Job Title: Accounts Receivable Team Leader
Grade: PE09
Purpose of the role:
Management of the day-to-day operations of allocating, receipting and reconciling accounts. Optimising existing Accounts Receivables team, systems, and processes to achieve strategic goals. Being a key driver and initiator of system and process improvements.
Key Performance Areas:
Manage Accounts Receivable team to ensure:
- Client queries are resolved and communicated timely
- AR ageing, ECL provision and write-offs are correctly monitored and managed.
- Identification of accounts for collection, reconciliation, and application of payments
- Review client credit requests and monitoring credit worthiness and exposure
- Collection management, including reviewing credit memos or revised invoices
- Drive process improvements and efficiency into the Accounts Receivable function, ensuring common processes are applied and leading practices are adopted through staff training and system enhancements
- Accomplishes accounts receivable human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.
- Supports financial planning by forecasting cash.
- Updates receivables by coordinating and monitoring daily sales order processing and bank remittance transactions.
- Maintains financial security by adhering to internal accounting controls.
- Maintains accounting ledgers by posting monthly account transactions.
- Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential
- Monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks.
- Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
- Assist with audits
Reporting:
- Provides annual accounts receivable budget information as and when required
- Assist in month-end close & reporting process
- Collections Effectiveness Index
- Produce AR aging reports
- Average Days Delinquent.
- Days Sales Outstanding
- Turnover Ratio
Key Competencies:
- Familiarity with financial accounting and bookkeeping software, spreadsheets, forecasting, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Time and process management, including the ability to prioritize multiple simultaneous deadlines
- Leadership, management, and team-building skills
- Excellent oral communication skills and the ability to resolve misunderstandings and errors in a diplomatic manner
- Strong financial skills and understanding of financial concepts and business principles
- Strong negotiation skills
- Integrity, discretion, and respect for confidentiality and privacy
- Typing, computing, and data entry skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience with budgeting
- Organizational skills including Documentation
Qualifications & Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience working in an accounting, billing, or accounts receivable department
- Previous Management Experience
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Management
- Experience in an ERP system
- A sound knowledge of MS Office
Additional Information:
- Consideration will be given to Isanti’s EE goals
- Appointment is subject to qualifications and integrity checks
- If you don’t hear from us a month after the closing date, please assume your application was unsuccessful
To Apply:
Please submit applications: https://isantiglass.com/careers/
Closing Date: 14 February 2025
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