Public Sector Team Leader
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Public Sector Team Leader to join our team. The candidate will be responsible for a portfolio of buildings, encompassing the full function from lease onboarding to reconciling cash books.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leasing administration, billing, and receipts/refunds
- Maintain tenant files, DPW remittances, and DPW correspondence files.
- Ensure billing corresponds to lease, renewals, and addendums.
- Allocate tenant receipts and keep record of all transactions.
- Investigate all unallocated receipts and clear against tenant accounts as per remittances.
- Process corrections of misallocations and unidentified receipts daily.
- Prepare tenant consumption reports monthly.
- Ensure invoices/statements are issued timely and that rentals, accruals, and receipts are accurate at all times.
- Ensure that pre-billing reports are checked for accuracy and approved for the next rent roll.
- Ad-hoc invoicing and credit notes to fix or adjust billing.
- Liaise with the legal department about future renewals & lease agreements.
- Maintain good relationships with all tenants.
- Collection of monthly rentals due for the portfolio.
- Reconciling accounts with daily collection reporting per region to management.
- Reconcile regional schedules and follow up payments per region.
- Follow up daily, weekly, and monthly to ensure that debtors adhere to terms of payment.
- Ensure that queries on any outstanding balances, short payments, or other issues are attended to and follow up on the balance of payment.
- Diarize payment arrangements for all outstanding balances and follow up telephonically on the agreed date.
- Prepare reconciliations for the whole DPW portfolio monthly for monthly arrear analysis for management.
- Proactively engage with tenants, creating and maintaining professional relationships through structured communication and meetings.
- Handle tenant queries/complaints, ensuring customer service SLAs are always adhered to.
- Create a network of correspondence in each DPW Region regarding how and where to report certain matters pertaining to the tenant.
- Effective relationship management ensuring that accounts are paid on time.
- Maintain good relations between internal departments (legal, municipal, maintenance) and tenants.
Accounts payable (debtors and creditors)
- Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
- Record account expenses by cost centre and invoice details and assist with audit queries that arise.
- Maintain accounts by verifying and posting account transactions (i.e., 55201 G/L & Cashbook).
- Receipt reversals and recaptures in cashbooks.
REQUIREMENTS
- Grade 12
- Relevant Property Qualification
- Diploma in Accounting/Finance (Advantageous)
- 2 years’ experience in Team Management/Supervisory (Non-Negotiable)
- Property experience (Non-negotiable)
- SAGE experience
- MDA experience
- Driver’s License (Must)
- Must be willing to travel.
SKILLS
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Friendly, helpful, and service-oriented.
- Analytical, accurate, and attentive to detail.
- Numbers-oriented.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Planning and organizing.
- Assertive and energetic.
- Ability to adapt to change.
- Achievement-oriented.
- Deadline-driven, with a sense of urgency/result-orientation.
- Time management.
- Ability to work under pressure.
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