JOB OPPORTUNITY
OneLife is a vibrant insurance company providing Medical and Life insurance products to the cooperate and retail market. As the OneLife tribe, we are unified behind our mission to improve and support the quality of the lives of those we work for, our clients. Join our tribe as we recruit the;
Credit Controller (1)
Purpose of the Job
The purpose of the position is to ensure smooth credit control management so as to minimise credit risk to the company. The Credit Controller is responsible for managing the debts of a business. A Credit Controller oversees all debts owed to a company from existing creditors and manages new requests for credit. The job holder will report to the Chief Financial Officer. This role requires building and maintaining strong relationships with clients to ensure the smooth running of accounts.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting debts of company debtors
- Evaluating new credit requests and reviewing customers’ credit rankings with banks
- Setting up of terms and conditions of credit
- Ensuring timely payment of debts
- Following up payments as needed
- Negotiating re-payment plans
- Responding to relevant client enquiries
- Processing and reconciliation of invoices
- Checking and posting of receipts to accounting systems
- Preparation of statements, client status reports and all relevant information as required
- Contribute to the development of budgets to optimise profitability, in alignment with operational plans
- Identify opportunities/solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency
- Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum
- Assist internal and external customers with queries
- Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders
- Positively influence and participate in change initiatives
- Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge
Professional Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accountancy, Full ACCA/CIMA
- Minimum two years of experience in the same role
- Strong knowledge of debt management.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Strong customer service skills.
Should you closely fit the above requirements and are interested in this position, kindly send your CV with all necessary attachments in one PDF document to: careers@one.co.zm by / before 11th March 2025 clearly stating in the e-mail subject line the POSITION you are applying for.
