements when legal action is unavoidable representing the company in courts when required
• Ensure company is compliance with Nigerian tax laws
• Preparation of weekly and monthly debtors reports for presentation to management
• Ensuring credit and collection policies and procedures are followed as required
• Agreeing on credit and payment terms & conditions with clients
• Ensuring payments are on track to be paid within the agreed terms
• Liaising and requesting assistance of sales account managers for clients having long outstanding debt
• Updating management on daily collections and banking using the relevant systems and reports
• Responding promptly to client enquiries as and when required
• Keeping track of all clients’ accounts to identify outstanding debts
• Interface with clients to resolve any disputes that may arise

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or related degree
• Professional certifications – ACCA (Level III) or equivalent

Experience and Skills

• Minimum 5 years relevant work experience in a busy environment
• Hands-on experience with accounting software packages and advanced MS Excel
• Good systems skills and knowledge of ERP (preferably Oracle) systems
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of credit accounting
• Ability to keep in touch with evolution of tax laws to ensure timely communication and implementation as per regulatory requirements
• Strong accounting, analytical, and research skills
• Highly flexible, ability to deliver to tight deadlines and work with minimum supervision
• Good communications, influencing and networking skills
• Good team player with good interpersonal skills, personal initiative and drive

Attributes

• Client focused, relationship builder
• Integrity, honest with high ethical standards
• Boundless, passionate and flexible
• Personal excellence, accuracy and attention to detail
• Collaborative, achieve results through teamwork and partnerships