Financial Coordinator

Exceed HR and Recruitment; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Stellenbosch is seeking a Financial Coordinator to manage weekly payments to growers, assist with payments finalization, and ensure timely communication with teams and suppliers. The ideal candidate should be fluent in Afrikaans and English, with strong computer literacy and deadline management skills. This role requires effective communication to ensure efficient processing of financial transactions.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills for interacting with internal teams and external service providers.
• Proficient computer skills and effective email and telephone communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage weekly advance payments to growers.
• Assist with the finalization of grower payments.
• Prepare and send grower remittances.
• Reconcile logistics costs and ensure timely payments.
• Handle accounts payable and receivable for fruit.
• Identify and communicate system improvements.

Skills

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Effective communication

Computer literacy

Fluency in Afrikaans

Fluency in English

Job description

Financial Coordinator position available in Stellenbosch.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Weekly Advance payments to Growers
• Weekly Grower Payments – Assist Commercial Accountant with timeous and accurate finalisation of fixed Grower payments.
• Raising of weekly grower remittances and timeous sending of Advance and Final remittances to growers.
• Logistical Costs – Liaising with Logistics to reconcile all logistics costs and to ensure Suppliers are paid on time and within agreed credit terms.
• Recharges to Growers for any ad hoc costs
• Accounts Payable – Fruit – reconciliation
• Accounts receivable – Fruit – assisting with monitoring and reporting of outstanding Debtors
• System Improvements – Flagging and raising system challenges

Requirements:

• Ability to work to tight deadlines every week.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all internal teams as well as external service providers.
• Applicant must be computer literate and be able to communicate effectively via email and telephone
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English