Billing and Accounts Receivable Manager

Cobranet Limited is a reputable organization incorporated in 2003 that provides internet solutions. Our footprint and range of products have grown immensely since incorporation, and we are proud to provide every segment of society with a reliable link to the digital universe. Our entire network topology is rugged, dynamic, and fully redundant with negligible downtimes: content showing extremely high availability exceeding 99.5%. Our promise is to continue providing innovative solutions at the best feature-to-price and service-to-price ratio.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Billing and Accounts Receivable Manager

Location: Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Roel Outline

• A Billing and Accounts Receivable Manager is responsible for managing a team that recovers unpaid debt/money/outstanding amounts owed to the organization.
• The debts may be fromeither business (commercial collection) or individuals (consumer collection).
• The credit function plays a vital role in the finance department to ensure that invoices are paid on time to assist the organization.

Typical Duties and Job Responsibilities
The Billing and Accounts Receivable Manager will perform a wide range of duties and responsibilities. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Managing a team of Credit Control Officers.
• Formulation of the company's credit policy to mitigate unnecessary risk.
• Reviewing credit applications and credit references to set credit limits and ensure creditworthiness.
• Preparing journal entries, credit notes, and assisting with month-end.
• Review and report on Aged Debtors.
• Regularly meet and negotiate terms with third-party debt collection agencies.
• Manage write-offs, bad debt provisions, and set up payment plans.
• Assisting the broader accounts team.
• Regularly reviewing the process and procedures to reduce debtor days.

Skills and Attributes
The more common skills and attributes that are needed for this role may include:

• Previous experience of end-to-end billing and accounts receivable processes.
• At least 5 years of experience in Credit and receivables and the accounting domain.
• Working knowledge of Credit law.
• Staff management experience.
• Accounting and reconciliation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially during difficult customer negotiations.
• Ability to build relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to multitask.
• Intermediate computer software skills, including Excel and other accounting packages.