Accounts Assistant

JOB PURPOSE

This role exists to ensure operational excellence in the end-to-end cash collection, Banking activities which include handling collection deposits in the bank, fund transfers management for clients. Petty cash management and expense reconciliations. General trade customer account reconciliations and corresponding with customers and sales team to close open invoices, settle claims, resolve disputes, and reconcile balances. Coordinating with colleagues in logistics and sales for open actions and to highlight risks and adhering to finance controls.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily Cash Management, Receive Cash /Cheques from the Sales Team and Reconciliation of daily collection.
• Deposit of Cash and Cheque collection to Banks
• Bank reconciliations
• Petty cash management and prepare expense report monthly
• Internal Fund transfer management for business operations as needed.
• Handle supplier cheques and transfer arrangements
• Conduct Monthly Customer account reviews with Sales team of General trade channels and liase with cape Gemini for allocations.
• Customer order clearance for GT channel customers
• Monthly Customer Statement and balance confirmation
• Monthly meeting with the cash & claims team and leadership to update on open actions, opportunities, or risks
• Support on the Annual audit related queries

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in business/accounting/finance or supply chain
• Minimum 3 years of work experience, ideally in accounts receivables, collections, or claims management
• Experience of working with key information systems (Excel, SAP)
• Excellent communication skills - Impactful and flexible communication

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in working across cross-functional teams and with external stakeholders
• Multitasking and ability to work with different ad hoc issues.
• Strong business acumen, passion for high performance

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.