Accounts Payable Specialist

  • Location: Morocco - Agadir
  • Job Family: Accounting
  • Time Type: Full time
  • Job Requisition ID: R0006679
  • Experience Years: 0-3 Years of Experience
  • Employee Type: Regular

About the Opportunity

As an Accounts Payable Specialist at Driscoll’s Moroccan entity, your primary responsibility is to oversee and process payments to our suppliers and vendors. Joining a department that values creativity and initiative, you'll collaborate with experienced colleagues. Your role is pivotal in safeguarding our financial health by ensuring accurate and efficient management of vendor payments. You'll engage daily with suppliers, vendors, and internal stakeholders. The department's goal is to maintain robust accounting records, specifically for payables, bank positions, and cash flow, ensuring comprehensive financial oversight.

Responsibilities

  • Invoice Processing: Receive, meticulously review, and process invoices from vendors for goods and services received by our company. Ensure accuracy, proper authorization, and precise coding to maintain the integrity of our financial records.
     
  • Payment Processing: Efficiently prepare and schedule payments to vendors, utilizing various methods such as checks, electronic transfers, or wire transfers. Adhere strictly to payment terms and company policies, ensuring timely and accurate transactions.
     
  • Vendor Relationship Management: Maintain strong relationships with our vendors, promptly addressing inquiries and resolving discrepancies related to invoices, payments, and account balances. Foster clear and effective communication to streamline invoice processing and payment reconciliation.
     
  • Account Reconciliation: Conduct meticulous reconciliation of accounts payable transactions with vendor statements and general ledger accounts. Proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies to ensure the accuracy and completeness of our financial records. Prepare accruals for month-end and year-end reporting.
     
  • Expense Reporting: Monitor and process employee expense reports, ensuring adherence to company policies and timely reimbursement of expenses to support our team's operational needs.
     
  • Record-Keeping and Documentation: Maintain accurate and organized records of accounts payable transactions, including invoices, payments, and vendor communications. Ensure thorough documentation and filing of all relevant paperwork to support audit readiness and compliance.
     
  • Compliance and Internal Controls: Ensure strict adherence to internal controls, company policies, and regulatory requirements governing accounts payable processes. Uphold our commitment to compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and internal audit procedures.
     
  • Reporting and Analysis: Generate insightful reports on accounts payable activities, such as aging reports, cash flow projections, and vendor payment analyses. Prepare documentation for VAT and tax audits as necessary to support our financial transparency and accountability.

Candidate Profile

  • Bachelor education in Finance (or Finance related)  
  • 1-2 years accounting experience in finance department in export entity, or international group.
  • Experience in an accounts payable department
  • Excellent communication skills and responsive to others
  • Knowledge and experience with ERP system
  • Excellent Excel skills
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft office    
  • Good communication skills in English verbal and in writing 

About Driscolls

Driscoll's is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll's is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.

Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.

Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.


Driscoll's es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll's es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo.

Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll's han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro.

Driscoll's es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.