Job Description

Join Lactalis at our offices in Stellenbosch on the challenge role as the Senior Credit Controller. You will be responsible for the management of the Lactalis SA key customers with the purpose of maximising the debtor cash collection performance and reduce overdue debt whilst minimising any risk of late payment and bad debt.
Required Skills
Grade 12 or Equivalent and further tertiary education will be advantageous
Minimum three years' experience in a retail finance environment.
Working in an FMCG environment would be advantageous.
Computer Literate (MS Office, Word and Excel).
Knowledge of BPCS would be advantageous.
Aptitude for figures and detailed oriented.
Must be able to work under pressure and able to work effectively and independently.
Must be a good team player.
Must be bilingual and have strong communication and telephone skills.
Duties & Responsibilities
Controlling of allocated accounts.
Telephonic debt collections and resolving of queries with key stakeholders.
Account reconciliation and payment processing.
Follow-up on outstanding balances (queries).
Creation and distribution of customer upload files, and excel statements
Allocation of receipts from customers on a daily basis
Collection of outstanding invoices including stock and non-stock, continuous communication with customers to resolve queries timeously
Identify opportunities to improve internal controls.
Distribution of invoice copies to customers, as requested
Generation of monthly debtors' statements and distribution thereof
Ensure all credit notes are allocated timeously
Co-ordination of credit applications and performing of credit checks
Updating credit limit and monitoring of credit exposure
Customer address book maintenance
Follow up on potential bad debts
Preparation of the customer account reconciliations
Weekly/Monthly cash flow preparation
Collating and addressing Internal and external audit requests
Managing internal and external customer relationships