Finance Manager: Legal Credit, Midrand

Overview We are seeking a high-calibre, commercially-minded Finance Manager: Legal Credit to lead our credit risk and recovery operations. This critical role requires a strategic leader who can balance aggressive financial goals with robust risk mitigation, ensuring our legal exposure is minimised while optimising the long-term health of our portfolio.

The ideal candidate brings a sophisticated blend of financial acumen and legal expertise, specifically within credit management and recovery frameworks. You are a decisive leader with a proven track record of developing data-led collection strategies and navigating complex regulatory environments to drive sustainable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Manage the relevant department’s collection targets on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

Manage the department’s target with regard to normalised accounts and ensure that all normalised accounts are identified, activated and transferred back to credit control.

Oversee and control the top 40 legal accounts under his/her control (Including those of Supervisors), ensuring that relevant risks are identified and reported to Senior Manager: Legal Credit.

Prepare monthly handover files (New instructions) to attorneys/ pre-legal and bad debt call centres in accordance with the prescribed format provided.

Prepare monthly debit order resubmission files in accordance with the prescribed format provided.

Prepare bulk update requests as and when necessary, in accordance with company policy.

Calculate/prepare and submit monthly incentives for the department in accordance with company policy.

Manage, control and oversee the monthly legal handovers received from credit control.

Ensure that systems are updated with the relevant process statuses.

Provide supervisors with the necessary support with regard to difficult debtors.

Oversee and control the accounts under his/her control, ensuring that legal credit controllers work on all accounts at least every 14 days.

Check and authorise (within mandate) the relevant financial documents received from legal credit controllers on a daily basis.

Check all invoices for correctness and ensure that supervisor/s provide all relevant invoices for payment received from attorneys, pre-legal and bad debt call centres on a weekly basis and authorise for payment.

Manage, control and ensure that all payments received from attorneys, pre-legal and bad debt call centres are captured from the suspense account onto the debtor’s accounts within 24 hours of receipt thereof.

Ensure that there are no unallocated credit balances older than 30 days as at month end. (Invoices wrt damages to be raised on a daily basis).

There are no debit balances older than 30 days on all relevant sub-segments (Bad Debt).

There is no active billing on legal/Bad debt accounts.

Any ad hoc requests as per the General Manager: Legal Credit.

Ensure that products meet customer needs and expectations.

Supervise normal credit control functions under his/her control, including allocations, debit and credit balances, etc.

Authorisation of financial documents, journals, debit and/or credit notes within the mandate.

Ensure that all policies and procedures of the department/company are adhered to.

Qualifications, Experience&Skills Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Law

Years of Experience

5+ years’ experience in credit/legal/finance roles; exposure to tech, telematics, or fleet industries.

Proficient in financial analysis, risk assessment, legal frameworks, and contract law.

A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a management role.

Why Join Netstar?

Be part of South Africa's leading telematics company with a strong market position and growth trajectory.

Access to Altron Group resources, shared services, and career development opportunities.

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