AR Assistant SADC at Reckitt

About the role

• Unleash your potential as our next AR Assistant SADC, where your expertise will propel our health division to new heights. You will be responsible for managing accounts receivable function for allocated customers, finding new ways to influence sales and customers relations to help drive company growth.Your entrepreneurial spirit will be the catalyst for progress in a company that values your growth as much as you do. Seize the opportunity to make an impact every day and grow your career with a global healthcare leader.

The role is a Fixed Term position

Your responsibilities

• Building a relationship of trust & partnership with customers.
• Management of company receivables & collections from customers.
• Ensuring timely settlement of customer payables (trade spends etc.)
• Periodic reconciliation of customer accounts.
• Ensure adherence to SLA’s as agreed for the respective processes.
• Review process performance and report out performance dashboards.
• Drive, develop and implement tools to manage and improve service quality.
• Maintenance of customer master data
• Adherence to internal controls & compliance

Competence Required

• Natural leader potential – entrepreneurial decision-making skills and communication skills of a high order.
• Strong track record of delivery is critical
• People management – Able to effectively influence customers to drive change and improvement
• Strong ability to review & see beyond the detail of the numbers and identify issues and opportunities in the business. Displays a high sense of urgency to make sure the job gets done.
• Strong analytical skills – including commercial, financial acumen

The experience we're looking for

• Education: BCom Accounting or Finance
• Experience: Minimum 5 - 10 years’ experience in Accounts Receivable / Sales Finance
• Language skills: Fluency in English
• IT: Intermediate Excel skills
• SAP Turbo Experience