Credit Control Officer

Purpose of the Role

• As a Credit Control Officer, your 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.

Key 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 customer’s 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.

Skills, Education and Experience Required
Educational Qualification:

• Candidates should possess a B.Sc / HND in Accountancy, Finance Management
• Professional Certification e.g., ICAN / ACCA.
• Proximity to Amuwo-Odofin Lagos is very essential
• Reconciliation Management
• Effective communication
• Meticulous attention to details
• Time Management
• Organizational skill
• Customer service aptitude.

Experience:

• Proven 4+ years of experience in credit control, collections or related role preferably in the medical device or diagnostics industry.
• Accounts Receivable Management
• Analytical thinking
• Problem Solving.

Key Competencies:

• Adept multitasking and prioritization in a deadline-driven environment, with proficiency in advanced Excel and excellent English
• Managing the complete credit control cycle and mitigating credit risks
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.

Skills, Ability & Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of credit management principles, credit analysis techniques, and collections strategies
• Ability to travel as required to customer sites (percentage of travel may vary).
• ERP Software Proficiency.

Application Closing Date
14th August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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