Credit Control Officer at Uni-Medical Healthcare Limited

We are Uni-medical Healthcare Ltd Nigeria, a subsidiary of Unigloves Singapore, owned by UG Healthcare cooperation.
Unigloves is one of the largest manufacturers of disposable products for the dental, medical, nursing, hospital sectors and for the industry. Our manufacturing company is N. S. UNI- Gloves in Malaysia.
We have marketing offices in over 10 countries in the world including Nigeria, Singapore, UK, USA, Germany, China, Brazil, Australia, Canada and Japan. We supply a wide range of cross infection control products. We make and supply over 3 billion gloves annually to medical professionals, as well as specialists in the food, automotive, janitorial and care sectors.
The company’s Head Office is located at Plot B2, Block 73f. Alakoso Avenue, Amuwo Odofin Industrial Estate, Lagos with marketing offices in Abuja, Asaba, and Enugu.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Credit Control Officer

Location: Amuwo Odofin, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As a Credit Control Officeryour, responsibilities are to send out bills and invoices, follow up on overdue payments and ensure that a company's invoices and payments match up correctly by cross-checking the original document to Uni-Medical records.

Responsibilities
Debt Collection:

• Daily follow up on overdue invoices and ensure timely recovery of outstanding payments.
• Implement strategies for debt reduction and manage defaulting accounts.
• Maintain a detailed record of communication and actions taken for overdue accounts.

Credit Management:

• Evaluate and approve customer credit limits in line with company policies.
• Conduct thorough credit checks on potential and existing clients to assess creditworthiness.
• Monitor customers' financial health and recommend adjustments to credit limits as necessary.

Customer Relationship Management:

• Communicate effectively with customers to resolve payment delays or disputes.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients to ensure continued business.
• Prepare regular reports on accounts receivable, outstanding debts, and credit risk.

Receivables Management:

• Timely approved Sales Orders with due diligence and verifying timely payment of old dues, correct item prices, and correct selection of warehouse.
• Posting all customer collections from time to time online and real-time basis.
• Responding to CSR /Salesperson on time.
• Reconciling customer statements to track differences etc and communicating with the sales team and customer on a timely basis.
• Sales order approval/ invoice creation/payment postings and reconciliations after postings.
• Posting Internal Transfer – Warehouse to warehouse.
• Weekly Age wise salesperson reports to the sales team and conducts meetings on a priority basis.
• WHT postings and printing WHT certificate. If any customer does not deposit the WHT certificate in time, communicate with the customer with the help of the sales team.
• Participate in weekly meetings about the collection.
• Any other work assigned by HOD.
• Sending customers statement of accounting weekly basis.
• Major account reconciliation.
• Keeping Receivables in control.
• Devising customer credit limits and controlling limits accordingly.

ERP related activities:

• New ERP activities as per instruction from HOD.
• Customer account matching from Odoo to Tally.
• Parallel running of ERP activities related to receivables.

Key Competencies:

• Strong understanding of credit risk assessment and debt collection processes.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy in financial analysis.
• Proficient in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel).
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Qualifications

• B.Sc./HND in Accountancy, Finance Management, Financial Technology
• Professional Certification e.g., ICAN ACCA
• 2-5 years’ experience in a similar role

Skills, ability & knowledge:

• Reduction in overdue accounts as a percentage of total receivables.
• Achievement of targeted Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
• Timeliness of credit approvals and customer onboarding.
• Accuracy of credit risk assessments.
• Client satisfaction with credit-related processes.

Application Closing Date
7th February, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are required to submit their updated resume to: [email protected] using the job title as subject of the mail.