Finance Administrator (Maternity Cover)

takealot.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Takealot.com in Cape Town is seeking a Finance Administrator on a maternity cover basis to join our Finance Team. You will handle customer invoices and credit notes, maintain accurate customer accounts, and support inter-company queries and reconciliations.

The ideal candidate has 2–3 years in finance administration, strong Excel skills, and meticulous attention to detail. Join a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment focused on delivering a world-class customer experience.

Qualifications

• At least 2–3 years’ experience in a finance administration role.
• Experience with SAGE Evolution is advantageous.
• Proficient in MS Office, with strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Process customer invoices and credit notes daily.
• Create and manage customer accounts in internal systems.
• Manage customer accounts and collect AR balances.
• Assist with inter-company queries and inter-company recharges for vouchers.
• Reconcile AR aging and ensure accurate allocation.
• Reconcile voucher creation and invoicing at month-end.
• Perform ad hoc duties as required.
• Investigate customer queries and address concerns promptly.

Skills

Accuracy

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Tools

SAGE Evolution

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Finance Administrator [Maternity Cover] to join our Finance Team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and promise that you won’t be bored if you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

The position reports to the Accounts Receivable Manager

Your responsibilities will include:

• Processing customer invoices and credit notes daily
• Creating and managing the accuracy of customer accounts via Internal systems
• Management of customer accounts and relationships for timeous collection of Accounts Receivable balances
• Assisting with inter-company and inter-department queries and processing inter-company recharges for vouchers.
• Reconciliations: reconciling Accounts receivable Aging on a regular basis to ensure accuracy and money received is accurately allocated to the accounts receivable ledger.
• Reconciling voucher creation and invoicing at month end.
• May be required to perform additional ad hoc duties, as required within the department
• Investigate customer queries and addressing customer concerns in a timely manner.

Attributes required:

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and time – management skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to handle queries professionally

Qualifications and Experience:

• At least 2-3 years’ experience in Finance administration role.
• Experience with financial software such as SAGE evolution an advantage
• Computer proficiency pertaining to MS Office is a prerequisite, strong excel skills

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
• We are short on ego and high on output
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all
• We love what we do and what we are creating

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is respectful but forthright
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
• thinks like an owner of the business
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.