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Immediate Superior: Accounts Payable Team Lead
Location: Tygervalley, Cape Town
Function: Finance
Sub Function: Accounts Payable 
Type of Contract: Permanent
Reference Number: 139930

Closing Date: 09/07/2025

Main Responsibilities :

 

Invoice processing – Readsoft/SAP and Coupa

· Perform transactional processing and administrative support of the Accounts Payable function, which include:

· Verification of Invoice data to PO information

· Processing invoices through ReadSoft Process Director/SAP ERP

· Monitor and manage documents in Error in PD for AP and Coupa

· Follow-up on PO exceptions (missing GR, Price /Quantity mismatch)

· Process and resolve FI and Form approval issues.

· Review, cross reference and reject duplicates

· Review and Approve Invoices on Coupa portal for integration to SAP.

· Engage with business units regarding invoice queries

· Attend bi-weekly workflow forum to resolve queries

· Conduct root cause analysis and provide feedback and solution

Reconciliations - BEST

· Reconcile allocated vendor (supplier) accounts per agreed KPI’s.

· Review and follow-up on outstanding reconciling items.

· Record keeping of weekly/monthly performance stats for KPI’s.

· Vendor Invoice Age Analysis and Reconciliation performances

Query resolution – Service Now NextGEN

· Handling all queries via Service Now platform within agreed SLA’s.

· Ensure compliance to Procure to Pay policies, procedures and contracts

· Effective resolution of vendor queries

AP related ad hoc tasks:

· Extract/create Stats for KPIs and save on MS Teams

· Supplier engagements meetings with strategic and or problem suppliers required.

· Drive continuous improvement in area of responsibility.

· Risk Management & Governance and Compliance

· Take responsibility for own development and contribute to team effectiveness.

- Develop effective manager and peer working relations.

- Take responsibility of own performance goals and personal growth

- Managing your career (Objective setting scorecard, PDP place).

Drive own development to ensure knowledge and skills remain current.

Role requirements:

 

Grade 12 and Finance Degree Minimum 1-3 years accounts payable or general accounting experience which include: experience in Creditors

        Function in FMCG company.

· Knowledge of general accounting procedures

· Experience in the following technologies will be given preference: SAP, Readsoft –Process Director and Coupa

· Knowledgeable/experience using purchasing systems (ideally SAP, Readsoft, Coupa ), MS Word, Excel,

  PowerPoint and Outlook Strong Accounting skills

 

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Heineken Beverages (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd) is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.