The Role
Manage end-to-end accounts payable and support general ledger month-end close activities. Responsibilities include invoice processing, vendor reconciliations, payment scheduling, tax application, journal preparation, accruals, provisions, prepayments, balance-sheet reconciliations, financial reporting schedules, audit support, and maintaining close deadlines and vendor master-data controls.
Summary Generated by Built In
-Manage the end-to-end accounts payable process.
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of supplier invoices.
- Review invoices for appropriate approvals, supporting documentation and compliance with procurement policies.
- Ensure proper matching of purchase orders, goods received notes and supplier invoices.
- Monitor supplier accounts and resolve discrepancies.
- Review supplier statements and ensure timely reconciliation.
- Maintain an accurate accounts payable aging report.
- Ensure proper classification of supplier balances between current and overdue obligations.
- Monitor duplicate invoices and prevent duplicate payments.
- Ensure appropriate application of VAT and WHT on supplier transactions.
- Coordinate supplier payment schedules in conjunction with Treasury.
- Resolve supplier queries promptly.
- Maintain accurate vendor master data and ensure appropriate controls over changes.
- Lead AP and GL activities during the month-end closing process.
- Prepare and review month-end journals.
- Ensure all relevant expenses and liabilities are accrued in the correct accounting period.
- Review provisions and prepayments.
- Ensure cut-off procedures are properly applied.
- Complete balance-sheet account reconciliations.
- Investigate and resolve reconciling items.
- Prepare schedules required for management reporting and external audit.
- Ensure the agreed financial close timetable is achieved.
Requirements
Minimum
- Bachelor's degree in AccounƟng, Finance, Economics or related discipline.
- Professional qualificaƟon such as ICAN, ACCA, CPA or equivalent.
- 2–5 years of relevant accounƟng experience.
- At least 2–4 years in a supervisory/management accounting position.
Preferred
- Manufacturing/FMCG experience.
- Experience with Nav or MicrosoŌ Dynamics.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS.
Benefits
400,000net, HMO, Pension Contribution
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline
- Professional qualification such as ICAN, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent
- 2-5 years of relevant accounting experience
- 2-4 years in a supervisory or management accounting position
- Manufacturing or FMCG experience
- Experience with Nav or Microsoft Dynamics
- Strong knowledge of IFRS
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The Company
What We Do
Scalein helps businesses across Africa hire top talent, streamline operations, and grow through integrated recruitment, outsourcing, practical training, and growth consultancy. It connects clients with high-quality, pre-vetted professionals, provides operational teams that reduce the burden of hiring and management, develops workforce and leadership skills, and helps businesses identify opportunities, resolve bottlenecks, and build scalable systems and processes for sustained, measurable growth.
