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- Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Finance Team Leader – Trade 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 a promise that you won’t be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
The position reports to the Accounts Payable Manager
Your responsibilities will include:
- Team Leadership and Management
- Supervise and mentor a team of accounts payable specialists.
- Organize training sessions to enhance team skills and knowledge.
- Conduct performance reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Accounts Payable Processing
- Oversee the timely and accurate processing of invoices, statement reconsiliations and payments.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory standards.
- Manage month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Vendor Management:
- Maintain strong working relationships with vendors.
- Negotiate payment terms and handle disputes effectively.
- Ensure vendor accounts are reconciled accurately and resolutions are executed on for outstanding items
- Process Improvement:
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Collaborate with IT and other departments to enhance AP systems.
- Develop and maintain internal controls and procedures.
- Reporting and Compliance:
- Prepare detailed reports regarding AP metrics for senior management.
- Monthly reporting on all Ballance sheet control accounts ( GRIR)
- Manage audits related to accounts payable.
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
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
- 4- 5 years of experience in accounts payable, with at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting.
- Proficient in AP software and systems
- Excellent organizational and leadership 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, its 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 forthright but respectful
- 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 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 HARDWORKING
