Meridian Services is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Credit Controller to join our Brackenfell team. In this role, you’ll take charge of managing and optimizing our credit control processes, leading efforts to secure timely payments, build strong client relationships, and drive our financial success. If you’re ready to make an impact and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Responsibilities:

• Daily upload and import of file received from the bank into the ERP system. Ensure each transaction has relevant customer number loaded – load outstanding customer numbers to transactions. Post file into ERP system.
• Accurately allocate each payment transaction to relevant invoice for “A Customers”. Process rebates and early payment discounts.
• Analyse the “%” overdue report from Credit Controller and updated age analysis report to identify outstanding customers.
• Communicate with customers with regards to expected payments to be received. Continuously follow up to ensure outstanding debt is collected timeously.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of customer’s accounts.
• Ensure that all queries relating to the debtor’s team received from customers have been followed up, relevant research done, and query resolved timeously.
• Notify customers of account status change to “on hold” account - pending payment.
• Analyse the “on hold” document from Tele sales to identify customer accounts that are on hold.
• Manage the “Buy in” schedule with customers that have negotiated extended terms including details of extended terms and invoice amounts after approval received from Credit Controller.
• Move all payments that cannot be allocated into suspense account.
• Send details of transactions in suspense account to Debtors team.
• Receive feedback from Debtors team and allocate possible payments to relevant customers.
• Manage the “Buy in” schedule with customers that have negotiated extended terms including details of extended terms and invoice amounts after approval received from Credit Controller.
• Update the cash flow forecast report daily from the 15^th of the month-to-month end with payment expectations and receipts.
• Continuously manage the suspense account report.
• Send requested ad hoc customer statements when required.
• Monthly upload relevant statement for Chain store customers into customer data base.
• Continuously manage the “on hold “report by identifying relevant customers and color coding as per agreement. Add comments to “on hold” customers with relevant details of expected payments.
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Plan and prioritize, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands.
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change.
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs.

Requirements and Experience:

• Grade 12.
• Diploma/Degree in Credit Management.
• 4 years’ experience in Debtors Administration.
• PC proficient (MS office suite: word, excel, presentation / Google office suit and email).
• Driver’s License.

Should you not receive any feedback regarding your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.