Finance Team Leader - Trade

Takealot 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 hardworking 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 wont 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 monthend and yearend 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:

• Bachelors 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 employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic smart customercentric fun and have the shared ambition of takealot being the leading ecommerce 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 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 selfdirected 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 ecommerce and delivering a worldclass 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.
• thinks like an owner of the business.
• is SMART has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference