Accounts Payable Clerk

On behalf of the Caribbean Coffee Traders Ltd., Starbucks – The IRE Group of Companies is seeking to recruit a Accounts Payable Clerk.

Accounts Payable Clerk

Caribbean Coffee Baristas Limited (CCBL) is searching for skilled accounting personnel to join our AP team to help process, track, and record payments in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner. The AP specialist will have a daily, ongoing impact on financial transactions, keeping us on track, on time, and good terms with our valued partners.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and enter suppliers’ invoices in the accounting software to ensure complete and accurate accounting of assets, liabilities, and expenses.
• Review, analyze, and record weekly petty cash purchases submitted by petty cash. custodians to ensure accuracy, appropriate approval, and valid Company purpose.
• Maintain the schedule of other Prepaid Expenses and amortize the monthly expense.
• Accrue for known expenses incurred by the Company but for which an invoice is not received for timely close.
• Prepare a weekly schedule of payments for the settlement of the companies’ obligations within agreed credit terms.
• Record weekly payments, based on approved payment requisitions.
• Clear all clearing accounts where AP entries are recorded monthly.
• Prepare supplier and intercompany reconciliations to verify the accuracy and completeness of the AP records and address reconciling differences.
• Prepare a summary of monthly purchases and expenses for sales tax filing (ITBMS).
• Reconcile weekly purchases per the inventory application to entries made within the accounting software.
• Record depreciation, update fixed asset register and prepare monthly fixed asset schedule
• Record amortization and update intangible asset schedule.
• Record monthly payroll expenses and payments.
• Any other task assigned by the FC, AFC, or FM in furtherance of the Company’s objectives.

Qualifications & Experience:

• At least 1 year experience in accounting.
• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Previous auditing experience (not mandatory).
• Experience in the restaurant industry (not mandatory).

Competencies:

• Competent in MS Office suite (including MS Excel to efficiently analyze and manipulate large data sets).
• Good oral and writing skills.
• Competence in the use of accounting software.
• Highly organized, with keen attention to detail.
• Basic or higher Spanish proficiency (desired).