Accounts Payable Accountant (2776) at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A National Diploma in Accounting or equivalent NQF 6 qualification.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in an Accounts Payable environment using the necessary financial systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Payments Processing

• Perform review of invoices to ensure invoice details are correct and that invoices are valid.
• Inspect the invoice for terms of payment.
• Ensure invoices are captured against the correct cost centre.
• Capture invoices onto financial systems, ensuring that the relevant details of the invoices are captured.
• Perform the three-way match (comparing purchase order, goods/service receipt and invoice).
• Perform weekly preparation of vendor reconcilliations before payments are processed. 
• Process payments timeously for external creditors in accordance with PFMA requirments. 
• Perform expense reimbursement and payroll payment processing. 

Reporting

• Review and post accounts payable journals from SANRAL provincial offices.
• Prepare reconciliation reports of individual creditors and accounts payable general ledger accounts.
• Perform age analysis to ensure that payment occurs as per the policies and PFMA guidelines. 
• Prepare the interim and year-end accruals. 
• Assit the reporing team with information required for Annual Financial Statements. 
• Provide reports for cash flow planning by providing Treasury with cash outflow information/forecast based on existing invoices/proposals. 

Stakeholder Support and Service Excellence

• Ensure accounts payable service is provided as per service level agreements.
• Optimise internal and external vendor satisfaction while ensuring accurate and timely payments.
• Ensure monthly AP checklists are completed to ensure all quality controls are maintained.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

• Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to suggest improvements to the accounts payable processes.
• Assist with the improvement agenda, including the adoption of technology and automation of existing processes, collaborating closely with the ICT function.
• Report on service level agreement KPIs for SANRAL accounts payables.