Introduction
Our client is a leading full services legal firm
Description
Requirements:

Qualification in finance (preferred)
At least 7 years' experience with at least 2 years at management level
Experience with accounts payable is absolutely NB
Legal or professional services experience in essential
Systems experience with MS Dynamics 365 is preferred

Responsibilities:

Coordinate and oversee the shared creditors inbox ensuring invoices are being processed and monitor invoice movement on the control sheet
Resolve escalated queries from creditors clerks and general queries received from legal services staff including partners
Scrutinize recons before sign off
Send signed off recon to banking team for payment upload on the system
Check general ledger to ensure payments have the correct description and are processed in the correct general ledger
Follow up with management for payment sign offs
Manage the supplier database by allocating database uploads to Creditors Clerks, verify uploaded information and approve
Ensure all required vendor documentation is received including contracts, BBBEE certificate, tax certificate, etc.
Monitor that new vendors are appropriately signed off by the Procurement Manager
Conduct BBBEE audits by preparing monthly schedules with firm spend on BBBEE