Accounts Receivable Lead

Role Overview: You will be responsible for creating invoices according to company practices and sending them to customers. It will be your duty to keep customer data updated, including name and address changes. You will need to generate reports on the current status of customer accounts and debtor ageing as required. In case of customer discrepancies and past-due amounts, you will work closely with the manager to investigate and resolve these issues. Collaborating with the manager, you will be expected to reconcile accounts receivable periodically. Monthly billing statements based on the general ledger will need to be generated by you. Assisting the accounting manager in reconciling revenue and collections each month will also be part of your role. To ensure accurate and complete records, you will need to gather information from other departments. You will drive revenue collections and monitor outstanding collections regularly. Ensuring that revenue invoices are raised in compliance with the statutory requirements of each jurisdiction will be crucial. Providing revenue forecasts and reporting revenue leakage to management will also be a part of your responsibilities. You will review monthly revenue close activities related to revenue and deferred revenue journal entries and reconciliations. Key Responsibilities: - Create invoices and send them to customers - Maintain updated customer data - Generate reports on customer accounts and debtor ageing - Investigate and resolve customer discrepancies and past-due amounts - Reconcile accounts receivable periodically - Generate monthly billing statements - Assist in reconciling revenue and collections each month - Gather information from other departments for accurate records - Drive revenue collections and monitor outstanding collections - Ensure compliance with statutory requirements for revenue invoices - Provide revenue forecasts and report revenue leakage to management - Review monthly revenue close activities Qualifications Required: - Expertise in Microsoft Excel - Self-driven motivation and hands-on approach - Knowledge of the financial sector advantageous - Attention to detail - Strong analytical skills - Comfortable dealing with substantial numerical data,