Accounts Payable Senior Specialist
Mercedes-Benz Logistics and Distribution Egypt LLCCairo, 90 South Road, Building Bureau 175, 5th Settlement (On-site)
Tasks
1. Assurance of Accounting Operations
- Ensure that proper accounting treatments are adopted and follow up on related issues.
- Maintain accounting records for the area of responsibility from legal and statutory perspectives.
- Ensure sufficient reconciliation is prepared for all related accounts.
- Investigate and clear unusual figures and numbers in a timely manner.
- Ensure accounting processes comply with company policies, procedures, and corporate compliance requirements.
2. AP Management – Accounts Payables
- Handle assigned issues related to payables, including non-productive supplier accounts and other credit balances.
- Review supplier invoices and manage the invoice verification process, ensuring proper approvals and documentation before payment execution.
- Ensure accurate cost and general ledger allocation and timely payments.
- Follow up on pending and unsettled payables through effective open-item management.
- Monitor G&A expenses and accrual reconciliations on a timely basis.
- Handle the main accounts payable account for affiliated transactions with the parent company.
- Reconcile the MBAG intercompany miscellaneous account and coordinate with relevant business units regarding invoices and NPM processing.
3. Costing Management
- Handle 30% of the parts shipments costing process for MBMIE Company.
- Review required documents and ensure proper recording of all costing fields.
4. E-invoicing Tax Portal
- Reconcile recorded invoices with invoices submitted on the governmental e-invoicing portal.
- Schedule quarterly meetings with business units to address outstanding invoices.
5. Managerial Communication
- Provide regular reports and updates on supplier payables and aging reports to stakeholders and the direct manager.
- Provide regular reports on dealers’ financial risk assessments.
- Improve cycles and processes by applying corporate policies or developing local guidelines.
6. Month/Year-End Procedures
- Contribute to month-end and year-end closing procedures.
- Prepare and compile the monthly reporting package and year-end audit analyses and reconciliations.
Qualifications
Training and qualification: Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting from a reputable university.
Technical knowledge: Good knowledge of international and local accounting standards; excellent use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Soft skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, conflict-resolution, and pressure-management skills, with a willingness to work flexible hours.
Experience: 2–4 years in accounting or auditing.
Language: Fluency in spoken and written English.