Credit Controller – Timau (Meru, Kenya)

Our client, a fast-growing diversified business, with several operational units including inputs purchasing, crop sales, oilseed processing in Timau is looking to recruit a

Credit Controller

.

The selected candidate will work within the accounts team but liaising closely with the sales team to ensure that all customers operate strictly within the Company’s agreed credit terms.

Responsibilities

Chair a weekly online debtors’ meeting and follow up with the designated “Sales Person” in Palladium for each customer to assist in collecting all overdue debts.

Identifying the reasons for persistent, generally small, balances (both negative and positive) on the Accounts Receivable ledger and driving through a strategy to get rid of them permanently across the Company.

Promptly confirm receipt of individual customer payments.

Promptly and accurately posting payment receipts to individual customer accounts in Palladium to ensure the Accounts Receivables ledger is kept up to date.

Calculating late payment interest monthly and promptly invoicing customers including our shareholder farms, the same at the end of every month.

Overseeing customer account reconciliations for all customer credit accounts and keeping each customer account reconciled at all times.

Qualifications:

Must

have a relevant bachelor’s in Finance or any other related field with CPA Qualification.

Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills. When chasing large customers for overdue debts there is a skill in being firm and polite – verbally and in writing via email.

Pro-active, punctual and service-minded always. You will be expected to respond to colleagues’ banking receipt queries promptly and efficiently.

Good attention to detail.   Efficient.  Reliable.  Dependable.

Proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft Office suite, especially with Excel.

Knowledge of Palladium accounting software would be an advantage.

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