Creditors Accountant

Stellenbosch
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Agriculture Finance
Reference: SW006078/JM

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Employer: Helderberg Personnel cc

My client is a well established Fruit Exporter based in Stellenbosch. They are seeking to employ a Creditors Accountant to join their team. The successful candidate will have a Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent with 3 year’s creditors processing in freight forwarding industry - ESSENTIAL.

Education Required

Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent
In-house and/or external training in freight forwarding processes, their associated costs
Advanced Excel/spreadsheet skills – lookups’ import mapping

Skills Required

Ability to work accurately with figures
Good eye for detail and ability to handle complexity of costs per client, service provider, activity, market. Etc.
Basic cost accounting skills
Full understanding of contracted rates and terms with all service providers.

Experience required

3 year’s creditors processing in freight forwarding industry

Key Performance Area:

Creditors invoice processing:

Set up Edi mappings per service provider/cost type.
Receive and verify invoices for correctness as per agreed rates and that the service was actually received. Handling disputed invoices.
Code invoices as per Cost Accounting code structure/rules.
Register batches for processing.
Input of invoices into QX system.
Print/save cost capture reports
Hand of to Finance team

Cost Control and margin analysis:

Monitor that document Controllers correctly complete jobcard/Invoice copies details in QX. Report omissions/errors to line manager and responsible team member.
Monitor completion of incident logs for all extra-ordinary/additional costs incurred and that accountability entity is correctly indicated. Report omissions/errors to line manager and responsible team member.
Monitor and report weekly on revenues/margins vs budget
Margin allocations finalized by latest 10 weeks after ATD
Review accruals 15 weeks after ATD

Reporting

Weekly report of incidents logged during prior week.
Monthly margin report – shipment 10 weeks and older.
Monthly accrual report – shipments 3 months and older

Projects

Process automation
Reporting dashboards such as BPI
Analysis of revenues, margins losses to identify areas for improvement

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About Helderberg Personnel cc

Based in Somerset West, Helderberg Personnel was established in 1998. The company initially started doing placements in the Helderberg Basin and over the years expanded nationally. Our background has proved to be invaluable in providing a high standard of recruitment, screening, evaluation and placement of candidates.

Our Value proposition:
The true value proposition of the Helderberg Personnel brand is our commitment to attending to our clients’ needs, culture and values and to ensure that, through comprehensive interviews with candidates, the overall match is determined to ensure a long term relationship. The identity of the client remains confidential at all times. We understand that our function is to ensure that the candidate must become a strategic partner to a business instead of a mere employee. Helderberg Personnel has achieved a steady growth over the last years and we have evolved into one of the leading agencies in the region. We have made placements cross functional, cross industry and up to senior management level.