Creditors Administrator at Excellerate JHI

Main purpose / objective of the position:

• Complete daily/monthly utility municipal accounts in a driven manner that ensures the delivery of high effective and comprehensive utility management services to our Clients in support of the overall success of the department and Company.

Role Objectives \ Responsibilities

• Daily accurate capturing and validation of municipal invoices
• Requesting all outstanding municipal invoices from various municipalities
• Ensuring that all municipal invoices are VAT compliant
• Highlight errors on Municipal bills and report to various Utilities teams
• Handling all disconnections until finalized
• Reconciliation of Municipal accounts and on re-billing of municipal invoices
• Adhere to utilities procedures and compliance within various Portfolio’s
• Meeting the Workflow expectations as per the SLA
• To attend to various Adhoc duties from management and assist auditors prompty
• To pay all municipal accounts before due dates in order to eliminate interest charges and disconnections
• Filing to be done daily/weekly and scanning of all municipal accounts

Experience / Education:

• Minimum of Grade 12 with Accountancy subject or equivalent qualification or 2 years’ experience in municipal accounting / training eg. Associate Accounting Technician as well as 2 years relevant experience.

Skills required:

• Computer literacy : MS Office, Excel, Word, Knowledge of SAP, MDA will be an advantage. Administration. Time Management.

Knowledge required:

• Aptitude for figures and financial skills
• Processing and payment of municipal invoices
• Adequate knowledge of policies and procedures relevant to role
• Legislation and regulations with regards to municipal payments
• Linking accounts and downloading accounts from various websites

Competencies required:

• Accuracy. Communication. Systematic Thinking. Methodical. Tolerance for routine. Drive and productivity. Teamwork and Co-operation. Customer and Quality Focus.

Major drivers of work volume:

• Sourcing of all Municipal accounts before the due dates, payments, re-conciliations on accounts and constantly resolving queries at councils, year closures of Lanldords.

Interface / relationships with:

• Internal: Municipalities, Financial Managers, Utilities Departments, Meter Reading Companies, Operational & Portfolio Managers. Internal Auditors
• External: Municipalities, External Auditors