Accounts Payables Controller - 3 Months
Accounting & Finance Jobs
- Omni Africa
- Expires 24 Feb 2021
- Bulawayo
- Part Time
Job Description
Required for three months maternity cover, the role of the Accounts Payable involves providing financial, administrative, and clerical support to the organization. Their role is to complete payments and control expenses by receiving payments, plus processing, verifying and reconciling invoices. It also highlights the day-to-day management of all payment cycle activities in a timely and efficient manner
Duties and Responsibilities
Job Purpose
The role of the Accounts Payable involves providing financial, administrative, and clerical support to the organization. Their role is to complete payments and control expenses by receiving payments, plus processing, verifying and reconciling invoices. It also highlights the day-to-day management of all payment cycle activities in a timely and efficient manner.
Payables Control – 60%
Coordinate with various departments and maintain records for account payables and receivables.
Collaborate with suppliers and resolve all issues for portfolio.
Maintain and update all journal entries and perform month end closing and audits for various accounts.
Monitor all invoices and accounting issues, resolve any escalated issues for same.
Manage and evaluate AP coordinator work and ensure completion of same.
Administer all expenses, monitor reimbursements, and ensure work according to corporate expense policy.
Paying employees by verifying expense reports and preparing payment
Maintain records of all transactions and update it on GL System
Collate all vendor invoices and resolve in issues on same.
Process RTS in the GL
Analyze processes, recommend improvements for same and manage all internal controls on documents.
Perform vendor payment reconciliation monthly and serve as subject matter expert for various account payable functions.
Prepare reports for reconciliation and ledger accounts and submit it to accounts manager.
Provide training to subordinates and analyze all key metrics and prepare appropriate documents for same.
Credit Control – 20%
Must be able to communicate in an efficient yet friendly manner with customers, as well as the broader accounts receivable team while reporting to the Financial Controller
Reconciling complex accounts that have been escalated from the AR team
Monitoring debtor balances to ensure a reduction in debtors total outstanding
Ensuring credit and collection policies and procedures are followed within your team
Strategic Management – 10%
Developing proposals and strategy
Strategically you will be able to demonstrate and maintain a detailed understanding of the business and revenue models adopted by the world’s leading IT companies.
Participating in strategic planning, and formulating long-term business plans
You will be able to show and maintain a deep understanding of the underlying principles of technology innovation and how economic and finance models have evolved and are developing to support this innovation.
Pricing and competitor analysis
Human Capital Management –10%
Regular & continuous management of the function, requiring the formulation and implementation of staff and management development plans.
Exchange non routine information using tact and persuasion as appropriate requiring good oral and written communication skills
Supervise subordinate staff including: hiring, recommendations, determining workload and delegating assignments, training, mentoring and evaluating performance
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
Communicate and enforce established finance and accounting standards. Monitor, evaluate and develop planning and forecasting processes and systems and implement changes required for improvement
Ability to identify and escalate financial and business concerns to management.
Ability to have flexibility to generate and sustain excellent people performance with high levels of accuracy and discipline within the finance function.
Ability to manage and maintain accurate and accessible tailored documentation i.e. presentations / proposals
Communication of financial and legal issues to non specialists
Highly competent with accounting, payroll and office software (Sage Evolution & Sage VIP Payroll & HR)
Excellent written and oral communication skills, detail oriented, proficient with PCs for analysis and modeling, creative thinking, economic, and analytical thinking
Experience of managing relationships at all levels including senior executives
Ability to contribute effectively when working with senior colleagues, across the breadth of business/strategic issues.
Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels with a presentable and professional personality.
Goal orientated, driven and motivated.
Problem identification, problem solving and decision making skills
Preferred
Thorough understanding of the IT industry
Demonstrable management of a rapidly growing business
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Related qualification, Postgrad Diploma in Financial Management and Administration. Professional qualification of CIMA/ACCA is preferred.
