Debtors Clerk
- Limpopo
- Permanent
- Full-time
Reference Number MOT250901-7
Job Title Debtors Clerk
Branch/Department Alert Engine Parts - Polokwane
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Town / City Polokwane
Location - Province/Area Limpopo
Location - Country South Africa
Job DescriptionAlert Engine Parts is searching for a Debtors Clerk to join the team in Polokwane. The purpose of this position is to confidently liaise and resolve problems with customers and other employees who can assist in settling issues on debtors’ accounts in adherence to company procedures and accounting standards.
Specific Role Responsibilities * Maintaining of debtors’ accounts to ensure that they are timeously and accurately updated
- Monitoring of movements in accounts and the investigation of all unusual items
- Reconciliation of statements and debtor payments
- Accurately calculating settlement discount where applicable
- Matching payments correctly to Debtor’s account
- The raising and capturing of adjusting journals in debtor’s accounts
- Daily liaison with customers regarding outstanding payments or queries
- Timeous completing of Debtor Input Sheet and other documents needed for daily DSS
- Do timeous follow ups on all queries regarding debtors’ accounts.
- Any other Ad hoc duties related to debtors
- Grade 12 with preferably bookkeeping, business economics & mathematics
- Experience in handling Debtors’ Accounts- Essential
- Relevant bookkeeping experience in a company
- The ability to investigate problems and discrepancies, to identify the problem areas and to then solve the problems without delay
- A solid grasp of the basic accounting principle of double entry-Essential
- Comfortable with computerised ledgers
- A solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
- Ability to liaise with customers, other employees, and head office
- Organised and disciplined approach to daily accounting tasks and administration
- A high level of competency in the standard of work
- Work well under pressure
- Ability to work with different personality types as well as the self-confidence to enforce, when necessary,
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Making detailed notes when following up regarding e.g. outstanding payments, late payers, etc
- The ability to investigate problems and discrepancies, to identify the problem areas and to then solve the problems without delay
- A high level of competency in the standard of work
- A solid grasp of the basic accounting principle of double entry
- Ability to structure and pass adjusting journal entries
- Comfortable with computerised ledgers
- A solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word-Essential
- Ability to structure and pass adjusting journal entries
- Clear criminal & ITC record