Ackermans has an exciting opportunity for a Clerk: Trade Creditors. This Clerk: Trade Creditors position will involve the verifying and capturing of invoices, statement reconciliations, capturing of journals and completing general ledger reconciliations of our Trade Creditor's accounts and various other financial/ admin duties within the Trade Creditors team function and will be part of a structured Finance team.

We're a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town.

Key responsibilities:

1) Trade Creditors payments

• Ensure valid tax invoices are received
• Process & match invoices/credits
• Ensure accurate processing of VAT
• Perform supplier statement analysis
• Perform supplier payment reconciliations
• Ensure suppliers are in receipt of payment remittances

2) General ledger reconciliations & Reporting

• Process expenses to correct general ledger accounts
• Perform relevant general ledger reconciliations
• Run month end reports
• Perform control account reconciliations
• Assist with clearing relevant unreconciled entries on bank reconciliations (when applicable)
• Process journals as required

3) Supplier management & Other Administration

• Ensure accurate Vendor Masterdata information
• Maintain good external and internal stakeholder's relationships
• Ensure proper storage of documentation via sharepoint
• Efficiently resolving customer queries
• Support to stores

Qualifications required:

Essential:

• A National Diploma in Accounting or similar

Preferred:

• Relevant Bachelors Degree

Knowledge required:

• Strong administration knowledge and ability
• Good financial administration knowledge of basic principles, procedures and applications
• Knowledge of the creditors process

Experience required:

Essential:

• 2 -3 years’ relevant finance administration experience, including strong reconciliation experience

Preferred:

• Experience within a retail business environment
• Creditors experience

Skills required:

• Computer skills, intermediate to advanced Excel
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Above average numerical ability
• Ability to work under pressure and large volumes of work
• Customer relations