Accounting Payable Head -Jumia (Full Time) at Jumia

What's this job all about?

The role of the Accounts Payable involves providing financial, administrative and clerical support to the organization. Their role is to complete payments, control expenses by receiving payments, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices, day-to-day management of all payment cycle activities in a timely and efficient manner.

Main Responsibilities

The main challenges are described as below:

• Ensuring the team's work is accurate and invoices are approved for payment using the correct set process
• Planning and execution of the vendor payment routines on agreed timelines.
• Managing the accuracy of the vendor database and reconciliation of vendor account with supplier statement.
• Managing the accounts payable function that may or may not include performing the duties of an Accounts payable Officer from time to time.
• Completing month-end closing reviews, procedures and corrections as needed.
• Overseeing all Accounts payable processes from petty cash to expense reports to account reconciliation, General ledger – sub ledger reconciliations.
• Assist on negotiating with vendors to receive better payment terms
• Acting as a liaison for the accounting department in order to solve accounts payable disputes
  
  

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Degree in Finance or related field.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in a similar role
• Analytical and excellent excel skills
• Team management experience
• Ability to priorities and multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build good relationships with vendors and suppliers
• Accuracy and attention to detail

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity to help build & shape a growing African ecommerce giant
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• Unparalleled personal and professional growth (our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures).