Our client is a leading Commodity Trading company, with a truly global reach.
We are looking for a motivated and eager candidate with a keen interest in the commodity trading environment to join the Finance Back Office team.
The ideal candidate will be adaptable, dynamic, and organised with a positive and enthusiastic attitude. The role is aimed at a good communicator who interacts well within a team and actively manage expectations. You will take initiative in resolving issues in a structured methodical manner and have a strong sense of responsibility and ownership, and are attentive to detail, in a fast-moving environment.
Key responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:
Invoicing:
- Issue provisional/final invoices to customers, in collaboration with the front office operations team
- Issue credit notes, in collaboration with the front office operations team
- Validate invoices received against deal and cost estimates captured in the commodity trading system
- Capture invoices received
- Follow up on un-invoiced deliveries or services
- Report on overdue invoices
- Reconcile intercompany accounts
- Issue audit confirmations
- Store and archive invoices and invoice data together with commodity deal data
Collection and settlement:
- Net/offset invoices where possible prior to settlement and communicate netting and offsetting with counterparties, in collaboration with the front office operations team
- Amortise material delivery invoices against structured deals
- Prepare invoices for settlement
- Follow up on settlement execution
- Follow up on invoice/settlement counterparty queries
- Support Corporate Finance Operations in resolving unapplied cash queries
- Match and clear open invoices in the invoicing system
Projects:
- Automate financial operations activities to ensure straight through processing to the general ledger
- In collaboration with other financial operations teams, identify and implement financial operations best practice including processes and internal controls
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Sound experience of commodity trading invoicing and settlement or accounts payable
- Working knowledge of commodity trading systems and invoicing to ERP integration
- Federal Diploma in accounting is an advantage
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools, especially Excel
- Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken
- Keen interest in business process automation, internal control, efficiency, and improvement
