ACCOUNTANT III: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (18 Month Contract)
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
· Understand the accounting process of the accounts receivables transactions into the customer subledger accounts.
· To reconcile the Now Now, W-Café, Mr D and Uber Eats customers transactions to the payments received.
· Preparation of monthly reconciliations.
· Recover debt from these customers within the agreed payment terms.
· Identify unprocessed customer payments and timeously apply cash accurately to the customer accounts.
· Identify and resolve payment queries timeously.
· Ensure that all sales invoices are raised to the customer account weekly, based on the amounts extracted from the customer’s portal.
· Ensure that the accounts receivable customer and accounts payable supplier accounts net off to zero by processing weekly CADS.
· Reconciliation of POS sales to aggregator sales monthly.
· Ensure all customer monthly processing has been completed and payments allocated before weekly and monthly accounts receivable close.
· Review all manual billing instructions for completeness and accuracy.
· Ensure the timeous escalation of queries or system failures with the relevant business unit stakeholders.
· Ad hoc Reporting as requested by management.
· Monitor current systems and controls related to accounts receivable to ensure compliance with procedures.
· Establish SLA with key stakeholders / customers.
· Prepare monthly operational reports.
Minimum requirements
Technical skills:
- Relevant Financial qualification – B Comm or equivalent.
- Relevant Financial qualification environment.
- Sound understanding of IFRS, accounting processes and internal controls.
- Deadline driven.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strategic and proactive approach to problem solving.
- Proven competence in Excel and Oracle financial systems.
Behavioural skills:
- Personal Effectiveness
- Team leadership
- Passion for the brand and customer
- Connecting people
- Delivering high performance
- Having an accounting mind-set
- Making insightful business decisions
- Driving quality
- Planning and organizing