Creditors Controller - Piet Retief at TWK Agri

Responsibilities and Duties

• Monitor accurate and timely payments to suppliers
• Overseeing monthly reconciliations and control all transactions and approve journals
• Ensure that financial control systems are in place
• Report financial irregularities and problems to ensure compliance with the financial policy (IFRS) and company processes and procedures
• Secure financial information by completing data base backups
• Give guidance to clerks regarding reconciliations and suppliers queries
• Develop, implement, modify and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology
• Constantly monitor outstanding queries on the clerks’ reconciliations of the suppliers
• Dealing with queries raised by the clients, by either letter or phone
• Ensure all policies or procedural changes are communicated to suppliers
• Provide support with compilation of annual financial statements
• Checking and sending of month-end statements, collating into groups as necessary
• Reconciling complex accounts that have been escalated from the Accounts Payable team
• Resolve payment issues with vendors
• Manage day to day processing of Accounts Payable duties
• Maintain training and develop Accounts Payable team
• Creating procedures and policies that ensure timely payments
• Supervise reconciliation of vendor accounts and their balances
• Ensure all Accounts Payable are processed

Qualifications and Skills

• Matric / Grade 12
• Relevant Bachelor's Degree (preferably BCom Accounting)
• Computer literate
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in similar position
• Experience with financial reporting and forecasting
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Accuracy, high attention to detail and deadline driven
• Bilingual (English & Afrikaans)
• Experience with large ERP systems
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Good business acumen for problem solving
• Confidence to deal with a range of stakeholders
• Ability to prioritise a demanding workload