Job Summary
The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:
1. Supplier invoice processing and payments
- Thorough review of payment requests on Payment Authorisation System
- Thorough review/checking and clearing of payment requests on payment email box
- Ensure that all information on invoices are in order per requirement of relevant entity, this includes line item totals, tax calculations, address information etc.
- Escalate cost fluctuation to the various payment requestors for clarity.
- Verify expense claims against supporting documentation, check that it’s been correctly authorised before payment
- Ensure that agreements are in place where necessary before payments are processed
- Compile payment packs with all supporting documentation and save in relevant payment folder
- Accurately prepare journals and send to accountant for approval and processing
- Accurately load beneficiaries and payments on the banking platform and save payment instruction with payment pack
- Where possible, arrange payment of invoices in base currency not Foreign currency (mitigate Forex losses)
- After payments are released by manager, send out POP to suppliers
- Confirm payment to relevant teams
- Update Payment Authorisation System once payment has been successfully released
- Follow up on rejected payments to ensure that it is successfully reprocessed
- Ensure final invoice is received if payment was made on pro forma
- Stamping and Filing of weekly payments
2. Vendor Maintenance
- Ensure that Vendors are matched in the financial system when making payment
- Creation of new vendors upon receipt of relevant documentation and approval
- Ensure relevant vendor agreements are in place and systematic filing of the same
- Calling of vendors to confirm bank details
- Sending vendor creation documents to manager for approval on Financial System
- Ensure timeous resolution/escalation of vendor queries
3. Petty Cash
- Verification of Petty cash claims against supporting documentation
- Confirm Petty Cash on hand and Petty Cash bank account balances and investigate any variances
- Prepare petty cash summary and ensure all documentation is saved in the relevant folder
- Prepare petty cash journal for review by accountant and accurately process upon confirmation
- Ensure petty cash claim is authorised before funding
- Request petty cash funding
4. Month End
- Compile and check monthly supplier list to ensure all costs have been processed
- Send monthly supplier list to accountant for accrual processing
- Ensure that all Vendors and Customers have been matched off before Forex is run in financial system
- Ensure that all prepayments have been accurately and matched in the financial system
- Reconcile and match all Sundry and Marketing vendors
- Monthly Petty Cash reconciliations
- Monthly FX variance write off reconciliation
5. Adhoc
- Audits - Assist with creditor information for audit files
- Archive all financial information
- Other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time
Skills and Experience Required:
- Finance related Degree or Diploma
- 3-5 Years’ experience as a FOREIGN creditors controller
- Experience making payments into Africa
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite – Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills
- Strong Reconciliation/auditing of statements and payments
- Excellent administrative skills with attention to detail, methodical and disciplined
- Confidentiality, tact and discretion
- Innovative and solution-driven - Strong ability to resolve escalated queries, independently
- Excellent time management and deadline-driven
- Uses own initiative and works well under pressure
- Adapt well to change
- Strong team player