Finance Specialist - Payables at Seven Up Bottling Company

Job Brief

• Seven-Up Bottling Company is hiring for an experienced Finance Specialist - Payables who will initiate and complete payments and control expenses by processing, verifying and reconciling invoices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the accounts payable process, including invoice verification, coding, and approvals, to ensure timely and accurate payments to vendors and suppliers.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with vendors and suppliers while addressing inquiries and resolving payment discrepancies.
• Review and process invoices, matching them with purchase orders and receipts, and verify the accuracy of invoice details.
• Ensure compliance with payment policies and obtain proper authorization for payments, maintaining payment approval workflows and documentation.
• Reconcile and process employee expense reports in compliance with company policies, and maintain organized records of payables transactions.
• Initiate payment process for payables.
• Managing the company’s accounts payable.
• Communicating with clients regarding billing and payments.
• Vendor master data management.
• Trade suppliers account reconciliations.
• Preparing and executing new vendor setup (local)
• Ensure compliance with new vendors on platform by checking the company’s particulars.
• Managing the advance payment file and making sure that the transactions are cleared on time based on accounting principles.
• Managing the accounts showing debited balance and making sure they are justified.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc.) or HND in Finance, Accounts or Business Administration.
• Minimum of 0-2 years in any relevant field.