Accounts Payable Manager

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


• Sound Tax knowledge

Minimum Required Competencies:

• Stress tolerance and resilience


• Good people Skills


• Problem Solving


• Teamwork


• Ethical behaviors
  
• Ability to work under pressured circumstances and to meet deadlines


• Verbal and written Communication (including listening)

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