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Westin Denford
I am an innovative, problem solving and results oriented Credit Controller with over 15 years working experience managing and reconciling account receivables and payables, maximizing cash collections and minimizing the risk of customer bad debts, contributing on the results of the business.
Show profile Hide profileFinance Administrator (Retrenched) Agri Trading Services
Duties:
• Accounts receivable processing: Daily processing of all debtors incoming receipts and clearing of all customer accounts, request remittance advice to reconcile unapplied payments
• Debt collection: Compile AR age analysis report and update daily commentary. Follow up on unpaid or short paid accounts and ensure full payment is received, overdue escalated and make sure they are resolved within SLA, Escalate and address outstanding debt issues to AR Supervisor and Financial Manager, as per customer management process.
• Accounts payable processing: Monthly bank reconciliations, Daily Cash book updating, Daily Petty cash updating and month end reconciling, Receiving supplier invoices and creating GRVs, Sending out remittances to suppliers.
• Reporting: Update and provide daily commentary on overdue debtors, Daily confirmation, Actual vs. Confirmations, Subsequent receipts, Compile age analysis
• Dispute and query resolution: Ensure to resolve customer disputes/queries with internal & external stakeholders, Escalate unresolvable disputes/queries to AR Supervisor and or Financial manager, and communicate outcomes of disputes/queries to all relevant parties
• Business controls and governance: Comply with AR policies and procedures, Comply with SLA criteria (specific to area of responsibility) Customer visits and regularly meet with Regional Managers to discuss overdue debtors
10/2016 – 07/2018 Debtors Administrator Environ’mental Hygiene
Duties:
• Ensure that customers transact within agreed limit and terms
• To perform debt collection responsibilities.
• Customers account reconciliation.
•Receive remittance advices from customers and allocate appropriately
• Process all deposits from bank statements.
• Printing of debtor invoices and statements.
• Investigating and resolving customer queries/snags related to non-payment
• Creating new accounts on system
• Maintaining accounts receivable customer files
• Meeting/liaising with Sales Team
07/2008 – 9/2016 Debtors Controller BCE Foodservice Equipment
Duties:
•Collect all monies according to agreed terms &follow up on overdue accounts.
•Monitor orders and account balances ensuring that credit limits are not exceeded
•Re-assess credit limits where the credit limits are exceeded /not utilized.
• Requisition journal entries as required.
• Process payments, allocations, and journals timeously and accurately
• Facilitates requests for credits and price adjustments claims
• Perform reconciliations on customer accounts
•Ensuring debtor accounts are accurate and up to date
•Debtor’s statements printed and distributed correctly
•Maintain communication with sales personnel on status of accounts
• Meet all reporting deadlines specified by the Financial Manager
• Resolving queries
Finance Administrator (Retrenched) Agri Trading Services
Duties:
• Accounts receivable processing: Daily processing of all debtors incoming receipts and clearing of all customer accounts, request remittance advice to reconcile unapplied payments
• Debt collection: Compile AR age analysis report and update daily commentary. Follow up on unpaid or short paid accounts and ensure full payment is received, overdue escalated and make sure they are resolved within SLA, Escalate and address outstanding debt issues to AR Supervisor and Financial Manager, as per customer management process.
• Accounts payable processing: Monthly bank reconciliations, Daily Cash book updating, Daily Petty cash updating and month end reconciling, Receiving supplier invoices and creating GRVs, Sending out remittances to suppliers.
• Reporting: Update and provide daily commentary on overdue debtors, Daily confirmation, Actual vs. Confirmations, Subsequent receipts, Compile age analysis
• Dispute and query resolution: Ensure to resolve customer disputes/queries with internal & external stakeholders, Escalate unresolvable disputes/queries to AR Supervisor and or Financial manager, and communicate outcomes of disputes/queries to all relevant parties
• Business controls and governance: Comply with AR policies and procedures, Comply with SLA criteria (specific to area of responsibility) Customer visits and regularly meet with Regional Managers to discuss overdue debtors
10/2016 – 07/2018 Debtors Administrator Environ’mental Hygiene
Duties:
• Ensure that customers transact within agreed limit and terms
• To perform debt collection responsibilities.
• Customers account reconciliation.
•Receive remittance advices from customers and allocate appropriately
• Process all deposits from bank statements.
• Printing of debtor invoices and statements.
• Investigating and resolving customer queries/snags related to non-payment
• Creating new accounts on system
• Maintaining accounts receivable customer files
• Meeting/liaising with Sales Team
07/2008 – 9/2016 Debtors Controller BCE Foodservice Equipment
Duties:
•Collect all monies according to agreed terms &follow up on overdue accounts.
•Monitor orders and account balances ensuring that credit limits are not exceeded
•Re-assess credit limits where the credit limits are exceeded /not utilized.
• Requisition journal entries as required.
• Process payments, allocations, and journals timeously and accurately
• Facilitates requests for credits and price adjustments claims
• Perform reconciliations on customer accounts
•Ensuring debtor accounts are accurate and up to date
•Debtor’s statements printed and distributed correctly
•Maintain communication with sales personnel on status of accounts
• Meet all reporting deadlines specified by the Financial Manager
• Resolving queries
