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Job Description
Purpose of the Role
The Accounts Receivable Officer administers the accounts receivable ledger, ensuring that revenue is promptly and accurately recorded while maintaining financial process controls
Key Responsibilities:
Prepares and administers the debtor’s ledger, including:
- Process accounts and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
- Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables’ data
- Prepare bills, invoices and bank deposits
- Reconcile the accounts receivable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted.
- Verify discrepancies by and resolve clients’ billing issues
- Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients
- Generate financial statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status
- Day-to-day processing of payments and deposits, cheques, credit card and EFT
- Handling of debtors inquiries and provide various debtor ledger reports ensuring debtors payments are processed within stipulated trading terms
Maintaining financial process controls
- Following proper financial procedures and controls in relation to petty cash, expenditures and reporting
- Report any discrepancies
- Prepare process and provide supporting documentation for various month end journals
- Filing/archiving of all accounting records in a secure and efficient manner
Team
- Communicate professionally and effectively with co-workers
- Attend and participate in scheduled meetings
- Undertake an active role in the day-to-day organization of the office including filling in during staff absences
- Reporting to Finance Manager
General Duties
- The holder of this position can be expected to be allocated duties not specifically outlined within th
Job Requirements
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor Degree holder in Accounting / Commerce
- 3-5 years of experience in the same position
- Excellent computer skills, organized, fast learner, a can do attitude
- Accounts Receivable and general clerical experience
- Solid understanding of basic accounting principles, fair credit practices and collection regulations
- Problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Computer literate with experience in Microsoft Excel and Word as well as data entry
- Experience in general ledger reconciliations
- Organized approach to work, ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Customer service focus.
- Confidentiality
- Excellent command in English Language
- Punctual, discipline, hard worker
- Detail oriented, ability to show initiative and take responsibility
- Effective time management skills
- Effective problem solving skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team oriented environment
- Ability to favorably represent the Company image to clients
