KHOSI PHIRI
Soweto
Summary
With a proven track record at A2PAY FINANCIAL SERVICES, I excel in debt reconciliation and effective communication, leading teams to minimize bad debt and enhance customer retention. Skilled in credit analysis and conflict management, I consistently achieve targets, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail in all financial operations.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Credit Controller
A2PAY FINANCIAL SERVICES
03.2021 - Current
- Leading a team of 4 people to support the Credit Department's operations
- Manage customer accounts, ensuring that new customers have healthy credit and that existing customers have settled monthly accounts promptly
- Creating procedures and policies that ensure timely payments while maintaining a high level of customer retention
- Responsible for meeting targets in monthly receivables and keeping bad debt to a minimum
- Accurate calculation of revenue following contractual terms
- Monitor and report on the debtor's book and manage intricate invoicing
- Monitor delinquent invoices via email and telephone to guarantee that debts are collected promptly following the established process
- Facilitating revenue maximization for the business through hands-on invoicing management
- Prepare statements of account as required
Senior Credit Controller
LANSERIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
02.2015 - 09.2020
- Retrenched (COVID impact on the Aviation industry)
- Maintaining and managing collections in relation to the company's Group Credit policy
- Ensure accurate credit approval process is maintained for all new accounts thus reducing the risk of future bad debts
- Managing relationships with clients to ensure reduced exposure to potential bad debts
- Maintenance of client database and setting credit limits
- Timely and effective collection of all company debts and outstanding amounts owed to the company
- Ensuring the effective administration and management of LIA's debtor's book
Debtors/Cashbook Supervisor
BDB DATA BUREAU (PTY) LTD
05.2008 - 01.2015
- Full Cashbook function and Management of all bank accounts
- Maintaining and Reconciling Multiple Large Cash Books
- Updating & check bank statements daily
- Generate batches according to the contents of bank statements
- Enter and post batches in the cashbook & accurate capturing of JNL entries
- Clearing the suspense account
- Accurate capturing and verification of customer information
- Maintain accurate records of debtors
- Accurate processing of invoices and credit notes & email invoices to debtors
- Review debtor's collection and follow up on outstanding accounts
- Provision of bad debts
- Preparation/Reconciliation of documents for processing
- Reporting and Monthly monitoring of the age analysis
- Perform ad-hoc tasks as required by the Financial Manager
Financial Administrator
ABERDARE CABLES (PTY) LTD
06.2006 - 04.2008
- Daily Cash Flow Analysis to Powertech
- Cash Flow & forecast on a weekly basis including projected cash flow 3 months
- Highlight expected cash outflows & major expense items
- Make decisions on investments
- Vat Return
- Company Fleet control; motor vehicle traffic fines & licenses
- Motor vehicle accident insurance
- Assisting the Group accountant with other ad hoc projects
Debtors/Cashbook Supervisor
NETCARE 911
08.2002 - 06.2006
- Ensuring the effective administration and management of the organisation's debtor's book
- Undertake to capture and recover all debts that are outstanding and/or due to the organization
- Manage the debtor's days within the organization ensuring that it remains at an optimum level
- Create and distribute all invoices on behalf of the organization
- Management of Debtors' information and address any queries relating to debtors
- Build and maintain effective relationships with debtors
- Timeous presentation of debtor's information on a daily, weekly & monthly basis, ensuring 100% accuracy
- Accurate & timeous journal entries on Accad
- Ensuring that accounting practices comply with audit requirements
- Compile statistical reports for review by the Chief Financial officer
Cashbook / Creditors Clerk
ALSTOM SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
12.1998 - 07.2002
- Group Cash Management
- Prepare reports and schedules related to the treasury (Money Market proceeds)
- Monitoring monthly expenditures against the budget provision
- Creditor's payments, Cashbook, Creditors & GL
- Reconciliations
- Monitor overdraft facilities for the group, ensuring that Units/Divisions do not exceed the stipulated overdraft limit
- Cash forecast: comparing the division's cash forecast to what they have at the end of the month & finding out why they have a positive or negative variance
- EFT Intercompany payments and VAT Return
- Export
- Analysis Reporting (exports by Country)
- Assisting group accountant & other administration work
Education
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE HONOURS - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
01.2023
Skills
- Debt reconciliation
- Credit check management
- Credit limit management
- Invoice query resolution
- Effective Communication
- Conflict Management
- Accuracy
- Attention to Detail
- Customer account reconciliation
- Dependable
- Versatile Workstyle
- Accounts receivable ledger management
- Debt management
- Credit analysis
Languages
- Zulu
- English
- Sotho
Personal Information
Nationality: South African
Timeline
Senior Credit Controller
A2PAY FINANCIAL SERVICES
03.2021 - Current
Senior Credit Controller
LANSERIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
02.2015 - 09.2020
Debtors/Cashbook Supervisor
BDB DATA BUREAU (PTY) LTD
05.2008 - 01.2015
Financial Administrator
ABERDARE CABLES (PTY) LTD
06.2006 - 04.2008
Debtors/Cashbook Supervisor
NETCARE 911
08.2002 - 06.2006
Cashbook / Creditors Clerk
ALSTOM SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
12.1998 - 07.2002
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE HONOURS - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
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