Accounts Payable Specialist II (5 Months Contract)

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Job Summary

Job Description

The Accounts Payable Specialist II will be a dynamic, figure-oriented individual responsible for accounts payable activities within the Africa AP/Procurement function. Reporting to the Manager - Accounts Payable, this role involves navigating a multicultural environment, partnering with internal customers and suppliers to ensure the accounts payable function exceeds expectations. The successful candidate will manage accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies within a fast-paced Finance team.
Must have:
  • Review and reconcile accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
  • Prepare journals, ensuring correct accounting treatment.
  • Maintain excellent relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
  • Utilize advanced Excel skills to track, analyze, and report on accounts payable data.
  • Manage credit card applications & reconciliations.
  • Prepare manual & forex payments for review.
  • Stay up to date with company policies.
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
  • Proven experience in accounts payable functions with a strong understanding of accounting principles.
  • Excellent Excel skills, with ability to prepare recons and reports timeously.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
Good to have:
  • Prior supervisory experience.
  • Procurement & B-BBEE reporting experience.
  • Coupa & PeopleSoft experience.
Perks:
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to shape the future in a growing organization.
  • Collaborative and supportive high-performing team.
  • Professional development.
  • Hybrid work model (regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week).

Job Details

What We'll Bring:

Dynamics of the Role:

Accounts Payable Specialist II is a dynamic and figure orientated individual responsible for the accounts payable activities within the Africa AP/Procurement function. Reporting to the Manager - Accounts Payable, this goal orientated, driven and innovative individual will navigate a multicultural and highly competitive environment while partnering with a number of internal customers and suppliers to ensure that the accounts payable function operates in a way that exceeds expectations.

The Team’s Focus:

The Finance Team operates in a vibrant, fast-paced and demanding performance-based environment. With multiple reporting lines to the headquarters based in Chicago as well as locally, deadlines are highly pressurized and non-negotiable. This team has a strong customer focus and aims to become a strategic partner with the business, enabling better business decisions and a brighter future for TransUnion. The team considers external factors which will influence the work environment as well as future conditions to ensure effective strategies. The accounts payable team operates in multiple countries across Africa.

What You'll Bring:

We're seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist II to join our Finance team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Review and reconcile accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
  • Prepare journals, ensuring correct accounting treatment
  • Maintain excellent relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders
  • Utilize advanced Excel skills to track, analyze, and report on accounts payable data
  • Management of credit card applications & reconciliations
  • Preparation of manual & forex payments for review
  • Stay up to date with company policies

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
  • Proven experience in accounts payable functions, with a strong understanding of accounting principles
  • Excellent Excel skills, with ability to prepare recons and reports timeously
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
  • Prior supervisory experience (advantageous)
  • Procurement & B-BBEE reporting experience (advantageous)
  • Coupa & PeopleSoft experience (advantageous)

Impact You'll Make:

  • Be Recognized and Rewarded: You'll receive a competitive salary and benefits package that reflects the value of your skills and the impact you’ll bring to the team.
  • Shape the Future in a Growing Organization: Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly influence growth and innovation.
  • Collaborate and Thrive: Work within a supportive and high-performing team that values your input, encourages collaboration, and fosters professional development.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Specialist II, Accounting

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About The Company

TransUnion is a global information and insights company with over 12,000 associates operating in more than 30 countries. We make trust possible by ensuring each person is reliably represented in the marketplace. We do this with a Tru™ picture of each person: an actionable view of consumers, stewarded with care. Through our acquisitions and technology investments we have developed innovative solutions that extend beyond our strong foundation in core credit into areas such as marketing, fraud, risk and advanced analytics. As a result, consumers and businesses can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good® — and it leads to economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for millions of people around the world.

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