Senior Creditors Clerk

**Eastern Cape**, Stutterheim**

**Negotiable Cost To Company (Market related, Negotiable)**

**Opportunity Available Our leading client in the Forestry Sector is looking to employ a Senior Creditors Clerk to join their dynamic team in Stutterheim.**

**Invoicing Administration**:
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- **Ensure invoices are appropriately signed and authorised**
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- **Ensure invoices are allocated to the correct accounts, departments, and manager**
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- **Capture invoices on SAGE System**
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- **Review stores invoices already captured on SAGE for completeness and accuracy**
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- **Follow up on all invoices sent to managers but not yet returned**
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- **Pass debit/ credit notes when required and authorised**
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- **Post month end accruals**
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**Reconciling of creditors accounts**:
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- **Reconcile creditors ledger monthly**
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- **Reconcile each creditor statement to the SAGE System**
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- **Follow up on long outstanding items appearing on the reconciliations and investigate discrepancies**
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- **Clear queries raised by the accountants on the reconciliations timeously**
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- **Reconcile GRV’s, delivery notes, purchase orders and invoices**
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- **Adhere to the deadlines for closing off creditors so that management accounts can be compiled timeously**
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**Payments**:
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- **Calculate and process discounts received from suppliers**
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- **Process payments from SAGE System in electronic banking**
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- **Import payments from SAGE System in electronic banking**
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- **Balance the payments to the SAGE aged payables printout**
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- **Submit creditors remittances**
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- **Attend to payment queries timeously**
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- **Open accounts after obtaining all required documentation and authorisation**

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**General Administration**:
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- **Maintain a tidy and efficient filing system for creditors**
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- **Maintain excel spreadsheets for trends in charges over months & years**
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- **Initiate correspondence to suppliers when and where necessary**
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- **Perform any other tasks as may be reasonably be expected of the position**
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**Teamwork & Co-Operation**

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- **Efficiently deals with others, both internally and externally**
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- **Have a team orientated outlook when dealing with colleagues and superiors**
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- **To work with the relevant legislation, policies, and procedures**
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- **To participate in the Annual Performance and Development Review Process**
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- **To attend training courses as identified and agreed for appropriate development**
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- **Work within Health and Safety regulations, the post holder has a legal duty to take reasonable care for Health and**
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- **Safety both for themselves and others who may be affected by their actions**
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- **Any other tasks that may be required**
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**Job Requirements**:
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- **Diploma in Financial Accounting preferred.**
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- **Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a creditors control environment with exposure to creditors control, reconciliation of creditor accounts, processing of invoices and timeous payment of creditors.**
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- **Experience in using Sage 300 Accounting System preferred.**
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- **High level of computer literacy in MS Office, specifically with Word and Excel skills at intermediate level.**
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- **High levels of energy and resilience with ability to work in a pressurised environment which is deadline driven.**
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- **Excellent planning and organising skills with ability to prioritise own workload.**
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- **Highly effective verbal and written communication skills with good customer service orientation and ability to deal with varied stakeholders.**
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- **Quick-paced, assertive & self-motivated individual with high level of attention to detail and accuracy.**
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- **High level of ethical behaviour and confidentiality.**
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For more information please contact:
**Bridgette Groep