Accounts Payable Clerk

Ecowize is one of South Africa's leading hygiene and sanitation service providers to the food, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Founded in 1993, our company has become synonymous with high performance, high compliance cleaning solutions. This includes hygiene and sanitation support services, professional outsourced advisory services and select environmental services. Our experienced management team has a proven track record in promoting and supporting health and hygiene standards locally. Operating on an international platform, the Ecowize Group, is constantly at the forefront of technological innovation and has remained so for almost two decades. In Addition To Providing Our Clients With Customised Health, Hygiene & Sanitation Services, We: Generate operational savings through our Cost Optimisation Programme Eliminate variable costs through our fixed cost structure Utilise web-based information management systems to manage our clients' audit paper trail to Ecowize information systems Offer compliance and due diligence through our documented processesDescription Ecowize is looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Clerk to join the Finance Team in Cape Town. The purpose of the role is to manage and process the company's accounts payable which will include vendors, suppliers and creditors for goods and services received. High-level Job Objectives Building relationships with key business partners Ensure Accurate Supplier Invoice Processing Ensure Accurate and on time Supplier Reconciliation Maintain a clean supplier age analysis. Key Responsibilities: Ensure that invoices are requested from suppliers timeously. Follow up on supporting documentation required for invoice processing (POD, Waybills etc) Ensure that invoices are expensed to the correct GL Expense account. Ensure that VAT is accounted for correctly. Ensure that there is a reconciliation for each of the vendors within the allocated vendor portfolio. Ensure supplier GL balances reconciles with supplier statement. Ensure open queries are continuously resolved with supplier Ensure suppliers are paid on time, by submitting supplier reconciliation by deadline. Supplier payments to be allocated as per deadline to ensure age analyses is accurate. Clear suppliers with debit balance. Ensure age analyses reflects only current supplier balances. Participation in operational meetings and workshops Proactively spend time within the business to learn about operations Understand what the business requirements are and translate these to good efficient and effective transactional support. Regular interaction with finance and operations. Being available to assist and support always. Requirements: Grade 12 Finance related qualification/Diploma Senior Accounts Payable experience dealing with complex supplier accounts. Proficient in Microsoft Office (Teams, Outlook, Excel, Word) Accpac (Sage 300) Power BI Knowledge of the FMCG, food production / cleaning industry will be an advantage. The successful incumbent must have the following skill sets: Must be comfortable with the Ecowize culture and values. Good at making recommendations. Exceptional at building relationships High level of Attention to detail Customer centric Ability to engage with people at different skills levels Ability to work under pressure Ability to adapt to change.