Clerk: Accounts Payable at The Coca-Cola Company

    Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Finance department. We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Clerk: Accounts Payable based in Port Elizabeth. The successful candidate will report directly to the Team Leader: Accounts Payable.

Key Purpose:

• To ensure that all accounts payable operational back end functionality is appropriately completed to support CCBSA in achieving their business objectives. To specialise in the payment of suppliers.
• Key Duties & Responsibilities    KEY OUTPUTS
• The position outputs will include but will not be limited to:
•  General administration requirements
•  Audit support and input
•  Prepare creditors recons
•  Supplier queries
•  GRIR Clearing
•  ZMIR 6 clearing and query resolution
•  Blocked invoices
•  Lost discounts
•  PO vs Invoice date
•  Vendor Liaisons
•  Liaisons with Genpact, Iron Mountain and Procurement support
•  Complete monthly creditors age and GRIR recon files

General Responsibilities

•  Stay up to date on the best practice business processes
•  Responsible for educating the supplier in the use of relevant services to reduce potential queries
•  Represent and deliver on the brand values during every customer interaction
•  Provide back office support to the Financial Accounting teams to achieve overall targets

Internal Business and Management Accountabilities

•  Provide feedback on customer service continuous improvement initiatives
•  Understand and interpret reports as required
•  Accountable for the achievement of targets set at a team level
•  Accountable for feeding back improvement suggestions e.g. to knowledge base, process, training, metrics, etc.
•  Accountable for the achievement of query resolution targets as set by the team
•  Participate in Stock Counts supporting Finance Governance

KEY ATTRIBUTES AND COMPETENCIES

•  Clerical and analytical thinking
•  Excellent communication skills
•  Ability to work under pressure
•  Highly numerate
•  Strong administrative skills
•  Attention to detail
•  A high level of general computer literacy
•  Excellent interpersonal skills
•  Sense of urgency
•  Assertive
•  Team player
•  Prepared to work overtime over month-ends and year-end
• Skills, Experience & Education     Matric
•  A relevant accounting, bookkeeping qualification or studying towards a finance qualification would be advantageous
•  3 - 5 years Creditors experience
•  Very Good Excel and/or spreadsheet proficiency
•  Good communication and time management skills
•  Ability to work in a pressurised environment
•  SAP finance knowledge advantageous