Accountant III: Accounts Receivable - (CONTRACT)

PM Connection

  • Cape Town, Western Cape
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 5 hours ago
Introduction:
  • To provide the business with accurate recording, processing, monitoring, and reporting of certain customer accounts. To monitor current procedures and the full reporting relating to these customers.
Job description:
  • Understand the accounting process of the accounts receivables transactions into the customer subledger accounts.
  • To reconcile 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 requirementsTechnical 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
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