Creditors Manager

**Position Summary**:
**Industry**:Pharmaceutical Sector

**Job category**:Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

**Location**:Roodepoort

**Contract**:Permanent

**Remuneration**:Market Related

**EE position**:Yes

**Brand**:Clicks Group

**Introduction**:
We are looking to recruit a permanent Creditors Manager, to work for United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD). The role will be based at the Roodepoort branch and will report to the Finance Manager.

**Job description**:
**Job Purpose**:

- The main purpose of the job is to protect accounts payable by establishing a basis for controlling the payments terms and maximizing the cash position of the business.

**Job Objectives**:

- Provides training and direction to staff.
- Properly assessing risk by utilizing financial skills and working capital tools (financial statement analysis, payment simulators, optimizing settlement discounts and offsets) when reviewing existing vendor accounts and negotiating new accounts.
- Managing a set or several portfolios of supplier accounts.
- Participate in the formulation and development of creditors and claims policies and procedures. Interprets approved policies to all concerned and assures conformity to these policies.
- Co-ordinates flow of information with buying management and other relevant functions of business eg operations in order to minimize payment terms, increase profits through settlement discounts.
- Prepare and present required monthly reports for marginal accounts, accounts payable analysis and financial statement analyzing using various internal and external sources of information.
- Evaluates the pay ability of distressed vendor exposures or exceeded credit limits and determines the appropriate action.
- Manages by KPIs strict deliverables in respect of claims ageing, matching of invoices to goods receipted, cash restrictions and creditors days.
- Manages the ageing of unmatched invoices to goods receipts within set parameters.
- Makes the decision if and when to write off an uncollectable claims within authority matrix.
- Determines if and when to escalate an uncollectable claim to other departments for strengthening collection position and set up meeting with Distributor and Manufacturer with other stakeholders to resolve.
- Review and evaluation of subordinates.
- The hiring of qualified personnel to fit the current and growing needs of the department.
- Develop departmental teamwork by having monthly team meetings and one on one sessions with personnel as needed.
- Supplier visits to maintain goodwill and to obtain information and ensure good trading practice.
- Makes decisions if and when to withhold trade payments to suppliers depending on the circumstances.
- The Creditors Manager will allow a separation of responsibilities so there is no conflict of interest regarding the supplier.
- Responsible for setting the cash flow reserve and ensuring accurate forecasting of cash requirements.
- The Creditors Manager is responsible and accountable for all sensitive and confidential information (vendor master data)

**Minimum requirements**:
**Experience and Education**:

- Financial Degree (or equivalent) is minimum requirement
- At least 5 years experience in accounts payable supervision.
- Advanced use of MS Office (Excel & word)

**Job related knowledge**:

- **Legislation**:NCA,CA,CPA and other relevant legislation & standards
- Accounts payable management**Job related skill**:

- Credit management and Analytical skills
- Interpersonal and leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills with demonstrated clarity in both spoken and written words
- Strong analytical and judgement skills (ability to take data and support logical, pragmatic and structured decisions)
- Intuitive, Investigative and audit skills

**Competencies required**:

- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Writing and Reporting
- Adhering to Principles and Values
- Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
- Coping with Pressure and Setbacks
- Analysing

**All positions will be filled in accordance with our Groups Employment Equity plan.