Senior Accounts Administrator
Globeleq
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Posted on Mar 5, 2025
For more than 20 years, Globeleq has been a long-term investor, developer, owner and operator of diversified power projects in Africa, where the company is one of the largest Independent Power Producers. With nearly 1500MW of generation capacity in operation across 16 power plants in 7 countries, 488MW of new power projects in construction and >2,000MW in development, Globeleq is one of the largest independent power producers solely focused in Africa. Globeleq is 70% owned by British International Investment and 30% by Norfund, the development finance institutions of the UK and Norway, and has a proven track record for supporting the ongoing development of the African power sector.
Globeleq’s various generation technologies include gas, wind, solar PV, battery energy storage (BESS), and geothermal. The company is also actively pursuing new opportunities which are emerging from the energy transition, including desalination projects powered by renewables, as well as green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
In this role, the Senior Accounts Payable Administrator is to support the finance team in ensuring accuracy and compliance with company guidelines with regards to accounting and reporting policies and procedures relating to Accounts Payable, Cash Books and the opportunity to manage Bookkeeping and Accounts Receivable tasks. The role is responsible for the day to management of the Accounts Payable, Cash Book functions tasks includes the supervision and management of the Accounts Administrators.
Globeleq’s various generation technologies include gas, wind, solar PV, battery energy storage (BESS), and geothermal. The company is also actively pursuing new opportunities which are emerging from the energy transition, including desalination projects powered by renewables, as well as green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
In this role, the Senior Accounts Payable Administrator is to support the finance team in ensuring accuracy and compliance with company guidelines with regards to accounting and reporting policies and procedures relating to Accounts Payable, Cash Books and the opportunity to manage Bookkeeping and Accounts Receivable tasks. The role is responsible for the day to management of the Accounts Payable, Cash Book functions tasks includes the supervision and management of the Accounts Administrators.
- Application Deadline
- March 14, 2025
- Department
- Finance
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- South Africa
- Workplace type
- Onsite
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Accounts payable super user including managing and supporting the vendor process on the ERP system
- Matching of invoices to purchase orders
- Maintaining a list of open purchase orders and following up regularly on them to close them out
- Ensuring that supplier balances are reconciled, maintaining an accurate age analysis and report findings
- Uploading travel invoices onto the ERP system
Cash Book and Banking
- Ensure that all transactions are processed on the bank accounts e.g. payment runs, bank charges and interest
- Prepare bank reconciliation for all bank accounts
- Complete the necessary application forms or notifications to the bank for any changes to bank accounts including opening and closing of accounts or changes to users
- Loading of payments onto the banking systems for release
- Completing the necessary foreign payment application forms (BOP Forms)
- Processing cash claims
- Loading of beneficiaries onto bank accounts
Credit Card Claims
- Oversee the receipt and delivery of credit card statements and uploading of transactions in the ERP system
- Processing and ensuring that credit card transactions are accurately and timeously recorded in the accounts once approved by the line manager
- Follow up, and where necessary, investigate outstanding claims
- Maintain an up to date list of outstanding claims (credit card recons)
- Ensure policy is adhered to and provide training to new joiners
- Complete the necessary application forms or notifications to the bank for any changes including additional cards, cancellation of cards or amendments to credit limits
General accounting and administrative requirements in the department
- Administration of fuel cards and vehicle management
- Ensure that the vendor list is up to date including up to date banking details and BBBEE certificates
- Providing supporting documentation for audits. (i.e. IPPO, BBBEE, Statutory Audits)
- Providing support completing trial balances for smaller companies, assisting with accounts receivable process and compilation of vat returns.
- Any other ad hoc finance responsibilities in support of the Globeleq finance group, as appropriate
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Skills and Competencies
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent MS Word and MS Excel skills
- Delivery-orientated, able to manage time, prioritize and to adhere to strict deadlines
- Strong leadership skills
- Able to identify opportunities for process improvement
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and challenging environment
- Able to solve problems logically
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good teamwork abilities
- Good communication skills (verbal, written)
- Able and willing to learn quickly
Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications
- National Diploma / BTech / B Comm or similar qualification with Accounting or Finance as a major, or NQF equivalent qualification
- Minimum 4 years relevant working experience, with minimum 2 years’ experience supervising a team in an accounts administrative environment
- An environment with foreign currency payments
- Experience in online banking is required
- Relevant working experience with an accounting package (e.g. SAP, AccPac, IFS, etc.) is required
- Basic knowledge and understanding of BBBEE reporting (advantageous)
- Experience in accounting is an advantage
- Experience in a shared services environment is an advantage
- Experience in a multi-company or multi-entity is an advantage
About Globeleq
We develop, own and operate power plants utilising various technologies across the African continent. With many years of international industry experience, the support of committed shareholders, and long-standing project, technology, finance and government partnerships, we have the financial strength, management and operational expertise to power Africa to realise its potential.
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