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Creditors Recon Specialist

Employer
Skye Distribution
Location
Illovo Beach Illovo eThekwini, South Africa
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 6, 2024
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Job Role
Other
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Duties & Responsibilities
Prepare vendor accrual and payment recons:


  • Timeous payments of vendors.

  • Ensure accurate reconciliations of vendor accounts.

  • Manage vendor and business relationships.

  • Ensure invoices paid are valid tax invoices as per SARS rules.

  • Action unreconciled entries on accounts, promptly.

  • Resolve reconciling items timely, not to exceed 60 days aging.

  • Ensure deadlines are met.

  • Ensure monthly accruals are raised where applicable.

  • Create efficiency by identifying lean ideas and standardisation across AP shared services function.

  • Send remittance advises to supplies and assist with automation in remittances advise.



Journals:


  • Create payment journals for monthly payments.

  • Verify correctness (dates, amounts etc.) of all payment journals prior to posting.

  • Posting of the captured journals on time.

  • Prepare invoice journals when needed to correct reconciling items in vendor accounts.

  • Recons:

  • Prepare recons on time in the monthly shared file.

  • Ensure all accounts are reconciled and sent for review.

  • Liaise with invoice clerk to process un-invoiced supplier invoices.

  • Consolidate monthly recon schedule and send to creditors manager for review.

  • Improve the turn-around resolution time on all unreconciled items on vendor accounts.

  • Ensure accurate, clear, and concise descriptions of reconciling items.

  • Follow up on and resolve recon items - no recon items to age over 60 days.



Reports:


  • Assist with the preparation of the Business Review Pack.

  • Supply weekly feedback to creditors on team focus for the week.

  • Report Team performance to the Creditors Manager monthly.

  • Report the expected cash requirements for local payments for month-end cash flow.



Audit:


  • Assist with the yearly External Audit.

  • Assist with all internal Audits.


Desired Experience & Qualification

  • Matric qualification and relevant qualification in Accounts Payable or Bookkeeping.

  • Minimum of 3 years in Accounts Payable.

  • Extensive experience in creditors reconciliation.

  • Proficient in time management with a proven ability to meet and exceed department deadline.

  • Handle complex recons due to unique nature of business.

  • Attention to details.

  • Strive to resolve queries speedily and effectively.

  • Proactively takes initiative in navigating unfamiliar situations and demonstrates adaptability to address the unknown.

  • Must be able to enforce company policies and procedures (with exceptions being escalated)

  • Be able to implement enhancements in the AP department.

  • Be willing to perform additional duties that are not part of your portfolio (where reasonable able to)

  • Must be computer literate (MS Word/Excel/Outlook/Internet)

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