Accounts Payable Controller - 6 Months Contract
TotalEnergies
- South Africa
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Diploma or degree in Financial Accounting
- Good understanding and experience in oil industry is an added advantage.
- Experience in the AP processes and previous experience working with High Value transactions and payments
- Technical skills required: minimum 5 years of experience - Vendor reconciliation knowledge, SAP especially accounts payable, understanding AP impact on the monthly financial result, excel experience.
- Key competencies include analytical ability and questioning, communication, planning and organizing skills, cross functionality, good interpersonal skills, ability to meet strict deadlines; English is the working language.
- Preparation of timeous payments for allocated vendors.
- Assess the validity of invoices received from Business.
- Accurately submit and manage tickets to SSC for invoice verification and payment of vendors by due dates
- Verification that GL posting of entries generated per SSC tickets
- Perform monthly Reconciliations of all vendor accounts.
- Preparation of intercompany vendors, including monthly recons.
- Processing of revenue payable invoices and ensuring that they are paid on time.
- Liaise with business and vendors to clear all overdue GR/IR (Goods receipted not invoice receipted) for product/Transport and related transactions.
- Ensure no unexplained variances on monthly vendor reconciliations.
- Clear open items on the vendor listing.
- Ensure the processing of queries before payment due date; and provide ongoing feedback until queries are resolved.
- Review GRIR and clear any GRIR issues.
- Preparation of monthly reconciliations performed by AP controllers.
- Resolve queries and exception management (in liaison with vendors and SSC)
- Ensure monthly accounts payable reports are done on time.
- To deliver excellent customer service to vendors, customers, and other contacts.
- To help improve and optimize controls and processes with the G&S Accounts Payable department.
- To ensure compliance to the Group's standards.
- To ensure confidentiality of information.
- To ensure Total South Africa's policies and procedures are adhered to.