Creditor’s Controller

Duties and Responsibilities:

Creditors Direct Suppliers:

- Direct point of contact between the store administration department and centralised head office
- Direct point of contact between multiple suppliers and head office
- Receiving of all documentation from store administration department and review therefore, to confirm that documents are accurate and complete.
- Review of transactions on accounting system to supporting documentation, to ensure that transactions were captured validly, completely and accurately.
- Filing of documentation received from the operations, in an orderly manner.
- Ensuring that DCPs (Disciplines, controls and procedures) have been adhered to, as it relates to documentation prepared by receiving department, cash office and admin department.
- Reporting to managers on non-compliance with controls.
- Reconciliation of daily sales and purchases between the accounting system to operations system
- Preparation of creditors reconciliations and submission to manager on a pre-determined date, for review.
- Resolution of outstanding supplier claims
-timeously

Bookkeeping Duties:

- Capturing of month end journals eg. depreciation, expense accruals, stock
- Maintenance of the VAT Control accounts.
- Analysis of income and expenses for the month, with the view to ensure completeness, accuracy, validity of information
- Analysis of income and expenses for the month, with the view to:

- Find opportunity for cost savings

- Highlight Expense trends favourable or unfavourable

- Highlight risks as it relates to controls

- Monthly preparation of management pack
- Monthly preparation of reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts
- Assistance with preparation of monthly VAT returns for submission.
- Analysis and capturing of restaurant petty cash recons monthly.
- Additional tasks upon request of the direct manager.

Requirements:

- Strong Understanding of Accounting Principles
- Experience in applying Accounting Principles
- Experience in Excel Software including basic formulas and analysis of excel worksheet
- Experience in bookkeeping and strong understanding of bookkeeping principles
- A relevant accounting qualification
- Problem solving
- Good Communication Skills
- Credibility & Presence Maintaining relationships with all store managers
- Attention to detail/ accuracy/ timeliness
- Deadline Driven
- Growth Mindset