Accounts Payable Automation & Insights Leader

Tiger Brands; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Brands is seeking an experienced AP leader to drive the AP Leadership & Digital Team Capability in Gauteng. You will lead and coach the AP team, own end-to-end service delivery including month-end close, and own Zycus eInvoicing and Merlin AI configurations.

You will improve automation, monitor AI capture and exceptions, and own the AP cash flow forecast with Treasury. The role requires 6–8 years in AP/P2P, 3–5 years of people management, and hands-on experience with automated AP platforms

Qualifications

• 6-8 years in AP/P2P shared services.
• 3-5 years managing people.
• Hands-on with an automated AP/P2P platform (e.g. Zycus).
• Track record using data and automation to improve AP.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the AP team; reshape roles and build system and data skills.
• Own end-to-end AP service delivery and SLAs for the group, incl. month-end close and creditor reconciliations.
• Own Zycus eInvoicing and Merlin AI configuration, workflows and Oracle integration.
• Monitor AI invoice capture, matching and workflow exceptions; triage and fix root causes.
• Own AP cash flow forecast with Treasury using aging and payment data.
• Own AP dashboards (Zycus, Power BI) to track cycle time, touchless rate, DPO and discounts.
• Safeguard vendor master and bank detail changes; support audits and controls.

Skills

Zycus fluency

Merlin AI

Oracle

Power BI

Copilot

Data analytics

Systems thinking

Team leadership

Cash flow acumen

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance & fraud

Education

BCom / Accounting degree

Data analytics certification

Tools

Zycus

Merlin AI

Oracle

Power BI

Copilot

Job description

Tiger Brands is seeking an experienced AP leader to drive the AP Leadership & Digital Team Capability in Gauteng. You will lead and coach the AP team, own end-to-end service delivery including month-end close, and own Zycus eInvoicing and Merlin AI configurations.

You will improve automation, monitor AI capture and exceptions, and own the AP cash flow forecast with Treasury. The role requires 6–8 years in AP/P2P, 3–5 years of people management, and hands-on experience with automated AP platforms