The Finance Assistant will be responsible for processing purchase ledgers, month-end activities, supplier reconciliations, and payment runs. They will support the finance team with administrative duties, provide audit information, and ensure deadlines are met while maintaining data accuracy.
Key Activities / Measurables
Activities
- Processing and maintaining the purchase ledger (includes po matching, coding and processing invoices)
- Involved in the month end process; ensuring prepayments are booked, investigating and resolving any discrepancies
- Performing supplier statement reconciliations
- Performing weekly payment runs to suppliers
- Key control account reconciliation process
- Completing monthly subledger aging review
- Supporting the finance team with various administrative tasks
- Acting as first point of contact for all relevant queries (internal and external)
- Providing audit information for both internal and external auditors
- Providing ad-hoc reporting as and when requested by management
- Reconciliation and coordination of payment of travel /expenses
- Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met as required
- Be an ambassador of Sonoco culture and values, maintaining a people centric culture
- Other duties as delegated from time to time by Management
Measurables
- Timely completion of documents and data entry, all supporting documents including spreadsheets kept up to date
- All system data / spreadsheets kept up to date
- All Sonoco reporting deadlines are adhered to
- All accounting postings carried out in an efficient and accurate manner
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