Accounts Payable Specialist – SAP & Vendor Payments

Top Talent Professional Services; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 320,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Talent Professional Services is seeking an Accounts Payable professional responsible for vetting and processing all invoices for payment and ensuring timely settlement of creditors. You will manage AP mailboxes,Approval workflows, and posting of NPO/PO invoices using SAP and CITIdirect, while maintaining accurate vendor aging and supporting documentation.

The role requires 2+ years in AP or general accounting, strong English and MS Office skills, and familiarity with SAP.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years accounts payable or general accounting experience.
• Proficiency in English and in MS Office.
• Grade 12 / Standard 10.
• Diploma / Certificate / Course in Accounts Payable or Finance advantageous.
• Previous experience gained within International FMCG environment advantageous.
• Strong MS (Outlook, Excel, Word) skills.
• SAP experience considered to be a distinctive advantage.
• An understanding of basic double entry accountancy is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage all shared accounts payable mailboxes.
• Manage approval workflow in VIM - Vendor Invoice Management.
• Post NPO and PO invoices as needed.
• Process 3rd party account payable invoices.
• Prepare and administrate regular payment runs (SAP to CITIdirect and RMB).
• Post & reconcile all payments processed (SAP to CITIdirect and RMB).
• Prepare monthly vendor age analysis.
• Prepare & reconcile the vendors aging to vendor statements as required.
• Prepare, Reconcile and Business Expense Claims & Company Credit Card Expenses.
• Verify discrepancies on vendor, Business Expense Claims & Credit Card reconciliations and resolve reconciling items.
• Assist the Corporate Finance team with any ad-hoc tasks that may arise.
• Provide supporting documentation and GL downloads for auditing purposes.
• Review new vendor & employee SAP take-on forms with correct authorization sign-offs.
• Create new vendor accounts on INFORMATICA and file vendor application forms and supporting documentation.
• Amend master data on INFORMATICA and file vendor supporting documentation.

Skills

English proficiency

Excel

Word

Outlook

Education

Grade 12 / Standard 10

Diploma / Certificate / Course in Accounts Payable or Finance

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Top Talent Professional Services is seeking an Accounts Payable professional responsible for vetting and processing all invoices for payment and ensuring timely settlement of creditors. You will manage AP mailboxes,Approval workflows, and posting of NPO/PO invoices using SAP and CITIdirect, while maintaining accurate vendor aging and supporting documentation.

The role requires 2+ years in AP or general accounting, strong English and MS Office skills, and familiarity with SAP.