Trade Creditors Clerk

SUMMARY:
Our large, Durban-based retail client requires a Trade Creditors Clerk. The main purpose of the role to prepare the monthly reconciliations of creditors statements to accounting records to ensure that the amount due for payment is accurate and paid in accordance with trading terms.
Salary range R12000 – R15000 monthly cost to company, depending on experience
Reports to Junior Accountant

POSITION INFO:
Key Job Functions

• - Liaising with suppliers and stores to clear long outstanding claims, billings, credit notes, payments and other reconciling items on the monthly reconciliations.
• - Clearing variances between receipts and invoices as recorded on the system
• - Preparing accounting journals for reconciling items for review by the Junior Accountant – Creditors and Finance Manager
• - Filing paperwork of supplier transactions received from the stores on a daily basis
• - Filing documents scanned to the clerk from stores onto Knowledge Base in a logical and methodical manner
• - Maintaining the record of creditors reconciliations on Knowledge Base on a monthly basis , ensuring accurate and methodical filing of such documents

• - Matric
• - Tertiary education in finance is advantageous
• - 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role
• - System experience with ACCPAC and/or Pastel and MS Office
• - Financial acumen and good attention to detail
• - Good verbal and written communication skills