Accounts Payable Clerk - (EE) - Cape Town

SUMMARY:
Seeking an Accounts Payable Clerk with an Advanced Diploma in Commerce, Accounting or Finance (or relevant field) plus 1 year of solid understanding of Basic Accounting principles, Procurement and Payables knowledge, for an EE position with a large corporate in Cape Town.

POSITION INFO:

Job Role

Support the accurate, timely and complete execution of postings, monitoring and archiving of transactions in Accounts Receivable as per applicable set guidelines.

 Responsibilities

 Payment Processing

• Assist with extracting Debtors Age Analysis reports to determine the debtors that are overdue for payment, by how long and the different values available on the system for each debtor.
• Make follow-ups with the clients, through calls and emails, on any outstanding debts, prioritizing on the age and size of the debt, and ensure all dunning notices have been responded to appropriately.
• Perform manual clearing of payments once the payment has been matched to the customer invoice on the system and ensure the invoice has been cleared correctly for payment.
• Raise a payment on the customer account to post the correct bank statement amount on the debtor balance and to ensure accurate payment is processed by the debtor.
• Allocate payments to the invoices on the system to allow for a payment to be reconciled against the invoice and ensure there are no inaccurate clearing of incoming payments being performed.
• Carry out investigations on what invoice relates to what payment on the system and follow up with the customers to ensure accurate allocation of payments.
• Conduct frequent checks on open balances on the system to ensure all details on the debtor accounts are up to date and there are no outstanding payments.
• Perform intercompany postings.
• Investigate which invoices the payment relates to by calling the respective customer to obtain feedback on which invoices the payment relates to or by identifying the invoices and matching them to a specific customer account.

Relationship Management

• Work with Accounts Payable to ensure vendors are paid on time.
• Work with the Account receivable to communicate reasons for unpaid client invoices.
• Work with General Accounting teams to understand purchase order issues.

 Requirements

Qualifications

• Advanced Diploma in Commerce, Accounting or Finance or relevant field.

Experience

• 1 year of solid understanding of Basic Accounting principles, Procurement and Payables knowledge.
• 1 year in-depth knowledge of Procurement and Payables accounting software
• 1 year experience with relevant Financial Management systems
• 1 year functional knowledge in AP and Procurement System / ERP experience.

Skills/ Knowledge

• Reconcile invoices and statements
• Creditor payments
• Accounts payable reporting
• Stakeholder query management

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