ob Description
The Credit Control Officer will focus on operational collections, day-to-day engagement with retail tenants regarding overdue balances, and administrative account maintenance. This role reports directly to the Credit Control/Finance Manager and ensures the mall maintains a healthy, predictable cash flow cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Invoice Issuance: Generate, validate, and record customer invoices promptly, ensuring 100% alignment with tenancy contracts, and agreed credit terms.
- Daily Collection Activities: Monitor day-to-day tenant account balances and proactively issue reminders (calls, emails, letters) for overdue bills including rental, utilities, and marketing fees.
- Tenant Engagement: Conduct routine face-to-face tenant visits inside the mall to distribute invoices/reminders and resolve minor billing or payment discrepancies.
- Payment Processing & Matching: Ensure tenant payments (cheques, bank transfers) are accurately recorded, allocated, and knocked off against respective invoices in the property management system.
- Dispute Routing: Identify and document tenant billing complaints or complex issues (e.g., calculations regarding Turnover Rent or utility disputes) and escalate them to senior team members for resolution.
- Administrative Maintenance: Update and maintain accurate tenant contact records, payment tracking templates, and support document filing for legal or audit tracks.
- Aging & Statement Updates: Assist in generating routine weekly aging reports together with Statement of Accounts (SOA) and tracking payment arrangements promised by tenants.
Job Requirements
- Education: Minimum Diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent professional certification.
- Experience: 1 to 3 years of work experience in Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, or general collections. Experience inside a Shopping Mall environment, Property Management, or Retail operations is a strong advantage.
- System Skills: Basic familiarity with property systems or accounting software (e.g., IFCA, SAP) and a comfortable working knowledge of MS Excel formulas.
- Communication: Good verbal and written communication skills with a pleasant, diplomatic approach when handling tenant inquiries or payments.
- Attributes: Highly organized, persistent, and detail-oriented with a strong commitment to meeting monthly collection targets.
Additional Information
- Position Level: Entry Level / Junior Executive / Officer
- Specialization: Finance - General/Cost Accounting / Credit Control
- Employment Type: Full time / Contract
- Work Location: Bangi & Kuala Lumpur
Pay: RM2,500.00 - RM4,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person