Junior Creditors Accountant

Stellenbosch
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Finance
Reference: SW006245/JM

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Employer: Helderberg Personnel cc

My client, an established fruit exporter based in Stellenbosch is seeking to employ a Junior Creditors Accountant.The successful candidate will either have a Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent and one (1) year experience in cost management of fruit exports.

Education Required

Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent – IF EXPERIENCE SUFFICIENT QUALIFICATION NOT NEEDED
In-house and/or external training in supply chain processes, and their associated costs
Advanced Excel/spreadsheet skills – lookups’ import mapping

Skills Required

Initiative, must be able to work independently, must be able to work under pressure.
Meeting deadlines set out by Manager
Accuracy and great attention to detail, excellent analytical skills
Good systems skills, ability to work with big volumes of data, and data manipulation
Interaction & effective communication with colleagues, take ownership and responsibility, and show effective self-management to prioritize

Experience Required

Experience in the fruit industry would be of advantageous
Advance Excel skills
QX proficient

Duties:

Financial Control

Correct allocation of Actual costs to correct cost codes.
Check for estimated costs captured in the system where actual costs are incurred.
Check that actual costs do not exceed estimate costs, except where incident log indicates “own “cost.
Prepare remittance for payments.
Month end reconciliation.
Pass payment to Service Provider Manager
Service Providers paid on time.
Resolve discrepancies on invoices.
Ensure payments balance out.
Allocate remittances on payment sheet for final payment.
Once paid send remittances to relevant service provider

Creditors function for Transporters:

Receive and code invoices.
Register batches for processing.
Input of invoices into QX system.
Handling disputed invoices
Obtain daily exchange rates and capture in QX system.
Print/Save cost capture reports.
Ensure creditors receive their remittances and POP’s timeously
Liaise with Logistics Department to ensure all costs recovered and with Service Providers to ensure all invoices are received timeously.
Capture all Service Provider Invoices on QX.
Print Cost capture Report-Identify profit/losses liaise when there are differences/rectify when needed.
Link Service Provider Invoices to actual shipments.
Compare actual Service Provider Invoices against provisional costs.
Attend to all Service Providers Invoices queries with relevant departments immediately to resolve before payment is due.
Reconciliation of Service Providers against monthly Statements.
Prepare payments of Service Provider Invoices against payment terms.
Prepare remittance on QX.
Prepare folder for final payments (Remittance, Cost Capture Report/Recon/Statement/Invoices)
Monthly payments are ready by 25th of each month.
Effective and professional communication disputes.
Financial Year End Reconciliation (Service Providers.)

Producer Costs:

Processing of all costs for final producer payments.
Ensure all costs are correctly allocated to account sales for producer’s final payments.
Invoice costs to Producers.
Manage Producer debtor’s account.

System:

Automate all processes that can be automated.
Using Excel spreadsheet and formulas (V- and X- lookup ).
Efficiency and Productivity

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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.