A vacancy exists within the Group Shared Services Department for a Functional Lead: Accounts Payable Foreign Payments.
The Functional Lead: Accounts Payable Foreign Payments is responsible for managing AGA’s Accounts Payable function ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices in accordance with established policies and procedures as well as the efficient and effective functioning of the process.
This will include the teams responsible for:
• Process Accounts Payable (Local Foreign)
• Invoice Processing
• 3rd Party Payments (B2B, Contractors)
• Payment Efficiencies (incl. Settlement Discounts)
• Accruals
• Pre-payments
• Retentions
• Creditor Reconciliations
• Query Management
• Vendor Management (VAT Banking Details)
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualification in Finance or NQF Equivalent.
Experience:
- 5 years’ relevant experience in the discipline and exposure to finance practices and procedures
Competencies:
- Leadership and working with people
- Proactive
- Integrity
- Computer Literate (Outlook, Internet, MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent Organizational and Project management skills
- Excellent Communication Skills (both written verbal)
- Analysis Problem Solving skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Detail Conscious
- Reliable
- Presentation skills
- Deadline driven
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Resilient
- Adaptable
- Assertive
- Decisive
- Ability to manager conflict in a constructive manner
- Empathy and diplomacy
- Influence and motivate others – Champion change
- Builds relationships
- Proactive
Accountabilities:
- Responsible for the final release of payment proposal to banks.
- Drive process improvement initiatives.
- Oversee and manage the function during month-end/ period-end closing activities including accounts reconciliations and accruals.
- Oversee the analysis of data to ensure accuracy in payment processing.
- Ensure clear and updated communications with Business and Customers (including Third Party suppliers) regarding AP policies, procedures and creating standard ways work where appropriate.
- Oversee the implementation of Accounts Payable Process Automation.
- Create and direct day-to-day activities for the Accounts Payable Shared Service.
- Drive supplier settlement discounts where feasible.
- Identify service delivery problems.
- Manage budget development and exercise budgetary control over AP department operations.
- Provide accurate monthly and annual budgets.
- Ensure compliance with budget.
- Look to implement efficiencies and eliminate wastage.
Reporting to:
Head: Global Shared Services
Remuneration:
A market-related package commensurate with the experience and track record of the candidate is offered.
You are invited to submit your application, giving full details of your qualifications and experience by loading your profile on the Success Factors portal by close of business on 21 October 2016.
Please note that all applicants not contacted by 30 November 2016 should consider their application unsuccessful.