Job Summary
URGENT: Debtors Clerk based in Cape Town
Our client based in Cape Town has the above position available at their flexible packaging printing facility and wish to invite all suitably qualified applicants to submit their details for our consideration.
To be considered for this position, you will need to meet the following minimum requirements:
- Must be based in Cape Town
- Must be available for 1 to 2 months. (This will be a short term contract)
- Matric/Grade 12
- Relevant tertiary qualification beneficial.
- Must have 3 – 5+ years’ experience in Debtors.
- Good communication skills (telephone, emails).
Key responsibilities:
- Follow up of outstanding amounts on age analysis.
- Reconciliation of customer accounts.
- Sort out queries on customer accounts (includes visiting customers to assist in sorting out problems).
- Manage age analysis to acceptable levels.
- Updating of age analysis on a daily basis.
- Daily maintenance of cash flow projection.
- Ensure credit notes requests are authorised and proper documentation attached.
- Input all deposits into cashbook on a daily basis.
- Ensure correct allocation of payments to invoices.
- Ensure proper records are kept of final demands sent.
- Ensure hand over accounts are dealt with.
- Manage and maintain a proper filing system for customer accounts.
- Ensure customer accounts are sent out timeously on a monthly basis.
- Report on debtors to financial manager on a weekly basis.
- Any reasonable ad hoc tasks assigned by management.
- Following up on trade references.
- Opening of accounts on system including bank checks.
- Checking of all documentation prior to invoicing.
- Handling of all pro – forma invoices.
- Authorisation of sales orders before processing thereof from an accounts point of view.
- Ensure department is fully compliant with BRC requirements