Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Accounts Payable Clerk - 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.
This role reports to the allocated Finance Team Leader. Your responsibilities will include: Match supplier invoices with goods received notes
Capture supplier invoices (non-EDI vendors)
Manage and rectify invoice exceptions on AS2
Request and review month end statements from suppliers accurately and timel
Assist with monthly assigned account reconciliations and submit for payment
Assist with suppliers being paid at correct price and for correct quantities received
Assist with management of supplier age analysis and payment terms
Send remittance advice to suppliers
Resolve payment/account queries with suppliers
Communicate intake variances with warehouse/retail staff members
Follow up with suppliers on credit notes for returns and other discounts
Assist with maintaining a clean set of Accounts Payable reconciliations
Ensure proper filing system is maintained
Assist with ad-hoc task as required by accounting team Attributes required: Execute the workflow according to set priorities and deadlinesOrganizing and prioritizing of taskAttention to detail and accuracyMust have excellent communication skills and be fluent in EnglishAbility to work independently but also be a team playerMust be computer literate in MS Excel packages Qualifications and Experience: Minimum B.COM or equivalent degree 2-3 years experience in Accounts Payable / Finance environmentProficiency Microsoft Excel (must be able to do Pivot tables, vlookups, etc.
) 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 respectful but forthrightis an expert at doing, who can not only design but also executeis analytical, able to use data to make decisionsis competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hoursis passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experienceis entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and fasteris business SMART.
Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;is curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.comthinks like an owner of the businessis SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
