Position Overview

• Verifying the correctness of all creditor-related documents sent to Head Office
• Ensure legal compliance of Tax invoices.
• Requesting Statements timeously
• Authorisation & payment of invoices
• Vendor application process
• Identification of errors and unusual items
• Processing of new supplier accounts
• Administration of branch supplier contracts
• Knowledge of local and foreign supplier

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Gaining a full understanding of the processing of creditors:
• The management of own portfolio of branches’ suppliers paid by Head Office
• Handling branch / supplier queries and requests
• Managing / checking / tracking of journals
• Follow-up of invoices / statements not received.
• Reconciling invoices, statements, and ERP System
• Proficiency in reconciliations
• All EFT’S have to be submitted to the supervisor 2 days before month end.
• Responsible for Vendor age analysis
• Valid reason/explanation to be provided for long outstanding items.
• Ensure Vendors are paid according to agreed terms and conditions to manage cash flow of company.
• Maintain and improve vendor and internal customer relations.
• Minimize and solve vendor and /or internal queries at lowest complex level.
• Liaison with Procurement departments within the Company and Admin people to solve GRIR issues.
• Check automatic reconciliation for manual matching.
• Assist with additional workload as well as rotation of allocated vendors when requested and/or required.
• Processing of EFT payments
• Solving queries across Business Units
• Interface with Debtors Department and Sales regarding deductions from supplier accounts relating to customers.
• Check that all invoices are accompanied by a statement and that balance brought forward is correct.
• Good understanding of foreign payments
• Forward proof of payments to suppliers when required.
• Verify B-BBEE status with vendors.
• Accurately capture company credit card transactions within the correct period
• Expense Claims
• Confirmation of intercompany Accounts
• Prepare budget.
• Processing of journals.
• Management of all payment cycle activities

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12- Essential
• Relevant certificate/diploma
• A Tertiary Qualification in Finance /Accounting would be advantageous.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Competent in MS Office, databases, and accounting software and an Advance Knowledge of MS Excel.
• Previous exposure to the creditors function is a requirement.