Senior Accounts Payable Administrator Vacancy At The MultiChoice Group

Designation: Senior Accounts Payable Administrator

Category: Group Finance

Level: Skilled

Position Type: Permanent

Location: MultiChoice City

Job Description:

The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. Brands within the Group include DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto. We’re proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across more than 50 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment.

By joining our passionate and creative team, you can help us achieve our objectives of expanding our pay-TV and SVOD (Subscription Video On demand) subscriber bases, improving advertising sales, spearheading cutting-edge technology, supporting local content and providing an exceptional customer experience.

Join Africa’s most loved storyteller!

Reports to

Accounts Payable Lead

Key Customers

All Heads of Finance, Business Unit Managers, External Banking Teams, Business users, Finance Business Partners, Treasury Team and Requisitioners

Purpose of the Position:

This position is responsible for the International and local creditor’s payments and reconciliation thereof and other ad hoc finance functions including, but not limited to, funding of payments, understanding SARB requirements, BOP’s and general administrative duties within Accounts Payable department.

Key Performance Objectives

Operational Delivery

Preparation of payment proposal (SAP ERP)
Decision on which accounts to pay/withhold.
Preparation of payment files
Accurate processing of payments on banking systems
Accurate filing of proposal
Intercompany payments
Monitoring and processing of Synergy payments and clearing thereof
Funding preparations
End to end process accountability of payment run
Payment reconciliations
Booking Forex Deal request
Trade Creditors Age Analysis Reporting
Processing of standard Accounts Payable Month-End transactions
Booking Payments releasers
Following up in internal queries with the relevant divisions to ensure that creditors are paid accurately on time
Back up to team members in the payments team
Conforming to relevant rules and regulations as per company policy
Ensuring correct allocations of returned supplier payments into relevant general ledger accounts
Accurate processing to General Ledger accounts
Resolving supplier payments queries
To carry out any other Ad-hoc and Audit duties as may be required from time to time by management.
Accounts Payable processing

Relationship Building

Communicate with Finance Business Partner’s and Shared Services
Resolve queries with internal and external banks, treasury team and Finance business partner’s
Ongoing liaison with internal stake holders

Qualifications & Experience