Accounts Payable / Creditors Managers

Network Recruitment - Finance Corporate; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Recruitment - Finance Corporate in Cape Town CBD seeks an experienced Accounts Payable / Creditors Manager to lead the payables team and establish best practices and policies. You will form part of the Finance Shared Service Centre and oversee Procure-to-Pay and Purchase Order teams globally.

The role requires 5–7 years in a supervisory creditors role, strong leadership, and expertise in multi-currency consolidations, with a focus on process changes and systems implementations.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years in a supervisory / managerial creditors / accounts payable role is essential.
• Strong team management and leadership skills.
• Strong working knowledge of complex multi-currency consolidations.
• Proficient in MS packages.
• Strong experience of leading process changes and improvements.
• Systems implementations experience.
• Deadline driven.
• Ability to work in a high pressure, fast paced environment.
• Team player.

Responsibilities

• Ensure global payment procedures and payments processes are adhered to.
• Lead and mentor the supervisor and team, providing guidance, training, and performance management.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of supplier invoices.
• Manage disputes.
• Work closely with the Senior Manager to assist with process improvements and proactively make suggestions.
• Responsible for trade creditors reconciliation and supplier statement reconciliations.
• Promote process improvements and compliance across the team.
• Monitor systems and processes.
• Own delivery of transactional services.
• Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs), including regular performance reporting.

Skills

Team leadership

Process improvements

Accounts payable

Multi-currency consolidations

MS Excel

Education

Degree in finance or accounting

Professional registration (ACCA/CA(SA)/PA(SA)/AGA(SA))

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Accounts Payable / Creditors Manager

Reference: NPr000801-EHo-1

A multinational conglomerate seeks to employ experienced and innovative Accounts Payable / Creditors Managers to join their dynamic finance team, based in Cape Town CBD. The successful candidate will have a passion for all things payables and play an integral role in establishing best practices and policies.

Duties & Responsibilities

The successful candidate will form part of the Finance Shared Service Centre and will play a key role in managing the Procure-to-Pay and Purchase Order teams. This role will lead and take responsibility for the team servicing global operations.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

1. Ensure global payment procedures and payments processes are adhered to
2. Lead and mentor the supervisor and team, providing guidance, training, and performance management
3. Ensure timely and accurate processing of supplier invoices
4. Manage disputes
5. Work closely with the Senior Manager to assist with process improvements and proactively make suggestions
6. Responsible for trade creditors reconciliation and supplier statement reconciliations
7. Promote process improvements and compliance across the team
8. Monitor systems and processes
9. Own delivery of transactional services
10. Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs), including regular performance reporting

Education Requirements

• Degree in finance or accounting
• Professional registration highly beneficial (ACCA / CA(SA) / PA(SA) / AGA(SA))

Job Requirements and Skills

• 5 to 7 years in a supervisory / managerial creditors / accounts payable role is essential
• Strong team management and leadership skills
• Strong working knowledge of complex multi-currency consolidations
• Proficient in MS packages
• Strong experience of leading process changes and improvements
• Systems implementations experience
• Deadline driven
• Ability to work in a high pressure, fast paced environment
• Team player

If this sounds like you; please do not hesitate to apply!