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Charles Mashite Lekgate

Charles Mashite Lekgate

Bosplaas

Summary

Finance professional with extensive experience in credit management and debt recovery. Recognized for enhancing cash flow and minimizing financial risks through strategic account management. Known for collaborative teamwork and adaptability in dynamic environments, ensuring seamless operations and goal attainment.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

Senior Credit Controller

National Health Laboratory Service
05.2021 - Current
  • Collect, analyse, organize, correctly interpret, understand and critically evaluate large volumes of data and information to ensure the correct billing
  • Report on testing / billing and make appropriate recommendations on actions to be taken to ensure proper customer service is maintained
  • Perform reconciliations on customer’s accounts accurately, efficiency and timeously in order to avoid non-payments by customers
  • Create credit notes and refunds for clients
  • Ensure that the customers are managed within the targeted debtor’s days
  • Ensure that customer’s queries / disputes on accounts are resolved in an efficient and effective manner in order to avoid non-payment
  • Appropriate and timeous identification of potential bad debts and take corrective action where applicable
  • Send reminder Letters and letters of demand to clients.
  • Forecasting

Accounts receivable

National Health Laboratory Service
06.2014 - 05.2021
  • Perform assigned Creditors control on outstanding pathology accounts, Oracle system
  • Handle logged queries and Provide immediate feedback to customers
  • Reduce delinquent account
  • Write offs on accounts
  • Reconciliation on account (credit & debit notes)
  • Debtors administration
  • Credit administration and Control. Recovering outstanding pathology accounts from private patients, reduce debtor’s days outstanding (external and internal clients)
  • Query resolution, (internal and external clients)
  • Remittance management
  • Telephonic collection, follow up on aged accounts
  • (inbound & outbound)
  • Medical aid resubmission
  • Meet all performance criteria as set and Maintain performance criteria.
  • Provide expert advice on Pathology billing
  • Minimize bad debts
  • Deliver best Customer service and customer experience
  • Operating system
  • Oracle, micro-soft office package. Enterprise Content Management (server)

Credit Collection (call Centre)

Vodacom (PTY) LTD
07.2013 - 05.2014
  • Perform assigned credit control on early collection and pre-legal accounts responsibilities in a timely manner
  • Ensured cash collection targets are met
  • Received inbound and outbound calls and managed invoice query resolution
  • Followed up on aged accounts via telephone
  • Identify and manage credit notes and write-off concerns
  • Document customer payment issues
  • Rehabilitate customers on payments and suggests ways to pay
  • Reconciliation on account
  • Query resolution
  • NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Increased the company’s collections month on month ensuring that delinquent accounts are reduced
  • Highest collecting agent month on month
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS
  • Eppix, Tallyman, Unified IP, XDS & Morpheus II, micro-soft office package, Oracle

Education

National Diploma Credit Management - Accounting

University of Johannesburg
Gauteng, Johannesburg
01.2012

Matric - Matric

Prestige College
Hammanskraal
01.2008

Skills

Communication skills, planning and organizing

Delivering results and meeting customer expectations

An organized, efficient and flexible approach to the job

Good financial analytical and interpretation skills

Independent and self-driven

A non-judgmental attitude regardless of the client’s/Patients needs or situation

Reliable, committed and energetic

Coping with pressure and setbacks

Debt management

Cash flow forecasting

Credit analysis

Payment processing

Customer relations

Software

Oracle

Eppix

Tallyman

Microsoft Office Package

Certification

Institution : SGS Academy

Timeline

Senior Credit Controller

National Health Laboratory Service
05.2021 - Current

Accounts receivable

National Health Laboratory Service
06.2014 - 05.2021

Credit Collection (call Centre)

Vodacom (PTY) LTD
07.2013 - 05.2014

National Diploma Credit Management - Accounting

University of Johannesburg

Matric - Matric

Prestige College

Personal Information

  • Identity Number: 9002215869089
  • Date of Birth: 21 February 1990
  • Population group: African
  • Sex: Male
  • Marital status: Married
  • Health: Excellent, non-smoker
  • Nationality: South African
  • Languages: English, Setswana, Pedi, IsiZulu
  • Driver’s License: Code 10 (C1)
  • Residential address: Plot 398 station street House 38 Bosplaas 0409
  • Postal Address: P O Box 787 Hammanskraal 0400
  • Contact number: 0736711988 / 0734246793
  • Email: mashitecharles@gmail.com
Charles Mashite Lekgate