Accounts Payable Officer at KingMakers

Role Overview:

The Accounts Payable Officer will be responsible for processing Vendor and Petty Cash Payments, ensuring they are properly recorded in the books of account.

What you will be doing:

• Responsible for the processing and posting of 3rd Party Vendor Payments
• Responsible for the processing of all Petty Cash Claims and Refunds
• Responsible for the reconciliation and processing of transactions
• Ensuring completeness and accuracy as well as confirmation of balances with internal and other related parties, where applicable
• Preparation of Audit schedules where necessary
• Reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts.
• Reconciliation of Vendor Statements before payments are made to avoid double payments.
• Ensure adequate filing of support documents and records.
• Ensure queries and escalations/fall outs from accounts are corrected timely.
• Other tasks as may be assigned by the GL Accountant or other Senior official.

What you need for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is an added advantage.
• At least 1-year cognate experience or no experience at all provided candidate has a Finance or Accounting Background
• Able to communicate in person and in writing with C-Level individuals
• Excellent time and priority management Skills
• Knowledge of book-keeping and Accounting is a Must.
• Able to work with an ERP is an added advantage

How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role:

As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be:

• Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the center of everything we do.
• Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players.
• Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person.
• Innovation & Big Thinking: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less.
• Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategize, but mostly, we DO. Without doing there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow.
• Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small.
• Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.