Accounts Payclerk Clerk

**Overview**:
Omnia’s Agriculture division, the market leader in southern Africa, comprises Omnia Fertilizer and Omnia Specialities. The division produces granular, liquid and speciality fertilizers for a broad customer base of farmers, co-operatives and wholesalers throughout southern and East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. The division is expanding its influence in Europe, South America and Asia, where it is increasing its sales of speciality products. The Omnia Agriculture division’s range of specialised products and services are encompassed by its unique Nutriology® offering, which assists customers to optimise crop yield and quality.

**Qualifications**:

- Equivalent of a tertiary qualification in Accounting or similar.

**Experience**:

- 3-5 years’ experience in a full function Accounts Payable role

**Duties**:

- Receive invoices from suppliers for processing on the system
- Obtain appropriate allocations for invoices from sundry suppliers and ensure invoices are authorized for payment
- Match invoices to GRN and POD via AX Dynamics
- Inspect invoices and determine if it meets the requirements of a tax invoice for the allocation and claim of VAT Input
- Process and match invoices on the system once they have been authorized via purchase orders
- Obtain creditors’ statement and prepare the creditors’ reconciliation to determine the payment
- Generate EFT payment on AX Dynamics and import to the banking systems
- For EFT payments, ensure that all payments have been authorized and have been released successfully.
- File all relevant payment recons & invoices appropriately
- Follow up on any outstanding queries relating to invoices that could not be processed for payment and any other supplier issues
- Cash Flow Management
- GRNI management and analysis
- Creditors ageing management and analysis
- AP related special projects
- Preparing and posting accruals
- Master data update and maintenance
- Filing & metro-filing
- Journals
- Audit preparations

**Job Competencies**:

- Knowledge of legislative requirements (VAT Act, Companies Act, Exchange Control Regulations (snr)
- Knowledge of Excel (intermediate-advanced). Knowledge of Omnia specific processes, policies and procedures. Knowledge of basic accounting and bookkeeping principles.
- Computer skills - emphasis on Excel Numerical ability. Attention to detai
- Communications skills
- Time-management skills
- Telephone etiquette
- Listening skills
- Conflict skills
- Problem-solving skills

**General**: