Permanent - Senior Credit Controller - Vereeniging - South Africa

An experienced and driven Senior Credit Controller to manage high value debtor accounts, ensure timeous collection of outstanding payments, reduce overdue debt, and support accurate debtor administration

Key Performance Areas:

• Manage and maintain debtor accounts and age analysis.
• Follow up on overdue accounts and recover outstanding payments.
• Ensure accurate allocation and processing of incoming payments.
• Monitor customer credit limits and payment terms.
• Identify and escalate potential bad debt risks.
• Prepare debtor reports and provide regular feedback to management.
• Reconcile debtor accounts and resolve account queries.
• Support credit control processes, collections targets, and
• internal compliance requirements.
• Liaise with customers, branches, sales teams, and management regarding outstanding accounts.
• Assist with opening new debtor accounts and maintaining customer account information on SAP or relevant systems

Education / Qualifications:
Matric (essential)

• Bookkeeping or Finance qualification advantageous.

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in credit control, preferably with exposure to high value debtor books.
• SAP or OMNI experience would be beneficial.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong MS Office skills.
• Excellent numerical and reconciliation skills.
• Strong communication and customer
• service skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet
• collection deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Organised and accurate.
• Able to take ownership.
• Strong problem solving ability.
• Independent but team oriented.
• Professional, firm, and controlled when
• dealing with difficult accounts.
• Efficient, effective, and deadline-focused