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IDAYI CHINGOVO
Credit Controller
Summary
PERSONAL SUMMARY Detail oriented financial professional adept at coordinating fiscal plans, accounts receivables and accounts payables operations as well as inventory management. Good numeric skills and problem-solving abilities. Reliable Credit Controller, highly effective at assessing risk and working with external departments to develop cross- functional approaches to comprehensive success in credit management. Excited to offering more than 15 years’ experience and expertise. Versatile Credit Controller with talent for achieving exceptional results with tough caseloads. Persistent and professional in pursuing resolutions with customers. Trustworthy and poised communicator.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Credit Controller and Accounts Assistant
South Africa Pty Ltd
12.2017 - Current
- Internal Audit Facilitations
- Accounts Payables – capturing and processing suppliers’ invoices
- Accounts Receivables – posting invoices, sending statements, capturing receipts
- Debtors’ accounts reconciliations
- Negotiating payment plans
- Communicating and escalation of risk customers that are outside their payment terms
- Identifying payments on the bank statement daily and ensure that all receipts are captured and assigned daily
- Communication of cash flows based on expected collections from the debtors’ book
- Always Monitoring a low DSO
- Following up on the outstanding debtors’ ledger accounts via telephone and / email
- Collate accounting reports and prepare supporting documentation (including suspense accounts, accruals, working papers for financial statements)
- File, store, retrieve and safeguard source and face value documents
- Responds to queries related to client account transactions
- Perform General and Subsidiary Ledger reconciliations (including bank, suspense, and interdepartmental accounts) as and when requested by the Finance Manager
- Report on discrepancies between documents to be filed and transactions processed on the accounting system
Credit Controller
Genso Holdings
03.2017 - 10.2017
- Responsible for two subsidiary companies full credit control function - Following up on outstanding ledger accounts telephonically and via emails
- Invoicing and issuing of approved credit notes and follow up on outstanding billings with the sales department
- Sending invoices and accounts statements
- Requesting remittances from clients for payments received and receipting - Supplier and Clients’ details administration and making sure they are updated from time to time
- Weekly updates with the GM and FM on progress with the age analysis for both companies
- Daily contact with the clients regarding outstanding invoices - Checking new customer credit rating - Dealing with internal queries about payments, ensuring customers pay on time and negotiating repayment plan
- Maintaining accurate records of all chasing activity - Responding promptly and completely to both client and internal enquiries - Ensuring monthly processing deadlines are met as required - Other duties as delegated from time to time by the Finance Manager or any other person designated in their absence
Group Debtors’ Controller and Finance Assistant, Debtors’ Controller
M& C Saatchi Abel, SMD
02.2014 - 02.2017
- Fully management of the group’s debtors’ accounts and reducing write off rates and bad debt provision year on year - Following up on outstanding ledger accounts telephonically and via emails
- Invoicing and issuing of approved credit notes and follow up on outstanding billings with the client service department
- Sending invoices and accounts statements
- Payments received receipting - Supplier and Clients’ details administration and making sure they are updated from time to time
- Weekly reporting on debtors’ age analysis as well as production receipts
- Inter-company accounts processing and reporting
- Weekly petty cash account reconciliation and processing
- Group VAT computation and submissions - Accounts Payables – capturing and processing suppliers’ invoices - Administration of the company’s statutory documents making sure that they are current and update
- Assisting in putting together tender documents and submissions
- Salvage Management and Disposals t/a
07.2013 - 01.2014
- Management of customers’ ledger accounts - Collection of outstanding ledger of the assigned clients and maintaining an overall collection at more than average
- Minimizing bad debts by enforcing the company’s credit terms and adhering to company credit policy
- Keeping up to date with delinquent accounts and updating management on any issues of concern
- Accurate allocation of client receipts as per the clients’ remittance advise
- Debtors’ accounts reconciliations and processing of client journals as required
- Maintaining an up-to-date clients’ records and making sure that they are updated from time to time
- Excellent maintaining of customer relations.
Credit’ Controller
RSS SECURITY SERVICES
02.2009 - 07.2013
- Responsible of running a credit control team of three people - Billings and timeously sending out of clients’ invoices - Accurate and timely collection and processing of payments on accounts receivables - Working with the Sales Director to reduce business risk by ensuring that some invoices are paid upfront by our clients
- Maximising collections across board - Arrangement and set up of debit order payments with clients
- Ensuring accurate data capturing of clients’ queries and providing written/telephonic feedback to clients’ as and when queries are resolved
- Preparation of various administrative documents i.e
- Credit notes, clients refund requests etc
- Re-negotiating client contracts and making sure correct payment terms are agreed upon
- Stand in data capture clerk of job cards and contracts as required
Education
GCE O Level -
Gokomere High School
Masvingo, Zimbabwe 01.1995 - 12.1998
Diploma - Accounting
Southern Africa Association of Accountants (SAAA)
HARARE 01.2001 - 12.2003
progress Certificate of Advanced Microsoft Excel Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing - undefined
Corporate Governance
Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2010 - Current
Skills
Ability to recover older debts and negotiating payment plansundefined
Software
Pastel Partner
Pastel
Chase
MS Office
Lawpac
Timeline
Credit Controller and Accounts Assistant
South Africa Pty Ltd
12.2017 - Current
Credit Controller
Genso Holdings
03.2017 - 10.2017
Group Debtors’ Controller and Finance Assistant, Debtors’ Controller
M& C Saatchi Abel, SMD
02.2014 - 02.2017
07.2013 - 01.2014
Corporate Governance
Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa
01.2010 - Current
Credit’ Controller
RSS SECURITY SERVICES
02.2009 - 07.2013
Diploma - Accounting
Southern Africa Association of Accountants (SAAA)
01.2001 - 12.2003
GCE O Level -
Gokomere High School
01.1995 - 12.1998
progress Certificate of Advanced Microsoft Excel Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing - undefined
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