Job Title: Credit Controller
Organisation: HR Beyond Limits
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
HR Beyond Limits is a human resource consulting firm that specializes in helping clients with their talent management processes and organizational development needs. We are dedicated to the ethical, timely and successful placement of top-tiered talent, providing creative solutions to help top management to achieve its organizational goals in a competitive market.
Job Summary: Our client’s purpose and search for a credit controller is to manage the company’s finances by evaluating new and existing customers’ creditworthiness, ensuring timely payment for goods and services, and collecting outstanding debts to safeguard the business’ cash flow and profitability. This role involves assessing credit applications, setting credit limits and terms, reconciling debtor balances, chasing late payments, resolving disputes, and building positive customer relationships to maintain financial stability.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Risk Assessment: The ideal candidate must have the ability to evaluate new and existing customers’ financial stability and credit history to determine their eligibility for credit and set appropriate limits and terms.
- Cash Flow Management: They should ensure there is consistent and timely collection of payments for invoices to maintain healthy cash flow for the business.
- Debt Collection: The ability to actively pursue and recover overdue payments from customers who fail to meet payment deadlines will be a standout task for the candidate.
- Dispute Resolution: The ideal candidate should be able to address and resolve any issues or queries related to invoices or payments to facilitate prompt payment.
- Financial Stability: There will be need to play a crucial role in maintaining the company’s financial health and profitability by minimizing bad debts and write-offs.
- Customer Relationship Management: Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers to ensure smooth account operations and encourage timely payments.
- Reporting: The candidate should have the ability to prepare reports and data on credit activities, debt recovery efforts, and potential payment issues for management.
- Adherence to Credit Policy: There must be willingness to follow the company’s credit policies by all customers.
- Other Tasks: Performing such other tasks and duties as the Company may from time to time designate as forming part of this job description.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Certified Accountant (CPA/ACCA) with a minimum of 3 years of experience in finance.
- Critical and quick thinker who is proactive and has the ability to meet strict deadlines.
- The candidate should have integrity and the ability to work in informal markets.
- They should be IT Literate that is to say, they are able to learn new MIS systems with a good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- They should possess the ability to create and maintain relationships
- They should be a team player, highly motivated & and a self-starter.
- The candidate should also possess discipline and have the ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures while being a functional problem solver
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36