East London, South Africa

Support Office Clerk

 Job Description:

Responsibilities

Leasing Administration

  • Ensure accurate leasing administration, billing and timely processing of receipts/refunds:
  • Maintain tenant files.
  • Ensure billing corresponds to lease.
  • Allocate tenant receipts.
  • Investigate all un-allocated receipts and clear against tenant accounts.
  • Process corrections of misallocations and unidentified receipts on a daily basis.
  • Ensure invoice/statements are issued timeously and rental and accruals and receipts are accurate at all times.
  • Ensure that pre-billing reports are checked for accuracy and approved for the next rent roll.
  • Ad-hoc invoicing
  • Manage processing of refunds when required.

Customer Liaison

Proactively manages tenant collections & ensures excellent customer service is delivered:

  • Maintain good relationships with all tenants in portfolio.
  • Collection of monthly rental due for portfolio
  • Reconciling of accounts
  • Following-up daily, weekly, and monthly to ensure that debtors adhere to terms of payment.
  • Ensure that queries on any outstanding balances and/or other issues are attended to by the relevant team leader and follow-up on balance of payment where required.
  • Diarize payment arrangements for all outstanding balances and follow up telephonically on the agreed date.
  • Proactively engage with tenants, creating and maintaining professional relationships though structured communication and meetings.
  • Handling of tenant queries/complaints ensuring customer service SLAs are always adhered to.
  • Effective relationship management ensuring that accounts are paid on time.

Accounts Payable Administration

Ensures accurate accounts payable and cashbook processing for portfolio:

  • Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
  • Record account expenses by cost centre and invoice details.
  • Ensuring all vendor paperwork and accounts are up to date.
  • Maintain accounts by verifying and posting account transactions.
  • Full cashbook function including:
  • Reconciliations between bank and ledger balances.
  • Review cashbook to ensure there are no duplicated items.
  • Following-up and clearing of reconciling items.

Requirements

  • Grade 12
  • Diploma Accounting/finance advantageous
  • 2-3 years in a similar role
  • Intermediate Excel skills
  • Property experience advantageous
  • Collections experience advantageous
  • SAGE experience advantageous

Skills

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Friendly, helpful, and service orientated
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
  • Client management skills
  • Planning, organizing and time management
  • Deadline driven and achievement orientated
  • Ability to work under pressure to tight deadline
  • Problem-solving and critical thinking
  Required Skills:

Corrections Accounts Payable Accruals Balance Debtors Refunds Invoicing Expenses Critical Thinking Pressure Time Management Administration Accounting Finance Customer Service Planning Communication Management