Creditors Clerk

AfroCentric Group; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 50,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization in Roodepoort is seeking candidates to reconcile and process payments of supplier accounts. The ideal candidate should have 5-6 years of experience in finance and a finance qualification. Responsibilities include managing invoices, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with regulations, in alignment with the company's commitment to diversity and transformation.

Qualifications

• 5-6 years' experience in finance environment.
• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Receive, verify, and accurately capture invoices and credit notes.
• Reconcile supplier, customer and balance sheet accounts.
• Process payments and customer receipts.

Skills

Numerical Ability

Attention to Accuracy and Detail

Problem solving and decision-making skills

Communication Skills

Customer Focus

Education

Matric and/or finance certificate/diploma

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Overview

What will you do?

Position Purpose: To accurately reconcile and process payments of supplier's accounts and suppliers' receipts

Position Specific Outputs

• Receiving, verifying and accurately capturing of invoices & credit notes from suppliers.
• Purchase Orders are correctly matched to the outstanding invoices as per the PO description.
• Identifying and resolving discrepancies on the invoices, supplier’s statements and PO’s.
• Assisting with generating of AP reports from Oracle.
• Participating in audits (internal & external).

Accountabilities

• Client service delivery and quality - Follow procedures and cooperate with peers and leader for best possible service delivery.
• Compliance and Risk Management - Defined legal, statutory and regulatory compliance is maintained at the required standards.
• Operational risk and governance structures, measures and frameworks are complied with, and necessary action is taken to address issues, when necessary.
• Financial Management - Contribute to cost savings within the department to assist with financial goals and targets.

Operating Model

• Coordinate and accurately process invoices/credit notes.
• Reconcile supplier, customer and balance sheet accounts.
• Process payments/customer receipts.
• Resolve queries on supplier reconciliations as well as queries that may arise from the business or external parties.
• Meet delivery objectives through working with other team members within and linked to the department / project.
• Resolve operational performance variations and problems and escalate unresolved issues to higher levels.
• Ensure delivery targets/objectives are met and operate in a supportive manner to achieve successful delivery.

Operational Implementation of Strategy

• Keep up to date with operational changes implemented in response to important external influences.
• Deliver in a manner that supports and meets operational quality standards and meets the defined departmental priorities.
• Perform according to defined operational best practice and identify and implement opportunities for continuous delivery improvement.

Operational Leadership

• Deliver personal performance within Human Capital frameworks and policies to ensure delivery to agreed standards and objectives.
• Engage in development, coaching and mentoring.
• Support transformation through valuing diversity.
• Behave in alignment with the Afrocentric values.

Stakeholder Management

• Ensure appropriate, active and informative relationships with customers and relevant stakeholders are successfully achieved.
• Address customer or stakeholder complaints in alignment with the policies and procedures and ensuring customer / stakeholder buy-in.

Generic Objectives

Specific deliverables:

• Operating Model: Coordinate and accurately process invoices/credit notes
• Reconcile supplier, customer and balance sheet accounts
• Process payments/customer receipts
• Resolve queries on supplier reconciliations as well as queries that may arise from the business or external parties.

Qualification and Experience

• 5-6 years' experience in finance environment
• Matric and/or finance certificate/diploma

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation and regulations
• Numerical Ability
• Debt insurance and collection
• Attention to Accuracy and Detail
• Ability to understand and apply basic accounting and mathematical principles
• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Communication Skills
• Computer Technology Skills
• Task Management
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Data modelling and evaluation
• Customer Focus
• Business Writing Skills

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of line managers.

Our Commitment to Transformation

AfroCentric is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. Our Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.

Should you not hear from us within a month of applying, consider your application unsuccessful.