1 x AR Coordinator and Legal Administrator- Claremont: WC

Rentokil Initial:

Rentokil Initial is a Global services company employing over 35,000 colleagues across 70 countries. The Company is at the cutting edge of technology and innovation as it strives to protect people and enhance lives, by controlling pests, improving hygiene and improving interior spaces with plants and scenting.

We are experts in the fields we operate in, investing in training, science, innovation and technology, and affording our employees Opportunities for Growth and Development

Listening and acting on feedback is part of our culture to support colleagues and our customers. Rentokil Initial regards equality and fairness as a fundamental right of all of its colleagues.

We live our values of Service, Relationships and Teamwork which were identified by our colleagues across the world.

Find out more on careers.rentokil-initial.com

Our family of businesses:

Rentokil Pest Control is the world’s leading commercial pest control company who provide quality, diligent and friendly services to all our customers.

We operate in over 65 countries and we are ranked in the top 3 in 63 of those.

We are highly innovative and have leading technical and scientific expertise and our customers look to us for our knowledge and integrity.

Although we don’t provide the most luxurious of services, this is certainly essential for all of our customers, and to make sure service happens.

Initial Hygiene is the world’s leading hygiene services company who provide quality, diligent and friendly services to all our customers. We operate in over 40 countries and we are ranked in the top 3 in 38 of those. We produce high quality, tailored hygiene product ranges for washrooms - across all sectors and industries where our customers look to us for our knowledge and integrity

Ambius is the world leader in providing interior landscaping services for a range of customers from boutique hotels, to shopping centres. We use planting, scenting, flowers, artwork and exterior landscaping maintenance to improve the environment for the benefit of the customer and their employees. Ambius is a global brand across North America, Europe South Africa and Australia.

Requirements

The Co-ordinator & Legal Administrator is responsible for full administration of legal accounts in line with the P&L Targets therefore managing P&L Impacts. She/He is responsible for the day to day activities in aid of driving and fast tracking the litigation process with the assistance of the attorney. Co-ordination of Administrative functions to support the Accounts Receivable team, Operations & Sales by consolidating required documents with a centralised focus.

This role will be responsible for delivery of the following KPI’s:

Legal Administration

• Full Administration of the legal accounts between Credit Controllers, Business Units & Attorneys
• Managing the legal status on the BC & Onguard system
• Reconciliations of Legal Accounts
• Negotiate payments between Attorneys & Clients on settlements & payment plans
• Management of Weekly/Monthly Attorney Status reports reviewing Debtor's Legal Ledger
• Following through of open legal files with Attorneys for completion of litigation process
• Appropriate daily actions and response time minimising legal fees
• Responsible for any credits loaded on iCabs directly linked to legal accounts
• Conducting monthly reviews and oversight of legal fees to mitigate their effect on Profit & Loss
• Compiling monthly progress reports for active and closed cases alongside associated legal costs

Accounts Receivable Co-ordinator

• Co-ordinating completion and authorisation of Supplier documents received by Credit Controllers managing tracker
• Effectively Manage the Legal Ledger and conducting monthly follow-ups with attorneys and clients to actively monitor progress
• Completion of Supplier Forms and managing the approval process with Finance Director
• BC processing and support across legal entities
• Responsible for collating of the Audit requests working directly with Audit team, Business Units and Credit Control team obtaining documents and submission to Auditors
• Processing in BC Write Offs to respective General Ledger Account

Skills

• Excellent professional written and verbal communication skills to interact at all levels of the organization.
• Strong negotiation skills and demonstrate proficient collection skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• High degree of ethics and integrity, with the ability to maintain independent relationships at all times
• Behaviours aligned with the values of Service, Relationships and Teamwork
• Must be detail oriented, organized, and have the ability to multi-task

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years in a credit control
• Knowledge of the litigation process with prior Hand Over Exposure in Debtors and Attorneys
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel -Advance, etc.)not excluding Google suite (Google Sheets and Google Docs) including email
• Strong communication and writing skills

Benefits

Are you interested? Here's what you can expect when you join us...

A number of benefits including:

• Subsidised Medical Insurance, Risk and Retirement funding

Employment Equity

Rentokil Initial believes in diversity and thus offers all employees opportunities and avoids discrimination in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. Our selection process will therefore give preference to suitably qualified Employment Equity candidates in order to to achieve our Employment Equity numerical targets.

Do you love to provide a valued professional service throughout your community? Do you feel like you could do the job well? Apply for the role today!