Temporary Clerical Officer Wanted for 1 Week Project

Temporary Debtors Recovery Project Assistant

Contract Duration: 1 Week
Location: Remote or On-Site
Working Hours: Flexible, subject to project requirements

Position Overview

We are seeking a Temporary Debtors Recovery Project Assistant to assist with a focused one-week project to review, clean up and prepare historical debtor information for collection.

The project will involve working through customer accounts dating from 2022 to 2025, verifying outstanding amounts and customer information, and transferring suitable accounts onto the company's debt collection platform for further recovery action.

This is a short, project-based assignment requiring someone who is highly organised, accurate and comfortable working with financial and customer information.

Main Responsibilities

• Review historical debtor accounts covering the period 2022–2025.
• Examine customer records, invoices, statements and payment information.
• Verify outstanding balances and supporting information.
• Check and update customer contact details where required.
• Identify accounts with missing, incorrect or inconsistent information.
• Separate valid collection accounts from accounts requiring further investigation.
• Prepare and capture validated debtor information onto the designated collections system.
• Ensure all information uploaded is accurate and properly documented.
• Maintain a simple tracking schedule showing the status of each account.
• Escalate disputed, unclear or problematic accounts to management.
• Complete the allocated workload within the one-week project period.

Experience & Skills

The candidate should ideally have:

• Experience in debtors, credit control, collections, finance administration or data capturing.
• Good Excel and general computer skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work with financial records and customer information.
• Good numerical and administrative skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.
• A systematic and methodical approach to reviewing large volumes of information.
• Previous experience using a collections or debt recovery system would be an advantage.

Project Objective

The primary objective of the assignment is to ensure that the historical debtor database is accurately reviewed, validated and prepared for active collection.

The successful candidate will be expected to work efficiently through the allocated accounts and ensure that only properly validated and sufficiently documented accounts are loaded onto the collection platform.

Expected Output

At the completion of the one-week assignment, the candidate should provide:

• A completed review of the allocated 2022–2025 debtor accounts.
• A validated list of outstanding debtor accounts.
• Updated or corrected debtor information where required.
• A list of accounts requiring further investigation or management attention.
• Accurate loading of appropriate accounts onto the collection platform.
• A final reconciliation/report showing the accounts reviewed and their status.

This is a short-term, project-based position and is suitable for an experienced finance, debtors or collections administrator who can work independently and deliver results within a defined timeframe.

Pay: R2 000,00 - R3 000,00 per week

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Randburg, Gauteng