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ACC'S PAYABLE (CREDITORS) MGR. - Must have very large FMCG related exp./ see travel requirements

Employer
BM Recruitment
Location
Johannesburg Johannesburg South, Gauteng Gauteng, South Africa
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 31, 2021

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Job Role
Accounts Payable
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
This is with a cohesive group of entrepreneurs with a national footprint of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) branded stores. Key purpose is to lead initiative of centralizing the creditors and going forward to lead and grow team. The purely local creditors currently fall under the Financial Controllers of stores but naturally in time as you progress with this centralization you will need to get involved in recruiting applicable staff at JHB. South head office.

It is envisaged that for the first year and a half you will travel one week per month to stores therefore you must be able to travel (Location of stores three in Rustenburg - with one of them located in Tlhabane; two in Cape Town - with one of them located in Khayelitsha; two on the East Rand, Johannesburg Daveyton and Brakpan; two in Vryburg in North West Province; Port Elizabeth; Kuraman in Northern Cape Province, Welkom in the Free State Province.)

Only candidates coming from similar very high volume / very high R value FMCG / retail related industry will be considered and must be at this type of management level.

Key to note is the planned conversion from Pastel Evolution to SAP hence, good SAP experience is preferred.

You would need to be a strong people person with strong people management skills, have a strong attention to detail and able to think out of the box. It goes strongly about you as a person and your practical experience hence, tertiary qualification is not essential. You would be the type to roll up your sleeves and when necessary, get stuck into doing a recon yourself. Naturally, it goes without saying that this environment would be very deadline driven, and you would have strong supplier relationship building skills.

Proposed Key Performance Areas -

Manage & co-ordinate Creditors staff -
  • Review Creditors Administrators workflow & work output.
  • Implement and monitor strategic objective as set by management.
  • Assist Creditors Administrators in their duties problem solving upon escalation of issues and queries.
  • Ensure corporate governance is adhered to, through review of reporting staff work and reports.
  • Management and Motivation of all Creditors staff members.
  • Ensure that the Creditors department is adequately staffed at all times.
  • Identify potential potential skills gaps and put the necessary measures in place to rectify.

Document Management -
  • Ensure that all supplier statements are received on time and loaded correctly
  • Ensure that all invoices and credit notes have been received and processed as per supplier statements and that requests for outstanding copies have been affected
  • Ensure that remittances with member claims are accurately tied up
  • Ensure that suppliers receive their remittance advices with all claims attached, by the 3rd of each month

Management of Supplier Accounts -
  • Ensure that all supplier and related queries are completely resolved within 90 days
  • Ensure that there are no POD requests / queries older than 90 days
  • Implement, maintain and manage an effective and efficient reconciliation system
  • Manage debit balance accounts
  • Attend supplier meetings Assist Creditors administrators in the resolution of queries and issues, by liaising with Debtors and either obtain additional information or consent for repayment / recharge.
  • Maintain a general overview of all supplier accounts status.

Management of Supplier Payment -
  • Assist the Management in drafting Supplier Payment Forecasts.
  • Prepare final run for payment after extracting invoices for extended terms / unauthorized orders.
  • Confirm final payment value with Management.

Ensure that all Internal Controls are adhered to -
  • Obtain sound knowledge of internal controls and adhere to internal controls and limits of authority.
  • Ensure all deadlines as per the finance calendar are met.
  • Ensure that all filing within the department is done on a daily basis.
  • Follow up on queries submitted to the Debtors department.
  • Ensure that all master file information is recorded correctly.
  • Effect Repayments (CADs) after obtaining authorization from Management.
  • All correspondence to suppliers to be approved by management and filed within the correct files.

ONLY IF YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ROLE AND ARE UNABLE TO SUBMIT YOUR CV VIA CAREERS24, YOU CAN THEN EMAIL - bernadette@bmrecruit.co.za

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