Accounts Payables Controller
African Parks Network
- Maintain the Accounts Payable and Vendor Aging reports monthly within the ERP system.
- Process vendor invoices daily and perform monthly reconciliations.
- Match invoices against purchase orders to ensure accuracy.
- Verify that purchase orders and invoices are properly authorized in line with delegated authority levels.
- Ensure compliance with Procurement and Finance SOP requirements.
- Perform HR vendor reconciliations and
- Liaise with HR to resolve discrepancies.
- Process general journals and inter-company journals.
- Conduct export vendor reconciliations, including retrieval of SAD500 documentation in compliance with the Statutory VAT Act.
- Manage the full vendor function, including preparation and submission of vendor reconciliations.
- Perform GL account reconciliations, including park recoveries.
- Prepare monthly cash-flow projections for departmental needs.
- Prepare centralized vendor payments in line with cash-flow forecasts.
- Monitor adherence to internal controls and company policies regarding payments.
- Forward remittance advice to suppliers after payment runs and archive within the procure-pay system.
- Assist with year-end audits.
- Manage the finance email inbox, ensuring a maximum five-day turnaround on all payment requests.
- Collaborate with procurement, finance, and operations teams to ensure smooth processes.
- Identify process inefficiencies and propose improvements.
- Support automation initiatives in procure-to-pay workflows
- Perform any other tasks that may be required by the Finance Manager.
