Senior Creditor Controller (NEW) at Senwes

Dispute resolutions.

• Handle material disputes with stakeholders and vendors.
• Escalate disputes to management in the event the dispute is not resolved in a timely manner.

Perform controls on Creditors accounts of various companies.

• Test completeness of reconciliations of all active accounts monthly.
• Review reconciliations with high value reconciling items, items older than 60 days, reconciliations with reconciling items for more than one month of material value.
• Follow up on reconciling items with clerks and respective stakeholders.
• Review age analysis of vendor statements and investigate long outstanding items
• Review age analysis of vendor system balances and investigate long outstanding items.
• Review Invoices with sample selections to ensure invoices adhere to basic Income tax Legislation.
• Review Invoices with sample selections to ensure invoices adhere to basic VAT legislation.
• Report material reconciling items within reasonable time to stakeholders to ensure cut off audit principles and accounting principles are adhering to.
• Test the vendor accounts accounted for to ensure accuracy, completeness, and validity.
• Review and approve vendor payment batches.
• Review and approve rebates and discounts.

Assist with the optimisation of systems, processes, and procedures.

• Ensure relevance of systems, processes, and procedures.
• Identify any shortcomings or non-compliance with existing systems, processes, and procedures.
• Recommend changes in the system, processes, and procedures.
• Improve system effectiveness.

Employee management.

• Identify development opportunities for direct reports.
• Coordinate development of direct reports according to personal development plans.
• Manage performance of employees.
• Provide in-house training and guidance and support to employees.
• Motivate employees and provide constructive feedback on performance.

Relationship management.

• Liaise with Internal and External Audit on yearly audit procedures.
• Build and maintain good relationships with vendors and stakeholders
• Assist with drafting of effective communications to ensure optimised processes and procedures are followed and uptake to automations are successful.

 Assist with conducting the analytical review of creditors position.

• Ensure optimal invoice and statement capturing to reduce cost, optimise credit from claims, increased margins with rebates and payment discounts.
• Assist with the analyses of future dated payments to gage negotiations through stakeholders for increased payment discounts.
• Assist with the analyses of future dated payments to ensure optimal cash flow management through reporting.
• Assist with the analyses of dates of the creditors processes to ensure optimal stock management, payment terms and prevention of manual actions through reporting.

Requirements

• Qualifications: BCom Degree and completed SAIPA/SAICA articles. Candidates who completed their CIMA Strategic Level will also be considered.
• Requirements (South Africa): At least 2 years relevant experience. Candidates with supervisory experience will receive preference.