Accounts Payable Expense Team Leader at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for  expense department end to end
• Build, mentor and lead an effective an independent Accounts Payable team to handle day-to-day responsibilities
• Own the Supplier relationship on behalf of Finance to align business process, trading terms and query resolution
• Develop and implement new process and procedures, to streamline the accounts payable process at scale
• Act as key finance stakeholder in engineering product discussions relating to the Accounts Payable Process, taking responsibility for project completion.
• Work closely with operational teams in developing and implement standardized controls and policies to ensure increased accuracy and improved efficiency on Suppliers
• Quality review of monthly supplier reconciliations, including management and control of creditor aging
• Management of the aging of the expense control account
• Managing daily, weekly and monthly payment cycle
• Managing the efficiency and effectiveness of the supplier onboarding and maintenance process, including continuing development of the process
• Preparation and reporting of key accounts payable metrics
• Monthly reporting of key funding requirements
• Work closely with internal business stakeholders, including Retail, Supply Chain, Logistics and Engineering
• Month end journal processing
• Work closely with accounting team with queries and Ballance sheet reconciliation
• Ad-hoc requests from business

Attributes required:

• Excellent communication- and  interpersonal skills
• Work under pressure
• Continuous improvement- and scaling mindset
• Ability to lead from the front
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Deadline driven
• Problem solving skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or relevant qualification
• 3 – 5 years Accounts Payable experience
• Experience in Retail and FMCG
• Minimum of 2 years proven experience in leading a team