Financial Accounting Manager

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : April 24, 2025

Specific Role Responsibilities

• The management of own portfolio of branches’ suppliers paid by Head Office.
• Handling branch / supplier queries and requests.
• Managing / checking / tracking of journals.
• Follow-up of invoices / statements not received.
• Reconciling invoices, statements, and ERP System.
• Proficiency in reconciliations.
• All EFT’S have to be submitted to the supervisor 2 days before month end.
• Responsible for Vendor age analysis.
• Valid reason / explanation to be provided for long outstanding items.
• Ensure Vendors are paid according to agreed terms and conditions to manage cash flow of company.
• Maintain and improve vendor and internal customer relations.
• Minimize and solve vendor and / or internal queries at lowest complex level.
• Liaison with Procurement departments within the Company and Admin people to solve GRIR issues.
• Check automatic reconciliation for manual matching.
• Assist with additional workload as well as rotation of allocated vendors when requested and / or required.
• Processing of EFT payments.
• Solving queries across Business Units.
• Interface with Debtors Department and Sales regarding deductions from supplier accounts relating to customers.
• Check that all invoices are accompanied by a statement and that balance brought forward is correct.
• Good understanding of foreign payments.
• Forward proof of payments to suppliers when required.
• Verify B-BBEE status with vendors.
• Accurately capture company credit card transactions within the correct period.
• Expense Claims.
• Confirmation of intercompany Accounts.
• Prepare budget.
• Processing of journals.
• Management of all payment cycle activities.
• Verifying the correctness of all creditor-related documents sent to Head Office.
• Ensure legal compliance of Tax invoices.
• Requesting Statements timeously.
• Authorisation & payment of invoices.
• Identification of errors and unusual items.
• Processing of new supplier accounts.
• Administration of branch supplier contracts.
• Knowledge of local and foreign supplier.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Tertiary Qualification in Finance / Accounting would be advantageous.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Competent in MS Office, databases, and accounting software and an Advance Knowledge of MS Excel.
• Previous exposure to the creditors function is a requirement.

Skills and Personal Attributes

• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.