Foreign Payment Manager

Description:

PURPPOSE OF JOB:The Imports Foreign Payment Manager will be responsible for carrying out accounting and administrative duties such as, procurement of Foreign Currencies, managing the exchange rates, processing and payment of Suppliers’ invoices, reconciliation of statements, remittance advice, oversee the checking of local creditor payments.KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:This position will be responsible for the following 4 Key Performance Areas:1. Financial KPA: To process Import payments within SARB regulations, manage the Group’s Forex requirements and verify local creditor payments. Oversee banking requirements as well as cross-border payments.2. Customer KPA: To enhance customer experience and maintain high service levels and maintain SLAs with internal and external customers.3. Operational KPA: To ensure efficient functioning of Forex purchases and foreign creditor payments.4. Learn & Grow KPA: To enable Import Staff to perform competently in line within legation within ATT SOPsKEY PERFORMANCE AREA(RESPONSIBILITIES)MEASURE | KPI (WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE)Financial Responsibilities:1. Manage Import payments within SARB regulations, manage the Group’s Forex requirements and verify local creditor payments. Oversee banking requirements as well as cross-border payments.· To ensure the best practice on Forex purchases, Posting of foreign payments, Preparing supplier remittance advice capturing payments on Banking system. Balancing of the monthly CFC accounts. Checking local creditor payments and cross border payments.Customer Responsibilities:1. Internal Customers(Export requests) 2. External customers · Ensuring the processes are adhered to and internal customersare following the requirements and procedures within agreed lead times.· External customers to ensure processes meets legislative requirements with SARB, SARS, Local bank.· Ability to establish and maintain good client relationships, both internally and externally at all levels.Operational Responsibilities:1. Forex purchases and Costing Rates· Ensure best practice on Forex purchasing using protection strategy as far as possible.· Ensure best practise on rates for costing, taking in consideration, levels at time of costing.· Ensure deals are secured for uncovered periods.· Forecasting Forex requirements based on monthly reporting for all major currencies.· Ensure to stay current on financial developments.2. Process foreign payments· Oversee all payment transactions within the Import department.· Ensures that systems, policies, and procedures adhere to company policies while functioning with accuracy.· Ensure accurate recons and payments to foreign suppliers, Ensure bank details verification.· Ensure track record of the status of all transactions.3. Balancing of CFC account· Ensure monthly balancing of CFC accounts4. Checking all local creditor recons, weekly and monthly.· Ensuring accurate processing of local creditor payments5. Checking Journals processed · Ensuring accurate processing of Journal