Financial Controller

SUMMARY:

📍 Location: Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
💼 Employment Type: Permanent 

About the Position

Our client, a property management and investment company based in Gqeberha, is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join their team. The successful candidate will oversee financial administration and credit control across the property portfolio, ensuring accurate billing, effective account management, and efficient day-to-day financial processes.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities Property Portfolio Administration Set up and maintain tenants, lease agreements, properties and entities on the property management software. Process initial charges and manage the monthly billing run, including: Processing the monthly allocation of municipal charges and operational costs to tenant accounts, ensuring full recovery of expenses. Processing sundry billing items. Importing water and electricity charges from meter-reading companies. Import bank statements into the property management system and allocate receipts to the relevant tenant accounts, ensuring bank accounts reconcile following imports. Investigate and resolve municipal account queries. Credit Control Prepare and issue invoices and statements. Respond to and resolve account queries from tenants and debtors. Follow established credit control procedures to recover outstanding and overdue amounts, including issuing letters of demand. Prepare accounts for handover to external collection agencies or attorneys and follow up on matters referred for collection. Compile regular credit control reports. Schedule and facilitate credit control meetings. General \/ Sundry Duties Answer incoming telephone calls as part of a shared staff responsibility. Perform any other duties reasonably related to the position and as may be assigned from time to time.