Medirite Teamleader at The Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

• The purpose of the Debtors Team Leader role is to oversee and ensure that the Debtors Recon clerks optimally reconcile debtors' accounts. As a leader, the role ensures effective team delivery, driving individual performance, and supporting overall team motivation. The role also acts as a coach to Debtors Recon Clerks, providing guidance on best practice for resolving discrepancies and developing their technical skills to ensure high performance and quality work delivery. The role plays a support function to the Debtors Manager.

Job Category    

• Healthcare

Job Objectives    

• Investigate private accounts balances.
• Ensure that daily reporting and procedures are followed by the team.
• Action the investigation of medical aid accounts balances.
• Monitor clerks outstanding debt per branch.
• Execute reallocation of payments.
• Effectively and efficiently reconcile medical aids.
• Perform Age Analysis.
• Report on outstanding debt(s).
• Investigate Levy accounts balances.
• Resolve queries with pharmacies.
• Efficiently resolve queries with medical aids.
• Monitor clerks bank accounts.
• Oversee reconciliation of control accounts.
• Ensure reconciliation between Unisolv and SAP.
• Maintain high performance and motivation of debtors recon clerks, and report to debtors manager.
• Coach and guide debtors recon clerks on their job-related skills to ensure a highly competent team delivery.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric – (essential)
• Diploma in Accounting or equivalent - (beneficial)

Experience    

• 3+ years experience in a debtors/creditors clerk, financial, or similar role with demonstratable experience leading/supervising a team - (essential)
• Practical experience in SAP FI - (beneficial)
• Solid experience of Unisolv - (essential)

Knowledge and Skills    

• Proficiency in MS Office 365 with basic Excel skills and reporting capability – (essential)
• Exposure to and an understanding of corporate and retail orientated environments - (beneficial)