Creditors Clerk

 

• Sandton
• Salary: Market Related
• Job Type: Contract
• Sectors: Legal
• Reference: copy-CC_001

• Vacancy Details

  Employer: Kisch IP

  Overview

  A law firm specializing in Intellectual Property has an immediate opening for a Creditors Clerk. The successful candidate has good oral and written communication skills with the ability to analyse, interpret and recon financial information.

  Do you have solid computer skills? Are you an energetic person who has an eye for detail? Are you a self-motivated individual and enthusiastic about getting the job done?  If the above describes you than we would like to hear from you. Please submit a formal application by filling out the below application form and sending it through with the following supporting documents; most recent CV and degree certificates.

  Key responsibilities and duties:

  The duties and responsibilities of the Creditors Clerk will include, but not be limited to:

  o   Ensuring timeous requests are sent to relevant suppliers for creditors invoices as and when required;

  o   Ensuring that payment batches are prepared accurately and in accordance with the Month-end Calendar deadline in order to be checked and authorized;

  o   Ensuring that remittance advices are sent timeously to suppliers and creditors to ensure correct payment allocations;

  o   Ensuring timeous and accurate processing of all payments made i.e. disbursements and overheads;

  o   Ensuring that all queries relating to payments are dealt with timeously;

  o   Providing monthly estimate of expected payments to ensure sufficient provision by management;

  o   Ensuring month-end closing deadlines are met in accordance with the Month-end Calendar;

  o   Ensuring that the CIPC balances are sent to relevant managers every morning in order to assess if the available funds are sufficient;

  o   Ensuring that trust funds are processed effectively and accurately;

  o   Ensuring that monthly creditor reconciliations are done in order to detect invoices issued but not captured by fee earner on Elite;

  o   Ensuring that lists of invoices on statements are communicated to fee earner on a monthly basis and requesting fee earner to provide an explanation within 7days for deviating from the standard operating procedures to capture invoices;

  o   Ensuring that all client queries are resolved timeously i.e. account queries and other general queries;

  o   Ensuring that all payment batches are processed by the relevant deadline to ensure timeous payment of firm liabilities.

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  Candidate Requirements

  Minimum required experience and competencies:

  o   Matric/ Ndip;

  o   2+ Years Creditors experience;

  o   Financial system experience advantageous;

  o   Excellent verbal and written communication skills;

  o   Must have worked on a book value of over R20mil;

  o   Must be focused on attention to detail;

  o   Must be willing to help out in all sectors of the Finance department;

  o   Experience within the legal department an advantage;

  o   Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations occurring as a result of workloads and/or deadlines;

  o   Ability to prioritize work efficiently in order to comply with deadlines;

  o   Ability to be discreet since the position will require dealing with confidential information;

  o   A strong sense of teamwork and good interpersonal skills;

  o   Strong business acumen.

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Apply before Nov 04 2022