Accounts Controller (Debtors)
Yara International
Date: 10 hours ago
City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Contract type: Full time
We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.
About The Unit
Yara Animal Nutrition's operations in South Africa include a raw materials processing plant as well as sales distribution across the country, selling mineral feed supplements to feed producers and farmers across Southern Africa and selected international markets. Globally, Yara was Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence with about 17,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries.
Responsibilities
The Accounts Controller (Debtors) deals with all accounts receievable timeously and handling customer queries daily. The role ensures regular and professional communications with our internal stakeholders and external customers.
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.
As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.
About The Unit
Yara Animal Nutrition's operations in South Africa include a raw materials processing plant as well as sales distribution across the country, selling mineral feed supplements to feed producers and farmers across Southern Africa and selected international markets. Globally, Yara was Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence with about 17,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries.
Responsibilities
The Accounts Controller (Debtors) deals with all accounts receievable timeously and handling customer queries daily. The role ensures regular and professional communications with our internal stakeholders and external customers.
- Notify, report to the Sales Representative, Commercial manager and Financial Manager of all customer account issues.
- Provide invoices to customer. Ensure that delivery documentation received from logistic department are filed correctly with appropriate invoices
- Customer collections. Liaise with customers and transporters for query resolutions.
- Reconcile the debtors account to the remittance advice and allocate payments to specific invoices.
- Investigating, resolving and processing of debit/credit notes/ claims. Processing of journals.
- Prepare payment refund instructions and send to FM for final approval.
- Assisting the external auditors when performing the annual audit.
- Maintain customer master data.
- Prepare files for approval for new credit applications and requests for credit limit increases.
- To stand-in for the account’s payable controller in their absence. Receive Match and attach invoices to purchase order, GRV and supplier’s delivery notes.
- Assist with admin tasks such as makings bookings, issuing of stationery, loading of purchase requests, checking expense claims, logging of admin maintenance issues with the maintenance team, directing finance calls received via the auto attendant and other ad-hoc admin tasks.
- Matric Minimum. Relevant Tertiary Qualification Advantageous.
- Experience in accounting or debtors primarily and creditors.
- Bilingual (Afrikaans/English) being advantageous.
- ERP knowledge advantageous.
- Good knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office Suite – MS Excel essential.
- Ability to deal with conflict and influence.
- Good communication skills, written and orally.
- Sound financial acumen and excellent arithimetic accuracy is a must.
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.
As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.
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