Job Description
A leading multinational packaging company is looking to hire an AP Accountant - French speaker. The person assigned to the role will be responsible for the following:
• Track and maintain vendor billing information in the financial systems, ensure accuracy and compliance with the local accounting regulations and proceeds to book the invoices on the accounting systems after confirming a three-way match between (Invoice, PO, Goods Receipt)
• Support in Managing and analyzing all vendor expense accounts and support in maintaining relationships with them.
• Ensure transactions are being recorded accurately and vendors are all paid on time and clear the interim account for all paid amounts daily.
• Process weekly pay cycle runs by extracting all due invoices and preparing them for payment and support in preparing the monthly bank reconciliation.
• Close & reconcile A/P related GL accounts on timely basis.
• Manage advance payment accounts and analyze aging and old amounts not settled and ensure compliance to the company policy.
• Communicate with other departments for accurate cost center and CSD bookings.
• Collaborate in the Aging reports of payables and month end closing reports.
• Ensure month closing is achieved related to payable and expense responsibilities (cut off time for booking invoices, building and reversal of accruals) and support in closing reports related to vendor and expense analysis.
• Collaborate in Applying the needed tax deductions as per the local tax law (VAT, WH)
• Any additional tasks as per instructions from supervisor or manager.
• Processing and posting of daily business transactions such as invoices, credit notes.
• Preparation of payment runs and processing of unsettled items.
• Support in the analysis and improvement of existing processes in the Accounts Payables department
• Support in the maintenance of the accounting system and reconciliation of accounts
• Preparation of standard and ad-hoc reports
• Collaboration in the preparation of the monthly financial statements
Requirements
• University degree in business administration or related studies
• Analytical skills, high degree of personal responsibility and self-reliance, good communication skills and assertiveness
• Strong commitment, motivation and high enthusiasm
• Hands on mentality and fast customer-oriented problem-solving abilities
• Very good communication skills and ability to work in a team.
• Fluent in English & French
• Willingness to work in an environment with shift operations.
