Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Accounts Receivable Manager 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 Finance Manager.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Continuous improvement of processes within the department
- Implementing debt collection policies and regulations of the company
- Handling daily management process to track the cash collection throughout the month, with clear notes.
- Monitor and review of customer accounts
- Automation and Implementation of invoicing tools
- Processing intercompany recharges
- Assistance during the Interim and Annual Audit process
- Assist during the budget process
- May be required to perform additional ad hoc duties, as required within Finance
- Managing and Developing the AR team
- Managing month end processes and reporting
- Leading the daily, weekly & monthly catch-up meetings with various stakeholders.
Attributes Required:
- Good communication skills, interpersonal skills
- Work well under pressure
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Deadline driven
- Problem solving skills
- Project management skills
Qualification & Experience
- BCom, or equivalent tertiary qualifications in Finance
- 3+ years credit management experience
- Advanced in MS excel
- Credit vetting systems (TransUnion, CGIC)
- SAGE Evolution experience an advantage
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. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.
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Last updated on Mar 26, 2024