Accounts Receivable Administrator ( JHB) at Brenntag

YOUR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process receipts against invoices from the bank statement, daily, as per customer remittance or reconciliation
• Obtain bank statements or online bank statements Unapplied/misapplied payments to be matched
• Action dishonoured EFT advices and process into customer account.
• Compile AR age analysis overdue report.
• Compile doubtful debt/bad debt occurrences with relevant supporting documents and send to the Credit Manager to obtain approval for provision for doubtful debt.
• Escalate and address outstanding debtor issues to Credit Manager/Supervisor.
• Process and distribute communication to relevant parties/stakeholders once approved.
• Attend to all new account applications as well as credit limit adjustments as per SLA
• Send out and track, new account letters and limit adjustment letters
• Track compliance with credit limits, address and escalate non-compliance.
• Process and distribute communication to relevant parties once approved.
• Accurate AR Masterfile processing/update at all times
• Uploading of receipt payments to System
• Uploading statements to System
• Dispute and query resolution, Receive and capture customer disputes/queries on system and escalate/address disputes/queries with relevant parties.
• Month end reporting to be submitted as per deadline roster.
• Follow up, update and provide daily/weekly commentary on overdue schedule report.
• Provide month end collection forecast as well as daily cash forecasting.
• Collaboration with Finance and Commercial teams
• Comply with AR policies, procedures and with SLA criteria (specific to area of responsibility).
• Comply with Safety, Health and Environment standards. 

YOUR PROFILE

• Matric
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred
• 3-5 years proven experience in accounts receivable, with a strong understanding of cash management and bank reconciliation.
• Experience with financial software and Excel for managing and analysing financial data.
• SAP knowledge advantageous