Creditors Clerk (6 month contract)_Maternity Cover

WHO WE ARE

We are a young, fun, dynamic, and GROWING company full of opportunities with little to no corporate politics. Our mandate is to enlist intelligent, creative, and hard-working people who are prepared for a challenge and want to be part of building something EXTRAORDINARY.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We have an opportunity for a Creditors Clerk to join our Finance team. The purpose of this role is to oversee all creditors (trade and expense) in the area of responsibility.

DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monthly management of creditors.
• Obtaining all invoices from suppliers.
• Ensuring that the necessary taxes are correctly withheld (this will be taught on the job).
• Capturing invoices from suppliers and agreeing invoices to GRV (for trade)/ PO (for expense).
• Maintaining monthly reconciliations of suppliers' statements and system balances (creditors age analysis).
• Preparing payments based on monthly recons.
• Adhering to month-end reporting and payment deadlines.
• Liaise with suppliers on a regular basis.
• Liaise with Regional Management and Operations.
• Ensure full payment authorisation is followed and proof of payments shared with suppliers.
• Assist with investigations relating to daily cash-ups and money received per bank statement, due to local purchases by branches.
• Assist with tax preparations (prepare list with detail of invoices for the respective month).

REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• Matric.
• 2 years experience working on MS Excel (intermediate-level).
• Accounting knowledge and experience.

Desirable:

• Accounting as a subject in Matric.
• Relevant finance qualification.
• Experience in the creditors process.

COMPETENCIES

• Adhering to principles and values.
• Deadline driven.
• Meticulous.
• Adaptability.
• Delivering results.
• Coping with pressures and setbacks.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.
• Innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities.