Account Payable Officer at Airtel

Job Purpose

• This role involves providing financial and administrative support to the organization.
• Complete payments and control expenses by receiving payment invoices, processing of invoices, verifying and reconciling invoices.

Key Responsibilities

• Invoice collection in line with the checklist to ensure invoices meets the requirement.
• Ensure vendor payments are booked appropriately and processed based on agreed payment terms in line with agreed SLAs.
• Ensure invoices are captured in the system with all relevant invoice information such as VAT and WHT alongside the supporting document attached to the invoice. Ensure invoices are initiated to the correct user department and user function within the user department.
• Follow up with the approvers to ensure approval is completed. Ensure that all accrual expense booked for the month have verifiable back up scheduled. Ensure timely submission of validated user group input to ACE.
• Ensure accuracy of review decks for departmental functions, completeness of all OPEX and departmental expenses.
• Responsible for vendor reconciliation in line with group policy and Opco target to ensure open issues do not age more than 30 days.
• Ensure all accruals in the books are not beyond three (3) months of ageing without any escalation.
• Ensure account clean-up for reconciling items arising from balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure intercompany cross charges are appropriately booked and reconciled. Ensure timely submission of DTR Schedules and other AP related adhoc reports.

Educational Qualification, Experience & Competencies

Education and Certification:

Must Have:

• A university degree in accounting, social sciences or any numerate discipline.

Work Experience

• Minimum of 5 Years’ experience in similar role.

Skills and Competencies

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office tools and accounting packages.
• Good Interpersonal relationship required.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Attention to details.
• Result oriented.