Highbury Media (Pty) Ltd is SA’s largest independent magazine and digital publishing company responsible for some of the country’s best-performing titles. We are currently looking for a debtors manager for our finance department.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
• Assessing credit worthiness of potential clients.
• Prepare year-end audit for debtors team.
• Manage bad debts and liaise with the in-house attorney.
• Manage staff by setting realistic deadlines, communicating expectations as well as coaching and training.
• Provide financial director with prior month's actual collections and analysis, and calculate the forecast for the upcoming month.
• Follow up on recons with magazines and sales staff.
• Provide a weekly update of the forecast to financial director.
• Respond to queries and communicate thoroughly to sales staff/customers.
• Manage and allocate debtors book of up to +/- 600 clients amongst credit controllers.
• Approval of commissions/advances.
• Advise sales staff of claim queries.
• Approval of sales contracts and clients prior to commissions being paid out.
• Review creditworthiness of both new and existing clients.
• Manage and assist with collections of due/overdue accounts.
• Process credit applications, bank codes and ITC reports for new clients.
• Communicate effectively with team and sales department.
• Secure extensions of credit for existing clients.
• Set credit limits and credit terms for new clients.
Requirements:
• Knowledge of NCA and Consumer Protection Act.
• Strong management and communication skills.
• Innovative, reliable and flexible.
• Driven, committed and self-motivated.
• Passionate.
• Teamwork and cooperation.
• Excellent decision-making skills and highly ethical.
• Problem-solving skills.
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