Accounts Receivable Clerk

Accounts Receivable Clerk

Kingston Logistics Center Limited, a leading player in the shipping and logistics industry in Jamaica, is looking for a talented and experienced Accounts Receivable Clerk to join our “Faster, Easier, Smarter” KLC team. The Accounts Receivable Clerk will play a key role in the Accounts Department and will be responsible for financial reports and maintaining records of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditure, payments, and other financial activities. Candidate must conduct regular check to ensure internal control compliance, support the timely preparation and monthly closure of the finance, and ensure that disbursements are in accordance with KLC’s budget and policies.

Responsibilities:

• Reconcile accounts receivable balances to the corresponding customer accounts on a regular basis

• Follow up on outstanding balances and communicate with customers to resolve any payment issues.

• Resolve customer queries and issues.

• Communicate outstanding invoice on customer account to customer service team to ensure credibility.

• Provide reports and analysis on accounts receivable and collection as requested by senior management.

• Monitor daily credit note and cancellation to ensure customer accounts are cleared

• Monitor all customer deposit accounts and monitor detention deposit account.

• Coordinate with operation team to monitor goods transferred to queens’ warehouse and assess the outstanding amount on customer account.

• Conduct periodic stock count to record all customer goods outstanding in the warehouse.

• Perform daily bank reconciliation for all bank accounts.

• Perform reconciliation for cash clearing account and ensure clearing accounts are cleared daily.

• Process customer deposit & customer receipt journals

• Prepare and post bank charges/Interest Income/FX purchase.

• Prepare journal to record interest income from NCB investment and Withholding taxes.

• Support preparation of EOM report.

• Prepare audit schedule in support of the annual financial audit

• Complete all assigned activities on monthly checklist by or before due date.

• Take part in staff development and coaching by attending monthly one on one meetings with senior management.

• Ensure proper and complete documentation and filing for easy retrieval of all accounting related documents.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 CXC including mathematics and accounts and pursuing a degree in accounting.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• High level of accuracy and attention to details.

• Experience in credit & collection and financial accounting (Bonus)

• A minimum of two (2) years’ relevant experience, preferably working in a fast-paced environment.

• Knowledge of SAP or other accounting software.

• Willing to work overtime.

• Knowledgeable of Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Experience in financial accounting preferred