Team Leader Finance at PPS

Job Purpose 

The role involves supervising the account payable function (including four Creditors Clerks); while working closely with the Team Manager Finance, reporting to the Financial Manager. The incumbent will also be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payment of suppliers in line with the group SLA.

Formal Qualifications

• Diploma in Accounting/Financial Management will be advantageous
• Matric
• NQF Level 5

Knowledge & Experience

• At least two years’ experience at supervisory/management level
• At least five years’ experience in accounts payable
• Knowledge of Great Plains will be advantageous

Key Responsibilities

• Daily checking and signing off all invoices for payments in line with the DOA, policy and procedure documents
• Reviewing payment batches
• Posting creditors transactions on Great Plains
• Ensuring all payment batches are stamped and filed away
• Ensure monthly month-end deadlines are met
• Generating monthly creditors recon schedules
• Reviewing monthly creditors reconciliations and follow up on queries raised
• Ensuring correct VAT tables are used when capturing on Great Plains
• Compiling group training schedule for BEE purposes on a monthly basis
• Ensuring that all queries in creditors inbox e-mail are resolved timeously
• Sorting out of any ad-hoc creditor query/payment and measurement of turnaround
• All other ad-hoc admin and creditor related tasks
• Maintain year to date BBBEE Procurement spend
• Maintain the vendor master data lists.
• Managing and leading account payable team
• Leading weekly team meetings
• Perform staff appraisals
• Staff training/coaching
• Ensure four day SLA for internal stakeholders is met
• Ensure GL account allocations (and VAT) are done correctly
• Ensure smooth running of accounts payable function
• Review supplier recons and follow up on invoices > 30 days
• Build a working relationship with fellow colleagues and subordinates
• Anticipates and responds appropriately to the needs, and feedback of various stakeholders internally and externally