Accounts Payable Team leader
Network Recruitment Johannesburg
My client is looking for a highly experienced and proactive Accounts Payable Team Leader to join their finance team. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading the accounts payable function, ensuring operational excellence, compliance, and strong vendor relationships while driving continuous process improvement.
This role is based in Weltevredenpark, Johannesburg West.
Key Responsibilities:
- Investigating, recommending, maintaining, and enhancing accounts payable systems, processes, and procedures
- Managing your own and the teams vendor accounts and relationships, including vendor account reconciliations and ensuring that payments are made in line with agreed terms and conditions
- Leading and managing team engagement, performance, and development
- Monitoring internal compliance and resolving internal and external queries effectively
- Managing electronic invoicing, scanning, and OCR processes
- Overseeing GRIR and transport-related accounts to ensure that all goods and services received are properly invoice-verified
- Assisting with one-time vendors and utility accounts when the Assistant AP Manager is not available
- Compiling monthly team KPI reports and updating AAPM schedules, reports, and dashboards
- Monitoring current processes and facilitating system optimisation to drive continuous improvement
- Standing in for the Assistant Accounts Payable Manager when required
- Negotiating revised vendor terms and conditions where necessary
Job Experience and Skills Required:
- Grade 12 with Mathematics and Accounting
- A Financial Diploma or Certificate
- A minimum of 6 years experience in an accounts payable environment
- Supervisory experience with the full creditors function (advantageous)
- Strong SAP knowledge (FI, MM, and SD) and proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and Word
- Experience with OCR scanning and automatic reconciliation (e.g. BEST systems)
- Proven analytical, problem-solving, coaching, and mentoring skills
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