Credit Control Officers at VTP Associates & Universal Concept Limited - 6 Openings

VTP Associates and Universal Concept Limited is a consulting firm borne from synergy of diverse professional partners with various business perspectives. We proffer holistic, efficient, and effective solutions to our clients. The qualitative solutions we provide are clear results of our thorough and standard operational procedures which are practical. Our value proposition without doubt would draw strengths from our past accomplishments which includes accomplished and ongoing projects for private Organizations to mention very few.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Credit Control Officer

Locations: Osogbo - Osun, (Abeokuta, Agbara, Ota) Ogun, Ibadan - Oyo and Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Scope of Work

• The Credit Control Officer would be responsible for recovering money owed by a customer to the Organisation. The debts maybe from either business (commercial collection) or individual (consumer collection) customers.
• The credit function plays a vital role in the finance department to ensure that invoices are paid on time to assist the organisation manage their cashflow.
• This role may or may not involve the duties of an Accounts Receivable Officer.

Responsibilities

• Resolving customer queries and issues
• Chasing up overdue payments via telephone and email
• Reviewing credit applications and references
• Use your knowledge of different legal entities and credit verification process to ensure credit worthiness
• Setting credit limits
• Receipting, allocation and reconciliation of payments to customer’s accounts
• Solve problems regarding incorrect payments
• Managing the Days Sales Outstanding figure
• Preparing journal entries
• Assisting with month end
• Producing monthly Aged Debtor Reports
• Highlighting problem customers to senior management
• Assessing company risk
• Referring debts to third party collection agencies when necessary
• Assisting the broader accounts team with.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree / HND qualification with 1 - 5 years work experience.

Requisite Competencies:

• Understanding of the end to end Accounts Receivable process
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Management
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to prioritise and multitask
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Tenacity and ability to have difficult conversations
• Willingness to escalate debt issues
• Intermediate computer software skills, including Excel and Accounting packages.

Salary
N50,000 - N90,000 monthly.

Application Closing Date
31st March, 2022.