Credit Officer at Jibu Corporate: (Deadline 15 March 2022)

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JOB OVERVIEW

Job Title: Credit Officer

Department: Finance 

Duty Station: Rwanda Office

Reports To: Lead Controller

Type: Full Time 

Job Purpose:

The main responsibility for this position is to ensure all the company debts are collected on time and oversee general accounting operations (Rwanda and Goma) by controlling and verifying financial transactions.

The Credit Officer will work with the finance team to ensure all finance deliverables are achieved. These deliverables include but are not limited to maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end closing procedures.

Supervision Received: This position works highly autonomously and reports directly to the Lead Controller

Management Responsibility: Not Applicable

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Credit Control:

• Ensure timely KIVA loan profiling, posting.
• Maintain customers credit records
• Ensure smooth communication with customers about their credit statuses
• Ensure all company credits are paid on time

2. Invoicing and Account Receivable (AR) recovery

• Prepare all invoices (FNF – Bottles – and other income) through EBM and accounting software in use (QBO for now)
• Ensure all sales EBM are prepared on time for bottles and FNF at least before 30th of each month.
• Work closely with the Lead Controller and Managing Director to ensure all AR (FNF – Bottles and other receivable accounts) are being tracked and paid on time. This include sending payment reminders to franchises and reporting status to the Lead controller

3. Financial Accounting

• Ensure timely and accurate posting, balancing and reconciliations of the general ledger
• Ensure monthly reconciliation of bank accounts, cheques, cash, sales invoices and all inventories
• Ensure that all proper procedures have been followed approvals have been obtained for financial transactions
• Ensure that all advance payments to staff are reconciled and documented
• Ensure all reimbursements from staff are paid on time.

4. Team engagement and company growth:

• Be a supportive, dynamic and flexible team member
• Do not wait to be assigned for a task but hunt for opportunities to bring improvements and support others
• Be honest, reliable and dedicatedBring the energy and stamina to go far with Jibu and join us in building a unique success story

Experience Requirements

Minimum Experience:

• Previous role as accountant, finance role in for-profit business
• Experience in dealing with cost accounting
• Experience with QuickBooks
• Working experience in import/Export business
• Experience in managing banking relationships

Education Background:

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration (Accounting or Finance related)

Culture Fit Criteria: 

At Jibu, we do not recruit based CVs only, we look for a candidate with the right attitude, hunger for success and talent. 

• A self-starter and initiator with an intrinsic motivation to perform
• Highly motivated to Get Things Done in an autonomous an independent matter
• Strong entrepreneurial and business instincts
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Perfect written and spoken English and knowledge
• he Jibu Brand and comfortably communicate decisions from managements to the franchise network

Internal Interfaces:

External Interfaces:

• Franchise Development team
• Quality and production team
• Sales and marketing team

• Jibu franchisees & franchise staff
• External regulators/auditors
• Investors/stakeholders