Accounts Payable Team Leader

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Job Crystal Full time

**Account Payable Team Leader**

Employment type: Permanent

**Salary**: Market related

Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Start Date: ASAP

Industries: Online retail

**SPECIFICATION**:
A leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented International Accounts Payable Team Leader to join their Finance Team in Cape Town.

**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT LIMITED TO**:

- Responsible for all international trade vendor payments end to end
- Develop and implement standardized departmental controls and policies to ensure increased accuracy and efficiency, to scale International trade..
- Manage the supplier onboarding and maintenance process, including continuing development of the process at scale
- Full ownership of all supporting documentation flow, relating to direct imports, in line with best practice and relevant legislation
- Build, train, manage, maintain and an effective and independent team, to handle day-to-day responsibilities.
- Work closely with import clearing agencies, international trade department and buying team, to optimize processes and automate transactional flow
- Calculating and processing foreign currency exchange differences,
- Reporting of key KPI’s, relating to International Trade
- Review supplier reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy of payments
- Resolving non-routine supplier queries
- Manage supplier account’s age analysis
- Managing weekly and monthly payment cycle
- Assistance with financial month end and year end close

**REQUIREMENTS**:
**Qualifications and experience**:

- BCom Accounting (with articles preferred)
- 5 years experience in International Accounts Payable or similar position for Trade suppliers
- knowledge of financial instruments and methods of payments (letters of credit, bank guarantees, swift payments)
- risk analysis and how in particular to manage credit risk
- contract management of foreign vendors (mainly China and India)
- Experience in managing a team
- Advance Excel
- SAGE advantageous

**Attributes required**:

- Continuous improvement
- and scaling mindset
- Ability to lead from the front
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Problem solving
- Self motivated
- Deadline driven

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)



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