Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Clerk Administration

Illovo - Gauteng

VACANCY: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK (CREDITORS) - RETAIL - ILLOVO - JHB

Skills and Competencies
- Matric
- 2-3 Years proven experience as creditors clerk or in a similar administrative

environment, preferably in a retail environment

o Proven computer literacy (MS EXCEL, MS WORD, Microsoft Outlook)
- Strong accounting knowledge
- Must have experience in performing full accounting functions

o Ability to work under pressure

o Be prepared to work overtime when required, especially at result time and month end

o Ability to reconcile vendor balances to supplier statements

o Ability to work independently and balance multiple tasks simultaneously

o Understanding of GL accounts, vendor accounts and the creditors ledger

o Understanding of the fundamentals of accounting

o Continuous and consistent professionalism in all aspects of work.

o Strong sense of accountability and operational excellence

o Ability to cope with ever-changing retail environment

o Well organised with strong attention to detail and accuracy

o Accurate, thorough, and methodical

o High level of integrity and conscientious (by the book)

o Strong analytical skills

o Reconciliation skills

o Good verbal and written communication skills

o Sense of urgency and is deadline driven

o Ability to handle routine work

Requirements and responsibilities (amongst others):

- Perform supplier and bank reconciliations, and clearing of outstanding reconciling
- items, in preparing requisitions for payments
- Reconcile purchase orders to invoices
- Ensure invoices are accurately captured on the accounting software (currently Xero)
- daily
- Receive and check all payment requisitions in accordance with the company's policies
- and procedures
- Load payments on the online banking system
- Ensure that the banking details on supplier invoices match that of the creditor being
- paid
- Respond (investigate and follow up) to all queries relating to payments
- Perform monthly supplier reconciliations to support all payments to approved
- suppliers
- Deal with queries from creditors and staff regarding payments
- Load new creditors on the online banking system
- Complete, accurate and timely processing and loading of electronic transfers (EFT) on
- the online banking; and
- Provide monthly creditors age analysis for review.
- Filing of payments after release.
- General office administration.

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PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CV IN A WORD DOCUMENT AND ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS.

UNSUITABLE APPLICANTS WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT, VALID WORKING PERMIT FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

PLEASE NOTE ONLY CANDIDATES WHO RESIDE IN JHB WILL BE GIVEN PREFRENCE FOE THIS POSITION.