Accounts Payable Team Leader

Minimum requirements:

• Bcom Degree in Finance or AP would be advantageous
• Minimum 5 years experience within FMCG environment
• Experience with dealing with large FMCG suppliers advantageous
• Knowledge of a fully integrated creditors system
• Previous team leadership experience would be advantageous

Skills and competencies:

• Advanced Excel knowledge
• Strong customer/client service orientation
• Financial skills
• Managing people
• Problem solving and analysis
• Revenue management
• Analytical skills
• Being able to work well in a team
• SAP knowledge/ MSD will be advantageous
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with management and across all levels of associates and with external customers
• Strong quantitative skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with Suppliers and Procurement support
• Manage and close out long outstanding queries to minimise risk
• Prepare creditors recons
• Review open PO ageing
• Review ageing
• Problem solving and timely decision making
• Meeting monthly and yearly targets to optimise working capital
• Daily management of creditors clerks
• Full accountability of all allocated accounts
• Identifying opportunities to streamline processes
• Drive productivity and efficiency across all areas effecting the accounts
• Develop and sustain routine ways of work