Vendor Recons Analyst - Rosebank at De Beers Group

Job Description:

This role contributes to the success of the Global Shared Services (GSS) by aligning to the Anglo-American Operating Model (AAOM), as well as the GSS Vision and Strategy.  It aims to build solid partnerships, provide optimal customer service, ensure strong controls execution, and drive end-to-end alignment and compliance to organisational values, policies, scope of services, service level agreements (SLAs), business processes, and projects

The purpose of this role is to assist the Vendor reconciliations supervisor in providing timely, accurate and compliant, Accounts Payables, Mobile, Intercompany Reconciliations for Anglo American BU’s in the Africa Region 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• On a monthly basis ensure that the integrity of the Vendor Reconciliation is maintained through the completion of all reconciliations with special note on overdue items
• Ensure all transactions are agreed to source by way of 3rd party statement or other valid supporting documentation as appropriate.
• Perform Vendor reconciliation with high volume line items.
• Resolve overdue balances, GRIR, submission of Invoices, recoveries, and ensure vendor recons standard is adhered too.
• Look for opportunities to automate tasks using various automation tools and give guidance on automation opportunities to team.
• Look for opportunities to standardization processes and work across GSS.
• Review of non-routine transactions
• Review KPI reports per the Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Risk Management by ensuring critical controls are in place and monthly sign off and control environment.
• Review of service level agreements and propose changes when relevant.
• Represent Vendor Reconciliations team with relevant BU’s monthly meetings.
• Any other relevant tasks as and when required
• This role is at a Band 7 level reporting to the Vendor Recons Supervisor. 

Qualifications:

• A relevant 3-year tertiary qualification – with specialization in Financial Accounting

Experience: 

• 5 + years Senior Creditors/ Accounts Payable full function experience – Essential
• ERP Systems (SAP; SAP Ariba; SAP VIM) (3+ years)
• Report writing
• Data Analysis
• Reporting and Project experience
• Process Improvement
• Reconciliation
• Microsoft Office

Technical skills      

• SAP S4/Hanna (Expert)
• Accounting (Proficient)
• Risk and Controls (Advanced)
• People Leadership (Expert)
• SharePoint (Proficient)
• Excel and reporting skills (Pivots, charts, formulas) (Proficient)
• Projects (Proficient)