Finance Assistant - Johannesburg at AGCO Corporation

Your Impact

• Processing of Vendor Invoices on a monthly basis.
• Follow-up on Vendor payments and performing the Vendor reconciliation.
• Prepare Vendor Accruals as part of the Monthly Close off process, in line with the corporate timelines.
• Extraction of all import documentation for cross border payments including inter-company / inter group transactions.
• Invoices to be collated / reconciled and submitted to Treasury, for Cross Border payments, in line with the South African Reserve Bank requirements.
• Ensuring that all customs VAT / Vat 404 documents are received from the freight forwarders, together with all clearing documents, in order reconcile and collated, in line with the VAT submission of returns in the correct reporting period.
• Ensure that all customs VAT documents are made available to the External Auditors for completion of the VAT returns and submissions to the South African Tax Authorities, in a timely manner.
• Attending to all VAT and related tax queries, as received from the Tax Authorities.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Matric (subjects must include Math’s and Accounting).
• Formal accounting qualification would be preferable.
• Must have worked in an ERP environment (SAP preferred).
• Expensive Experience with working on Excel, PowerPoint and e-mail.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with dealing with creditors.
• Experience in both Local and Foreign Creditors / Payables, including VAT submission / extraction of invoices.
• Experience with international supplier invoice processing of payments.
• Ability to multi-task and fulfill ad-hoc tasks.
• Tenacious and works well under pressure, in order to meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills. Working effectively across different countries and cultures.
• Must be able to communicate fluently in English (Written & Spoken).