Accounts Payable Assistant

About this role

Oceana Group Limited is looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant for a 6-month contract based in Cape Town. You will look after a set group of local and foreign supplier accounts, making sure invoices and payments are correct and on time.

What you’ll do

• Check supplier invoices against statutory requirements and authorised, receipted purchase orders.
• Capture invoices, credit notes and prepayments in SAP, and look into any invoice that is stuck.
• Reconcile supplier statements to the creditors sub-ledger and keep supporting schedules up to date.
• Follow up on aged GRNV items and work with other business units to clear queries.
• Prepare payment proposals from reviewed reconciliations, load approved payments on Standard Bank CATS and update SAP.
• File payment records, reconciliations and other documents daily, so the audit trail is complete.
• Handle supplier contact, help with audit requests and pass high-risk or unresolved matters to your Team Leader.

What you need

• Grade 12 (Matric).
• At least 3 years’ experience as a Creditors Clerk or in accounts payable.
• Experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Working knowledge of invoice validation, supplier reconciliations, GRNV, payment proposals and accounts-payable controls.
• ERP experience, such as SAP.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Advantageous: a certificate or diploma in Accounting, Bookkeeping or Finance.
• Advantageous: Financial Shared Services Centre experience.
• Advantageous: exposure to Standard Bank CATS and service-management tools.

Is this job for you?

This role suits someone with solid accounts payable experience who likes detailed, methodical work. You should be comfortable with SAP, keep good records and work well with suppliers and colleagues under deadlines.

Tips before you apply

• Have your Matric certificate and any accounting or finance certificates ready to upload.
• List your creditors or accounts payable experience year by year, and name the systems you have used, such as SAP.
• Show a clear example of a reconciliation or aged-items clean-up you have done, with the results you achieved.