Finance Team Leader - Trade

Takealot.com, 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 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.

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 month-end and year-end 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: 

• Bachelor’s 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.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 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, 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 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 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