Junior Accountant

Job Purpose and Scope

Accounts Receivable Management

• Update cheques collected and bank collections in SAP.
• Regularly update customer receivables in SAP and follow up for timely payments.
• Perform customer account reconciliation and obtain balance confirmations.
• Perform DSR reconciliation for manual cash invoices, delivery orders, cash sales, and merchant sales.

Petty Cash and Expenses

• Handle petty cash payments and ensure timely entry of expenses into SAP.
• Maintain accurate petty cash records and reconcile them periodically.

Banking and Reconciliation

• Deposit cheques and cash.
• Update the bank ledger and perform bank reconciliations in SAP.
• Submit post-dated cheque collections to the bank daily for warehousing.
• Reconcile transactions for all company credit cards.

Accounts Payable and Vendors

• Upload vendor invoices in SAP and OpenText.
• Prepare payment proposals in SAP for vendor payments.
• Assist in ensuring timely and accurate vendor settlements.

Trade Finance

• Prepare letter of credit documents and coordinate with Trade Finance at the Head Office.

Assets, Inventory, and Stock Control

• Participate in periodic stock-taking exercises and coordinate with the inventory team.

Requirements

• Ability to accurately and efficiently manage financial transactions related to receivables and payables.
• Familiarity with SAP for recording collections, receivables, expenses, banking, invoices, and vendor payments.
• Ability to perform account, bank, petty cash, and credit card reconciliations.
• Ability to support vendor settlements and trade finance documentation.
• Ability to participate in periodic stock-taking and coordinate with inventory teams.