Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact.
To provide financial, administrative and clerical services to the company. Performing a variety of routine and accounting functions in accordance with standard procedures under general supervision. Performing day-to-day financial transactions relating to suppliers and customers including verifying, classification, computing, posting and recording of transactions. To ensure that all supplier accounts and related records from order to payment are processed and reconciled on a monthly basis.
Responsibilities
- Accounts payable duties - creditors reconciliations, payments and recording of financial transactions.
- Capturing and processing all invoice and credit notes into the ERP system from supporting documentation.
- Ensure that all proper documentation is added to the supplier invoice before processing i.e: requisition signed purchase order and receipted where necessary.
- Check that all invoices adhere to financial requirements as set out by SARS.
- Prepare supplier reconciliations by the 20th of each month.
- Payment schedule to be handed in by the 25th of each month.
- Ensuring that all payments comply with the set standards and contain all the necessary required information.
- Ensuring that claims are paid timeously and correctly.
- Ensure that all COD weekly payments are captured on time and submitted for payment every Wednesday.
- Send out proof of payments timeously to all suppliers.
- Maintaining the accounts payable systems to ensure complete and accurate records.
- Maintain supplier age analysis – make sure all queries are resolved timeously.
- Liaising with suppliers in terms of credit application, queries and statements.
- Ensure accurate filing of all suppliers related documentation.
- Accounts Receivable duties - Ensure customer invoices are reviewed and sent out in a timely manner.
- Ensure statement of accounts are shared with customer.
- Ensure accurate filing of all customers related documentation.
- Receipt payments timeously, verifying validity of receipt and allocating to correct debtors to ensure an accurate daily age analysis.
- Receipting payments accurately to ensure age analysis reflects the necessary disputes.
- Identify which accounts are overdue and contact customers owing money.
- Report back to management any concerns pertaining to any debtors.
- Prepare credit applications and ensure all paperwork is complete and submitted for authorization timeously.
- Administration - Preparation of the Audit File in terms of the supplier accounts and customer accounts.
- Assist with all internal and external audit requirements relating to Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- Ensure Operations Procedures and/or other communications from Management are adhered to.
- To carry out other fair, reasonable and lawful assignments as requested by management.
- To ensure consistent alignment to the relevant elements of the BRC and OHS.
- Working with colleagues to foster relationships and a culture of teamwork in line with the Business Strategy and Company Policy.
Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge
- Degree / Diploma in or equivalent tertiary study in accounting.
- Microsoft Office.
- Excellent written skills and communication in English.
- Previous experience in a related role and in the FMCG industry would be an advantage.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Logical decision making.
- Analytically orientated.
- High levels of integrity and honesty.
- Good attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
- Ability to identify trends.
- Able to be firm with suppliers in providing the company with complete documentation in terms of our accounts with them.
- Ability to work under pressure and with a sense of urgency.
Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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