Key Outputs
- Providing Accounts Payable functional leadership and guidance in RSA and Rest of Africa
- Setting and reviewing internal controls and ensuring good corporate governance in terms of operating effectiveness of controls in Accounts Payable
- Designing and implementing policies, procedures, practices and processes in Accounts Payable based on sound business principles and ensuring continuous improvement of AP processes and systems
- Reviewing of payment run process and documentation
- Identification, investigation and solving of all system and process related issues affecting accounts payable. This includes changing current processes and implementing changes required
- Management of VIM and NAXT in RSA and Rest of Africa
- Manage the invoice processing for Local vendor, Foreign CAT, Reman and any other vendors for RSA, Lesotho & Eswatini
- Manage supplier payments and ensure accurate and timeous runs.
- Manage the GRIR accounts and ensure a maintenance of the healthy and acceptable age
- Reviewing and releasing journals done by reporters
- Preparing, reviewing and signing off of General Ledger reconciliations relating to Accounts Payable
- Adhoc quality review of monthly supplier reconciliations
- Ensure accurate monthly accruals and provisions for Local, Foreign and Intercompany suppliers
- Ensure accurate and complete Accounts payable intercompany accounts confirmations and balancing.
- Preparation of accounts payable reports (including but not limited to Age Analysis, Open Orders, Rebates)
- To provide accurate Accounts Payable financial information to all Barloworld Equipment business units.
- Manage daily, weekly and monthly cash flow reports including forecasting, actual computation and variance analysis and reporting.
- Monthly reporting of key funding requirements and ageing for cash-flow purposes
- Resolving non-routine supplier queries escalated by team members, the business and suppliers
- Attending to ad-hoc requests from Finance Managers and Head of Shared Services and the business
- Providing assistance and support during the budget process
- Staff management, development and performance reviews
- Maintenance of good supplier relationships
- Support internal, external audit process and financial reporting period
Qualification, Experience and Competencies
Minimum Required Qualification:
- BCom/Diploma Accounting/Bookkeeping or equivalent would be advantageous
- Matric or equivalent qualification
Minimum Required Experience:
- At least ten years’ experience in an Accounts payable environment
- Good people management skills
- Business development skills and knowledge sound business and financial acumen
- Sound business communication skills
- Sound MS Office knowledge
- Sound VIM, SAP and MS Dynamics knowledge
Minimum Required Competencies:
- Stress tolerance and resilience
- Ability to work under pressured circumstances and to meet deadlines
- Verbal and written Communication (including listening)
