Credit Control - Account Receivable Officer at Cobranet Limited

Cobranet Limited; a reputable organization incorporated in 2003 and provides internet solutions. Our footprint and range of products have grown immensely since incorporation and we are proud to provide every segment of society with a reliable link to the digital universe.

Our entire network topology is rugged, dynamic and fully redundant with negligible downtimes: content showing extremely high availability exceeding 99.5%. Our promise is to continue providing innovative solutions at the best feature-to-price and service-to-price ratio.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Credit Control - Account Receivable Officer

Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• A Credit Control Manager or Credit Manager or Accounts Receivable Manager is responsible for managing a team that recovers unpaid debt/money/outstanding owed to the organisation.
• The debts may be from either business (commercial collection) or individuals (consumer collection). The credit function plays a vital role in the finance department to ensure that invoices are paid on time to assist the organisation.

Responsibilities 
The Credit Control Manager role will perform a wide range of duties and responsibilities. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Managing a team of Credit Control Officers
• Formulation of the company's credit policy to mitigate unnecessary risk
• Reviewing credit applications and credit references to set credit limits and ensure credit worthiness
• Preparing journal entries, credit notes and assisting with month end
• Review and report on Aged Debtors
• Regularly meet and negotiate terms with third party debt collection agencies
• Manage write-offs, bad debt provisions and setting up of payment plans
• Assisting the broader accounts team
• Regularly reviewing the process and procedures to reduce debtor days.

Skills and Attributes
The more common skills and attributes that are needed for this role may include:

• Previous experience of end-to-end credit control and accounts receivable processes
• At least 5 years’ experience in Credit and receivables and accounting domain
• Working knowledge of Credit law
• Staff management experience
• Accounting and reconciliation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills especially during difficult customer negotiations
• Ability to build relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to multi-task
• Intermediate computer software skills, including Excel and other accounting packages.

Application Closing Date
10th February, 2026.