Payments Manager Pretoria

Join a well-established property development group

Utilise your municipal payments and creditors management experience.

Duties & Responsibilities

MUNICIPAL PAYMENTS / QUERIES

• Managing list of accounts we are responsible for, and overseeing municipal clerks to ensure all accounts are paid timeously before due dates.
• Check capturing, & sign off of payments.
• Liaise with meter reading companies, to understand big back charges / credits / inconsistencies in expenses.
• Checking bi-annually that sundry debtor municipal account balances.
• Overseeing credit card payments, and assist should there be a query that municipal clerk cannot resolve.
• Overseeing process for council pre-paid accounts.
• Supervise all municipal queries. Updating query list with progress.
• Assisting municipal clerks with account recons / rebilling / council errors, where necessary.
• Develop (with external developer) and manage in-house utility program to compare Cost of Sales/municipal expenses.
• Comparing of Cost of Sales (meter reading company) Vs Council expenses. Understanding variances / Accruals.
• Ensuring that most profitable tariff / correct tariff is used by council (understanding tariff structures & by-laws).
• Checking clearance figures & ensuring correct bookkeeping of credit allocations & tenant municipal accounts.

UTILITIES RECOVERIES

• Overseeing Municipal clerks in recovering of basic charges.

REPORTING

• Assist and compile with any reporting required by Head of Department.

ACCRUALS & BUDGETS

• Review of annual Utility accruals.
• Be involved in the process of budgeting the annual performance of a building in terms of all the utility items (water, sewer & electricity).

RATES

• Understanding rates tariff structure, and ensuring council bills correctly.
• Review schedules, oversee and support function.
• Municipal Valuation Roll - Working together with Asset Manager to ensure appointment of consultants (if applicable) & timeously submission of objection.
• Managing list of property valuations and tariff structures, arrange bi-annual meetings with Asset Manager to identify possible objections.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• 3 year tertiary qualification in Accounting/Related field.
• Experience as Senior Creditors Clerk/Team Leader required in order to supervise staff.

Package & Remuneration

Market related.

Interested?

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