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Marguerite Du Toit
Accounts Receivable Manager
Cape Town,Western Cape
Summary
- Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
- Results-driven accounts receivable manager experienced in financial statement review, auditing and reporting.
- Well-versed in producing reports, evaluating department operations and handling month- and year-end closings.
- Meticulous, conscientious and methodical in approach.
- Skilled in financial statement preparation, general ledger activities, accounts receivable processing and collections.
- Effective leader with 26 years of hands-on experience in the freight transportation industry.
- Highly organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
- Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
- Logical accounts receivable manager, successful at completing accurate work under tight deadlines.
- Knowledgeable about generating invoices, processing payments and updating digital records.
- Strong Quickbooks and Software proficiency with precise and accurate nature.
- Knowledgeable about preparing invoices, processing payments and pursuing past-due balances.
- Well-versed in accurately coding different types of bills for clear recordkeeping and tracking.
- Team-oriented, dependable and performance-driven.
- Efficient Accounts Receivable Manager/Clerk offering 26 years of experience in accounts receivable functions.
- Excellent knowledge of collection and claims procedures.
- Skilled in accurately preparing weekly and monthly reports within tight deadlines.
- Successful at efficiently handling client inquiries, billing and administrative tasks.
- Familiar with contracts and other documents affecting billing processes.
- Prepares professional, polished statements and business correspondence.
- Meticulous accounting professional bringing 26 years of experience in strategic planning, customer relationship management and account reconciliation.
- Expertise in financial data entry and record-keeping.
- Committed to on-time payments, maintaining detailed records and vendor management.
- Detail-oriented worker with proven resourcefulness and reliability.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager
Atlas Couriers
Cape Town
10.1997 - Current
- Prepared and mailed invoices to customers, processed payments, and documented account updates.
- Reviewed accounts on monthly basis to assess aging and pursue collection of funds.
- Identified, researched, and resolved billing variances to maintain system accuracy and currency.
- Contacted clients with past due accounts to formulate payment plans and discuss restructuring options.
- Reconciled accounts receivable ledger to verify payments and resolve variances.
- Followed up overdue payments and payment plans from clients to establish good cash flow.
- Safeguarded documents of accounts receivable and payments to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
- Submitted cash and check deposits and generated cash receipts to record money received.
- Reduced financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
- Utilized Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks and Oracle software to manage invoices and payments.
- Maintained account accuracy by reviewing and reconciling checks monthly.
- Presented audit findings to accounting manager after reviewing results and paperwork.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
- Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
- Inspected account books and recorded transactions.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Managed complex problem-solving for upper management in order to complete projects on-time and within budget.
- Generated invoices upon receipt of billing information and tracked collection progress.
Education
Matric Certificate -
Sans Souci Girls' High School
Newlands, Cape Town 01.1969 - 12.1973
Practical Bookkeeping: PRAC01W -
UNISA
01.1974 - 01.1975
Bookkeeping - Professional Development In Practical Bookkeeping
SAQA
03.1995 - 12.1995
NQF Level 3 - Further Education And Training: Bookkeeping
SAQA
01.1996 - 12.1996
NQF Level 4 - Further Education And Training Certificate
SAQA
02.1999 - 12.1999
Skills
Billing and collections
Software
Microsoft Excel
Pastel
Work Availability
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Timeline
NQF Level 4 - Further Education And Training Certificate
SAQA
02.1999 - 12.1999
Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager
Atlas Couriers
10.1997 - Current
NQF Level 3 - Further Education And Training: Bookkeeping
SAQA
01.1996 - 12.1996
Bookkeeping - Professional Development In Practical Bookkeeping
SAQA
03.1995 - 12.1995
Practical Bookkeeping: PRAC01W -
UNISA
01.1974 - 01.1975
Matric Certificate -
Sans Souci Girls' High School
01.1969 - 12.1973