Creditors Clerk - AP (Foreign Currency) at Alistair Group

We seek to employ an extra ordinary mind who:

• is forthright and respectful
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is self-directed  and strives to be the best
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial and thrives under change
• is smart, has integrity and not afraid of hard work

Essential Skills:

• Attention to detail, strong analytical and problem solving skills and needs to be meticulous
• Trustworthiness and a strong sense of integrity
• Continuous improvement, ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure and within deadlines to ensure work is completed within time.
• Clear communication skills ensuring flow of clear, timely and candid information.
• Computer Literacy to effectively operate and manipulate online management systems.

 Qualifications:

• Finance related qualification
• Minimum 3 Years experience in Accounts Payable,including foreign vendors across multiple currencies.
• Intermediate excel. SAP B1 highly advantageous.

 Overall Purpose

• The Accounts Payable Junior is responsible for assisting the team activities and operations in the accounts payable function for the Group. Assists with the analysis of invoices and expense reports for accuracy and eligibility for payment. Ensures timely payments of vendor invoices and resolution of queries. 

 Accountabilities & Responsibility Areas

• Performing invoice processing primary review against set guidelines;
• Investigating and resolving any invoice mismatches in the system or reject/return the invoices as per agreed procedure;
• Invoice postings in SAP and Initiate Supplier Creation/Changes as per agreed procedure
• Accuracy and duplicate audit of data entry and invoices;
• Vendor statement reconciliations and Manual accounts clearing;
• Provide information on status of Invoices and/ or Payments relevant contact information (email);
• Resolution of supplier’s queries, major discrepancies, vendor clarification with respect to rejected payments;
• Ad-hoc requests received from AP Team Leader