About First Five Group:
First Five Group (F5G) is a dynamic, privately-owned company leading a suite of specialized businesses – First 5 Minutes, RiskLogic, Sky5, and Sharp5. Our conglomerate stands as Australia’s foremost family of risk, safety, crisis, emergency management, and business continuity enterprises in the APAC region.
Across diverse sectors such as Education, Government & Municipal, Aged Care, Sport & Leisure, Construction, Property, Retail, and Resources, F5G delivers integrated solutions fostering safer living and working environments, mitigating operational risks linked to human response or performance. F5G serves as the ultimate 'one-stop-shop'.
About the role:
Elevate your career with us at First Five Group in our stunning Brisbane office for a permanent full-time position as our Credit Officer. Reporting to the Group Finance Manager, you'll contribute to our credit control operations in a supportive environment. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience and make a meaningful impact within our company.
Key responsibilities:
- Contacting customers by phone and email following up invoices that have not been paid.
- Reconciling Customer Accounts.
- Ensuring that all receipts are allocated.
- Liaise with various people across the businesses regarding any potential issues or reasons as to why customers have not paid (Credit requests) or any other queries from customers.
- End of Month Reporting (Debtors Reports in Excel including commentary).
- Liaise with external Credit Collectors for matters that are sent to Legal recoveries.
- Other Ad Hoc reports in relation to Debtors as required by Management.
Key Skills and Attributes:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role (preferably dealing with high volumes).
- Strong communications skills both internally (Business Unit colleagues) and externally (Customers).
- Experience with Accounting Software (advantageous if it is Microsoft Dynamics GP but not necessary).
- Intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables and data sorting are required).
- Good organisational skills.
- Tenacity in following up and ensuring the aged Debtors Ledger is kept to a minimum.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
What we can offer in return:
- An unparalleled opportunity to enhance your expertise in Credit Control.
- Gain access to industry leaders and harness their wisdom to propel your career forward.
- Competitive compensation package tailored for top talent.
- Prime office location conveniently located near public transportation.