At African Original Ltd we want to use the awesome produce in Africa to create authentic beverage products through our brand ‘Kenyan Originals’.
Based in Kenya, Kenyan Originals is a variety of African craft beverages that include alcoholic fruit ciders, Crafted Spirits, tonics and ice teas.
We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Team Lead with an entrepreneur’s spirits to be in charge of the whole Order to Cash process and lead the accounts receivable team in delivering a best-in-class performance in tracking, collecting and allocating payments in a timely and accurate manner as well ensuring that the right SOPs are followed in onboarding customers.
Reports to: Financial Controller
Key Relationships; Internal-Credit control team, Line manager, Head of Finance, Commercial Director, CEO, External-Company Debtors and Key Business partners.
Purpose of the Job:
To be accountable for delivering targeted performance for the credit control team, drive process improvement around Order to cash process and support the company in optimizing working capital solutions
1. Review of the Credit Management process to drive attainment of Sales and collection Targets.
2. Constantly review credit limit for customers and advise on the level of risk and exposure as well as champion strategies to minimize credit risk.
3. Credit analysis & preparation of progress reports
4. Ownership of daily targets and KPI’S for the credit control team.
5. Drive the Collection targets especially the overdue accounts and work with debt collector to recovery overdue debts.
6. Enforce the credit policy and ensure adherence to the laid down procedures.
7. Work closely with Logistics department to ensure Timely and accurate deliveries of orders.
8. Timely call out of overdue customers and ensure measures are taken to mitigate such risks.
9. Timely reporting of provisions /recoveries and write offs with the right level of approvals.
10. Preparation of weekly, monthly, or ad hoc reports.
11. Lead weekly the credit Review meeting with commercial team.
12. Ensure that all the necessary controls are implemented and embedded to minimize fraud risk related to debt collections and receipt allocations.
13. Support the year-end audit process in debtors related matters, ensuring that we complete the audit within set deadlines.
14. Manage disputes with concerned parties by analysis the underlying dispute root causes and proposing solutions to move forward.
Personality
Independent, Goal-oriented negotiator, Results Driven, extrovert, excellent interpersonal relationship skills, superb presentation skills
Requirements:
✓ At least 5 years experience in a busy Credit Control department, two years of which should have been at a supervisory or management level.
✓ Bachelor’s finance or related, CPA will be an added advantage.
✓ Proficient at accounting ERP systems,
✓ Computer literacy (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
✓ Superb time management and detail
