Accounts Payable Manager Global Grade 12

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)