Billing and Payroll Officer - M/F at Sodeico

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Job Description

The company

We are a company specializing in Human Resources Management (HRM). We offer optimized solutions in recruitment, staffing (local and expatriate), HR consulting, training, and payroll outsourcing. We operate throughout Central Africa. Sodeico Manpower is also a member of an international consortium that provides technical expertise and integrated project management funded by donors such as the European Union (EU), the World Bank (WB), and the African Development Bank (AfDB). Sodeico Manpower is your performance partner. We support you with quality service, allowing you to focus on your core business for greater productivity.

The position


1. CONTEXT

SODEICO Sarl, a company specializing in the recruitment and provision of qualified personnel, is recruiting for its internal structure a Billing and Payroll Officer.

The primary responsibility of this position will be to prepare, issue, and track customer invoices, strictly adhering to internal procedures and deadlines. They will also contribute to payroll management, ensuring data accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate will be motivated, flexible, ambitious, and capable of meeting challenges and achieving predefined objectives.


2. ORGANIZATIONAL POSITION

The incumbent of this position will be under the supervision of their direct supervisor, the sales manager.


Job Industry

Finance, Accounting And Assurance Services

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

The incumbent of this position will perform the following main tasks:

  • Prepare and check customer invoices;
  • Participate in the development and improvement of internal control procedures related to invoicing;
  • Complete the periodic dashboards related to the sales department;
  • Respect the deadlines and monthly schedules for sending invoices;
  • Issue and send invoices to clients for validation;
  • Maintain a good archiving system (both hardware and software) for issued invoices;
  • Ensure price indexation;
  • Improve and optimize the billing process;
  • Support the debt collection department and monitor billing-related disputes and claims in the client portfolio and resolve them under the supervision of their line manager;
  • Occasionally, participate in the evaluation of the billing system (acceptance testing of new applications) and contribute to cross-functional projects;
  • Participate in the processing of payroll for advances and salaries of agents;
  • Collect, verify and manage all information necessary for payroll, including hours worked, leave, absences, bonuses, benefits, etc.;
  • Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports.

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:Internally:

  • The entire sales department;
  • The payroll and HR department.

Externally:

  • The customers.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Knowledge of financial analysis;
  • Knowledge of general and analytical accounting;
  • Knowledge of budgetary principles and management indicators.
  • Analyze the data of a situation: anomalies in data retrieval, consistency of the data retrieved;
  • Define and implement a procedure and indicators for control and monitoring;
  • Develop and monitor a budget;
  • Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory provisions in data recording.
  • Moral integrity;
  • To show initiative;
  • Demonstrate responsiveness;

Demonstrate rigor and organization (respect for deadlines, reliability).5. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Degrees

  • Hold a Bachelor's degree (Bac+5) in Business Sciences, Economic Sciences, Business Psychology, Economic Law, Master's degree in Marketing, Business Management etc.

Professional or certification training courses

  • Professional training certificate in "negotiation and customer relations";
  • Vocational training certificate in "marketing techniques".

Professional experiences

  • Have at least five (5) years of general experience in billing;
  • Specific experience of at least 3 years as a payroll officer in a large local company;
  • Professional experience in placement companies would be an asset.

LANGUAGES

  • Possess excellent oral and written communication skills in French;
  • Knowledge of English would be an asset.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Having a mastery of computer tools, in particular, (preferably: advanced MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint) and management software Sage, Odoo.


Application Process

Close Date

28/11/2025