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 credit controller for our finance department.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Credit control

• Credit vetting
• Timeous collection of due and overdue receivables
• Age analysis management through the month
• Recon of debtors accounts
• Communicate with the sales department
• Achieve collection targets daily, weekly and monthly
• Maintaining contact with clients to ensure invoices are clear for payment
• Resolving queries both internally and externally around outstanding invoices
• Posting and allocating daily receipts to accounting systems
• Providing accounts information to internal departments

Data capturing

• Processing of receipts, journals, invoices, credit notes, etc. when required
• Pro forma invoices when required
• Recon and capture bank statements when required
• Process and send-off of final demands to delinquent accounts
• Default customers on Transunion when required

Weekly ad hoc and monthly reports

• Emailing of invoices, adverts, contracts when required
• Send out monthly statements
• Update debtors log with credit checks, etc.
• Assist credit manager with ITC credit checks, credit applications and bank codes
• Update, administer and email slow payer client list to various departments
• Monthly report on payment dates to the credit manager
• Daily payment dates to be emailed to the credit manager
• Update customer notes on Sage Evolution as well as the collection report

Queries

• Handle queries and communicate with the credit manager
• Assist with resolving queries

Filing

• Debtors filing

Requirements

• Must have grade 12 certificate as well as Credit Management 1,2 and 3
• Must have at least three years credit control experience within a finance environment
• Computer literate
• Excellent Communication skills
• Confidence and Persistence
• Ability to keep calm under pressure
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good business acumen for problem solving
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize a demanding workload
• Planning and organisational skills
• People orientated and proactive
• Team player