Finance Assistant

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
  
• Progress in CPA, ACCA, or equivalent certification required.
  
• 1-2 years of experience in accounting.
  

Responsibilities

• Participate in implementation of the company’s credit control policy;
  
• Sending monthly commission and debtor’s statements and resolve incoming queries on outstanding accounts from intermediaries;
  
• Apply reminders on account to ensure debts are paid in a timely manner and full follow through by relevant intermediaries;
  
• Referring of uncollected debts to debt collection agencies, managing legal action and reference to the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB);
  
• Drive collection of premium debited on a monthly basis;
  
• Tracing and pursuing long outstanding debtors and where possible, assess capacity to settle debts;
  
• Follow up bounced cheques and contacts the clients for replacements as and when it arises and provides a monthly report;
  
• Check remittances (RTGS, EFT, IPFs) and facilitate receipting within 24 hours and monitor daily receipting and banking of all premiums received;
  
• Visit and call intermediaries for follow up on collections and reconciliations to provide a weekly report.