Credit Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Credit Specialist to work for one of our clients, who are a market leader in their field of Electronics manufacturing. The main focus of the role is to maintain and manage the Sales Ledger and be the primary customer contact for credit and collection activities

The role requires a proactive approach, to work with their truly international customer base to expedite payments , resolve credit issues, negotiate and monitor payment schedules, have the ability to communicate effectively and be well versed in international VAT.

Key Features of the role:

Credit Control
Responsible for effective credit control
Creating new Customer accounts on SAP and informing customers of credit limit
Use of D&B to review credit and suggesting credit limit
Chasing payments
Issuing customer statements
Chasing payment using telephone and E-mail
After a receipt is allocated, identify items not paid and follow up immediately with customer
Deal with customer queries
Chase down credits for returns, progress price queries and resulting credit notes
Provide copy invoices as requested and inform customer of credit status
Monitor credit and overdue invoices
Run reports from SAP to Identify overdue accounts in arrears and put accounts on hold if needed
Run open Sales orders to identify required shipments for overdue customers
Proactively communicate with customer as to resolution and decide whether to stop shipments
Communicate with regional sales managers when customers are about to be put on hold
Negotiate special terms to resolve old debt to allow some business to take place and lower exposure.
Generating reports
Create a weekly aged debt report by region and identify accounts on hold with comments/issues

Accounting

Maintain Sales Ledger
Enter all Cash Receipts
Post Cash receipts form Bank Statements
Allocate cash receipts on customer accounts and chase for allocations where none provided
Reconcile Sales Ledger to GL
Compare Sales Ledger to GL control accounts and identify and report any differences
Create journal entries arising from sales ledger as required
Identify inter-company journals, foreign currency exposure/revaluation journals

Prepare VAT returns and EC Sales listing and monthly returns
Prepare EC sales lists quarterly
Reconcile GL VAT accounts

Reconciliation of Bank accounts and bank clearing accounts
Reconcile bank clearing accounts monthly
Prepare and enter any resulting journal entries

Enter journals arising from Sales ledger, Bank reconciliation and VAT

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
3-5 years previous experience within accounting including credit control
Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
Ability to recommend credit direction in the best interests of the company
Solid problem-solving and negotiating skills.
Ability to multi-task
Computer knowledge (Excel, SAP, Power Point, Word, Outlook)