KEY RESPONSIBILITIES and TASKS:
1. Supplier Reconciliation & Financial Accuracy
- Manage the end-to-end supplier reconciliation process, ensuring accurate matching of invoices,
- payments, and purchase orders.
- Identify and resolve discrepancies between supplier statements and company records, including
- missing invoices, duplicate payments, and incorrect amounts.
- Ensure timely supplier payments by verifying outstanding balances and coordinating with the
- accounts payable team.
- Monitor and reconcile supplier aging reports, ensuring outstanding balances are accurately recorded
- and resolved.
- Coordinate with suppliers to address disputes, discrepancies, and overdue payments, ensuring
- smooth financial transactions.
- Review and validate credit notes, debit notes, and adjustments to ensure accurate financial reporting.
2. Process Improvement & Automation
- Evaluate existing reconciliation processes and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency and
- accuracy.
- Implement automation tools and technology to reduce manual reconciliation efforts and improve data
- accuracy.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure consistency in reconciliation
- tasks across the team.
- Work closely with IT and Finance teams to integrate system enhancements that streamline
- reconciliation and payment processes.
- Regularly review reconciliation methodologies to align with best practices and industry standards.
3. Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication
- Act as the primary liaison between the finance team, procurement, accounts payable, and suppliers
- for reconciliation-related matters.
- Ensure smooth communication with suppliers to address concerns, clarify invoice details, and resolve
- outstanding issues.
- Work closely with internal finance teams to ensure timely processing of supplier payments and proper
- documentation.
- Collaborate with procurement teams to verify contract terms and ensure supplier invoices align with purchase orders. • Provide regular reports and updates to senior management, highlighting reconciliation progress, unresolved issues, and improvement opportunities. • Train and mentor junior finance professionals on supplier reconciliation best practices and financial controls.
- 4. Compliance, Risk Management & Audit Support
- Ensure all supplier reconciliation activities adhere to company policies, financial regulations, and contract terms.
- Identify financial risks and discrepancies that may lead to financial losses or compliance violations.
- Maintain detailed documentation of all reconciliation activities to ensure an audit-ready environment.
- Support internal and external audits by providing reconciled supplier statements, payment records, and other financial documents.
- Implement financial controls to minimize errors, fraud risks, and unauthorized supplier transactions.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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