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Accounts Payable Clerk

Department: Shared Services
Type: Full Time
Commencement: July 2024

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Matric
  • Basic Accounting
  • Invoicing Experience Essential
  • National Certificate/Diploma/Advanced Certificate/NATED 4 – 6
  • Knowledge of Debtors & Creditors
  • Knowledge of Accounting, VAT Rules.
  • Intermediate – Advance Excel

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Invoice Processing:

  • Receive, review, and accurately capture supplier invoices and credit notes.

Supplier Management:

  • Complete supplier credit applications timeously.
  • Maintain effective relationship, addressing queries and payment issues promptly.
  • Identify and address problematic suppliers and elevate to relevant reporting structure i.e., Team Leader/Supervisor.
  • Control and maintain supplier discounts.

Supplier & Staff Expense Claim Recons:

  • Prepare and submit recons for payment.

Recordkeeping:

  • Maintain supplier database and archive supplier records, recons, purchase orders and other relevant information.

Reporting:

  • Manage and report on AP Aging weekly.
  • Follow up on outstanding purchase orders.
  • Prompt agent / supplier to resolve invoice queries and credit notes.

Compliance:

  • Ensure compliance to systems, processes, and controls in terms of legislation.

Process Improvement:

  • Identify ways to streamline and improve payable processes.

Support:

  • Provide finance supervisor and other team members with month-end closing activities, audits, and ad hoc projects.

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

  • Attention to detail and accuracy non-negotiable.
  • Able to use initiative and work with minimal supervision.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Customer focused at all times.
  • Positive work ethics.
  • Able to work overtime if necessary.
  • Able to adapt to systems and procedures.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
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