Job Description

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Accounts Payable Administrator 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 position reports to the Finance Team LeadYour specific 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 timely
• 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 deadlines
• Organizing and prioritizing of task
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Must have excellent communication skills and be fluent in English
• Ability to work independently but also be a team player
• Must be computer literate in MS Excel packages

Qualifications and Experience:

• Matric / Grade 12
• Proficiency Microsoft Excel
• Accounting Diploma / higher learning advantageous
• 2-3 years experience in an Accounts Payable / Finance environment

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, it's 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 forthright
• 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 business SMART. 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 HARD WORKING

If you meet the above criteria and are an Extraordinary Mind, come and join us!Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.Apply for this Job

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