Accounts Receivable Clerk at Valenture Institute

The role:

• We’re looking for a qualified and experienced Accounts Receivable ( AR ) Clerk to join our dynamic Finance team based in Cape Town/Remotely.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Responsible for full Accounts Receivable function
• Monthly invoicing, credit notes and customer Statements:
• Timeous and accurate processing of invoicing
• Correct customer information maintained on financial system
• Statements compiled, and delivered together with invoices to customers by month end
• Timeous and accurate processing of contract and sundry credit notes
• Allocation of customer receipts in the system (Control account clearing)
• Investigate and follow up on unidentified receipts

Customer liaison :

• Facilitate the collection of overdue payments, contacting all customers identified in arrears on the AR Age Analysis, resolve reasons for nonpayment and log all customer interactions
• Transmit letter of demand to all customers in arrears of 60 days
• System suspensions for non-payment of invoices
• Compile reporting on non-payment suspensions to send to Student Experience team
• Financial Reporting:
• Compile list of bad debts
• Generate and distribute weekly age analysis
• Assist with month-end reports

Requirements

• Grade 12
• A bookkeeping or accounting diploma would be advantageous
• 3-5 Years relevant experience
• Good working knowledge of Excel
• Customer Service
• Bi-lingual, with excellent communication skills essential

Personal Skills & Attributes

• Computer literate - ability to work on Excel, MS Outlook
• Communication (written and verbal)
• Sharing and cooperating
• Work under pressure
• Dealing with changing circumstances
• Attention to detail
• Delivering great customer service

Benefits

• Family member discount for Valenture Institute
• Remote work
• Voluntary savings Programme