Foreign Accounts Payable Administrator at PUMA

YOUR MISSION

The Foreign Accounts Payable Administrator is responsible for controlling all aspects of the Foreign Accounts Payable function of PUMA South Africa. The incumbent will control foreign payments, monitor the Purchase Order System, reconcile foreign vendor accounts, execute timely foreign payments and efficient payment runs, month-end closure deliverables and monitoring of Foreign Exchange Contracts.

KEY TASKS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor the Purchase Order System to ensure that all approved purchase orders with invoices are timeously paid and marked paid on the Purchase Order System.
• Prepare, reconcile and liaise with vendors and inter-company parties to timeously process payments.
• Execute payments and payment runs within the required timelines (mid-month, month-end and urgent payments).
• Process invoices and journals on SAP. Continuous monitoring of vendor accounts and clearing of “old” unallocated transactions to ensure that unallocated transactions are current.
• Liaise with inter-company parties to ensure that all inter-company accounts are up to date with no items older than 3 months. Timeous payments of inter-company capital, marketing contributions and sourcing fees.
• Monitor the usage of Foreign Exchange Contracts to ensure that all Foreign Exchange Contracts are appropriately utilised within their maturity deadlines without significant foreign exchange losses to PUMA due to misuse of Foreign Exchange Contracts.
• Liaise with company auditors during financial audit periods. Ensuring that all audit requirements are met, and audit deliverables are provided within the relevant timelines.
• Monitor VIM (Vendor Invoice Management system) to ensure all foreign invoices are captured on SAP.

YOUR TALENT

• National Senior Certificate and ertiary qualification within Finance field with 3 years' experience in a Finance or Accounting role.
• Experience of working in a Clothing Wholesale and Retail environment would be advantageous.
• Must have a good understanding of all accounting processes related to Accounts Payable and the ability to translate the knowledge into practice mostly independently.
• Ability to understand internal organisational structures and responsibilities.
• Must be deadline driven.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to find solutions to difficult or complex issues.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and SAP.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.