National Breweries Plc is Zambia’s leading producer and distributor of Traditional African Beer. Our affiliation to Delta Beverages gives our employees a sense of pride and that of belonging to one of the biggest international brewing companies in the world. The Company offers opportunities for all to learn develop and grow, whilst offering challenging career opportunities for lateral or vertical advancement.

We are inviting applications to fill the following vacant position:

ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT RECEIVABLES – LUSAKA

GRADE G

CONTRACT: PERMANENT  

Reporting to the Financial Accountant, the successful candidate will be accountable for the following:

• Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting debts of company debtors as well as customers files.
• Ensure timely delivery of invoices to customers via email or hard copy where necessary.
• Notify debtors by letter, email, or telephone call of upcoming or outstanding invoices.
• Timely updating of the receipting template to ensure that payments from customers are posted in SAP.
• Ensuring timely payment from debtors
• Recording of payments from customers in the cashbooks to ensure prompt bank Reconciliations.
• Timely application of receipts to invoices paid on customer accounts in SAP.
• Ensure prompt response to relevant client enquiries and overall customer relationship management.
• Correctly reconcile debt accounts with customers to ensure that customers are aware of the correct outstanding balance on their account.
• Ensuring that customers know their account balances by issuing monthly statements. Shall be responsible for accurately and timely updating the reports under the credit department.
• Issue demand letters to customers who are not current with their payments in line with policy. Provide all necessary information needed by the senior team to assess bad debt to be written off/court action. Implementing and planning recovery measures as decided by the ExCom.

This job is particularly suitable for candidates who meet the following minimum requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in Accounting/Finance/Business or Full ACCA /CIMA/ZICA or equivalent.
• 5 years’ work experience in a manufacturing environment
• SAP experience will be an added advantage.
• Micro office including excel, word, power point.
• In-depth knowledge of Accounts Payable processes.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
• Resilience to face supplier / customer claims and attentive to detail.
• Must be a registered member of ZICA.
• Strong negotiation skills and effective communication skills with people at all levels of the business.
• Good analytical skills.
• Resilience to face customer claims.
• Attentive to detail
• Must be a registered member of ZICA. Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work independently, passion to learn and grow.