Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Accountant (Shared Services Accountant)

Introduction

Department: Finance

Reports To: Financial Manager / Group Financial Controller

Availability Requirement: Candidates must be immediatley available

Employment Type: Contract (2-3 months)

Position Purpose

The Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Accountant is responsible for managing the Group's customer invoicing, collections, supplier payments and working capital processes.

The role ensures accurate debtor and creditor accounting, timely collections, efficient supplier payments, strong internal controls and excellent stakeholder service across all Group entities.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Accounts Receivable

Responsible for the complete debtor function.

Including

• Franchise fee invoicing

• Corporate customer invoicing

• Customer invoicing

• Monthly recurring invoicing

• Customer reconciliations

• Collection of outstanding debt

• Follow-up overdue accounts

• Allocate receipts

• Resolve customer queries

• Credit note processing

• Bad debt provisioning

• Age analysis

• Debtor reporting

• Customer master maintenance

2. Accounts Payable

Responsible for the complete creditor function.

Including

• Supplier invoice processing

• Three-way matching

• Supplier reconciliations

• Payment preparation

• Weekly payment runs

• Foreign supplier payments

• Resolve supplier queries

• Supplier statement reconciliations

• Supplier master maintenance

• Vendor ageing analysis

• Accrual calculations

3. Working Capital Management

• Monitor debtor days

• Monitor creditor days

• Improve cash conversion cycle

• Collection forecasting

• Supplier payment planning

• Cash flow input

4. Controls & Compliance

• Verify invoices

• Maintain supporting documentation

• Segregation of duties

• Fraud prevention

• Compliance with Delegation of Authority

• Audit-ready documentation

5. Reporting

Prepare

• Debtor Age Analysis

• Creditor Age Analysis

• Weekly Collections Report

• Supplier Payment Report

• Cash Collection Forecast

• Working Capital Report

• Bad Debt Report

6. Stakeholder Management

Work closely with

• Franchisees

• Corporate Customers

• Suppliers

• Operations

• Procurement

• Finance

• Executive Management

KPIs

Accounts Receivable

• Debtor Days within target

• Collection targets achieved

• Bad debts below budget

• Customer reconciliations completed monthly

• Invoices issued accurately and on time

Accounts Payable

• Supplier payments made on agreed terms

• Supplier reconciliations completed monthly

• Zero duplicate payments

• Zero aged supplier queries

• Payment runs completed on schedule

Working Capital

• Improved cash conversion cycle

• Accurate cash forecasts

• Reduced overdue debtors

• Healthy supplier relationships

Desired Experience & Qualification

Essential

• Matric Certificate (Essential)

• BCom Accounting / Financial Management (Preferred)

• 3–5 years' experience in Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable (Preferred)

• Retail, Hospitality or QSR experience

• Advanced Excel

• Xero or similar ERP

Advantageous

• SAIPA

• CIMA

• Shared Services experience

• Multi-company accounting

• Franchise industry experience

Technical Competencies

• Accounts Receivable

• Accounts Payable

• Customer invoicing

• Supplier reconciliations

• Working Capital Management

• Cash Flow

• VAT

• Xero

• Excel

• Financial Controls

• Reporting

Package & Remuneration

R25,000 – R35,000 CTC per month

Interested?

Immediately Available Accountants!

Sausage Saloon is looking for an Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Accountant (Shared Service Accountant)to join our Finance team at our Head Office in Bedfordview.

If you’re detail-driven, confident with numbers, and ready to bring a positive attitude to a growing group with big flavour and even bigger opportunities, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply: vacancies@sausage-saloon.com