Accounts Payable Clerk

About the role

Icebolethu Group, a funeral assurance group and authorised financial service provider, is looking for a fixed-term Accounts Payable Clerk for its Group Finance Department in Durban. The post covers day-to-day processing of accounts payable transactions, including payment authorisation, administrative and general operations support, filing, report preparation and query handling.

Key responsibilities

• Receive, review and verify invoices, then sort, code and match them against approvals before capturing for payment.
• Ensure payment terms are strictly adhered to and prepare payment requests and pay run schedules for approval.
• Reconcile creditor accounts so payments stay up to date, and forward remittance advice to suppliers.
• Track expenses and prepare expense reports, and assist with month-end closing and supporting documents.
• Maintain the accounts payable filing system, follow up on missing documents and provide supporting documentation for audits.
• Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, check and confirm banking details with creditors and compile standardised reports.

Required profile

• Diploma or degree in accounting or a related finance qualification.
• 2 years of experience working within accounts payable.

Required skills

• Bookkeeping
• Financial and mathematical skills
• Computer literacy
• Integrity, communication and time management