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Mediclinic Southern Africa is a private hospital group operating in South Africa and Namibia focused on providing acute care, specialist-orientated, multi-disciplinary hospital services and related service offerings. We place science at the heart of our care process by striving to provide evidence-based care of the highest standard. The group currently operates 53 private hospitals and five day clinics throughout South Africa and three hospitals in Namibia with more than 8 000 beds in total.
Mediclinic: Credit Controller Vacancies in Cape Town.
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
- To minimise the financial risk of the organisation proactively and ensuring maximum collection of outstanding debt.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
- Manage and address financial risk
- Collect outstanding debt within the set benchmark
- Ensure effective utilisation of available resources to achieve optimal efficiencies
REQUIRED EDUCATION
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
- Grade 12
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
- Debt collection experience
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
- Two-three years’ experience in a debt collection environment
- Exposure to private hospital environment
REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of rules and regulations regarding funder contracts, and the application thereof
- Computer literacy (Microsoft Office)
- Patient Administration policies and procedures
- Sound Financial knowledge (e.g. reconciliations, debits and credits, adjustment journals, etc.)
- Medical Aid requirements
- Related Patient Admin programs on the AS400 system
- Render and EDI processes, Follow-up for all financial classes, Unclaimed Overpayments and Bad Debt processes
- Credit control
- Debt collection policies, procedures and legislation
- Relevant computer software packages (including Microsoft Office Packages, Connect, AS400 and Debtpack Enterprise Systems)
- Relevant aspects of legislation w.r.t Debt collection environment (e.g. National Credit Act; Consumer Protection Act, Workman’s Compensation Act, etc.)
