[HCM] Senior Credit Controller (Freight forwarding company)

Job Description

1.Purpose of the position

• AR/AP monitoring and controlling

• Clients and Vendor assessment and monitoring in term of contract, credit facilities

• Intercompany relationship and reconciliation

• Data analyzing

• Cash Flow controlling

Planning, organizing and performing activities related to credit control and AR collection and also coordinating relevant activities with other departments and customers. Understand and implement the current payment process and compliance with requirements. Duties include computing costs and calculating rates for services, posting data; and keeping relevant records

2. Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Follow up & reconcile the outstanding statement between entities with ISSC

• Keep communication with oversea customers/vendor and concerned party for collection/payment

• Keep records of relevant documents.

• Intercompany relationship/communication and reconciliation

• Preparation of statements

• Issue payment voucher and record amounts due. Update, record and ensure all expense documents following payment process into accounting software.

• Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.

• Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting debts of company debtors

• Control Bad Debt

• Manage Cash Flow of whole company

• Evaluating new credit requests and reviewing customers’ credit rankings with banks

• Handle all related AR/AP package reports

• Contact customers in order to obtain account information.

• Perform the individual objective target and make sure the actions and objectives there in are realized and compliance with Accounting department.

• Participate in projects in the department.

• Customer/Vendor contract review and monitoring and ensure credit facilities updated correctly in System

• Managing the credit and overdue issues within internal and external parties

• Direct liaising with overdue customers coordinating on resolving disputes

• Straightening the credit policy and procedure

• Review and advise credit customers

• Delivery AR, AP KPI packages, Improve working capital ratio, overdue

• Managing staffs in team: assignment, coaching, personal development planning and leading …

Job Requirement

Skills and Specification 

·       Accounting principles and practices.

·       Vietnamese tax law.

·       Administrative procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records.

·       Perform detailed numerical work with speed and accuracy and to detect record-keeping and data entry errors

·       Pro-active, interested in and able to find solutions, able to work within a team. Hands-on attitude towards work, flexible. Strong communication skills.

·       Ability to set and follow up clear objectives

·       Able to plan and organise own daily and future activities

·       Can make decisions and both keep them and be able to re-evaluate

·       Ability to work independently as well as in a (virtual) team environment

·       A pragmatic approach to work and the ability to be flexible when needed

·       Good interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships

·       Honesty.

·       Well organized with interest to develop structures, methods and tools

·       Able to handle multiple assignments

·       Quality focus, willingness to stay on top of up-to-date developments

On-Job Skill 

·       Finance Know-How

·       CW1 Skill

·       Microsoft Office

·       Knowledge of freight forwarding

·       Language skill