Debtors Clerk
Finance Department
Permanent
Finance
We are looking for a Debtors Clerk to join our finance team and work closely with the Financial Manager to support the daily operations and overall effectiveness of the department. The successful candidate will play a vital role in managing customer accounts and ensuring the accurate and timely collection of outstanding debts for Chery International. In this role, the candidate will be responsible for maintaining systematic and up-to-date records of all debtor transactions. They will also be expected to monitor overdue accounts, follow up with customers, resolve queries, and ensure that payments are received in line with company policies. To succeed in this position, the candidate should be detail-oriented, organised, and have strong communication skills to manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilites
- Invoice Management: Generate and send invoices to clients for goods/services rendered.
- Payment Tracking: Monitor customer payments and allocate daily bank statements and finance payouts.
- Reconciliations: Perform weekly balancing of debtors and creditors, including intercompany accounts and resolve discrepancies.
- Reporting: Prepare and review aging reports and summaries of outstanding debts and follow up on overdue accounts with user departments (sales team).
- Customer Communication: Follow up on overdue accounts and resolve billing queries professionally.
- Ledger Management: Upload transactions into ledgers and maintain costing on stock and ledger control.
- Compliance & Documentation: Ensure adherence to company policies and financial regulations and maintain filing systems for financial documentation.
- Credit Control: Assess creditworthiness of dealers based on outstanding payments and update accountant on invoicing.
Experience and Qualifications
Requirements:
- Matric (National Senior Certificate).
- Bookkeeping or accounting certificate (advantageous).
- Minimum 1-2 years' experience in a full-function debtors role within the automotive industry.
- Further studies in finance or accounting are advantageous.
Skills:
- Strong reconciliation and ledger management skills.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Advanced Excel proficiency.
- Familiarity with dealership management and accounting systems (IAL, SAP).
- Ability to handle high-volume workloads with emotional resilience.
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
Please forward your CV to recruitment@chery.co.za and use reference DebtorsClerk.