Local Purchasing & Property Officer at Epiroc

Purpose of the role

• To successful transition the credit control responsibility to the sales organisation. You will enable them to manage and control collections /recovering of monies owed by customers to the Epiroc organisation within the guidelines of the company's credit policy.

Core Responsibilities and Expectations

• Ensure adherence to the credit policy of the company.
• Aggressive collection of overdue payments from customers via telephone and email.
• Resolving of customer queries and issues.
• Solving of problems related to incorrect payments from customers.
• Assisting with month end reporting of aged receivables information.
• Highlighting of potential problem customers to operations and management.
• Understand customer processes and ensure internal adherence to those to ensure timeous payments from customer.
• Collaborate with operational teams on customers collections.
• Participate in internal, external, tax audits and projects as applicable.
• Be part of a regional finance team and collaborate with the Regional Centre of Excellence.
• Carry out additional duties as may become necessary to ensure successful operations of the company with a focus on maintaining a low level of overdue receivable.

Reporting Line

• This position reports to the Business Controller.

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

• University degree in finance (Accounting, management or other related course)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in working in a multinational organization will be an advantage.
• Fluency in English is a key requirement. 
• Experience in dealing with customers at all levels
• Good legal statutory knowledge and experience is required.
• Experience in working with BPCS, SAP BW, ECS, SharePoint and advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge will be an advantage.

Personality

• Display confidence in dialogues
• Strong continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Positive attitude, analytical approach with good problem solving skills
• Ability to plan work effectively
• Team player, enthusiastic, innovative and pro-active with good organizing and time management skills