Financial Manager and Head of Creditors

Recruiter

Conova Recruitment

Job Ref

CPT000559/Sarah

Date posted

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY

About

About our Client

Our client is a well-established South African logistics and supply chain solutions provider, delivering transportation, warehousing, distribution, and integrated supply chain services to a diverse customer base. The company is recognized for its operational excellence, customer-focused approach, and commitment to delivering efficient and reliable logistics solutions across the region.

About The Role

The role has two clearly defined halves, namely Financial Manager and Head of Creditors. The seniority and technical bar is set at Financial Manager level, while a meaningful share of day-to-day time is spent leading and strengthening the group creditor’s function. The role reports to the Head of Accounts, works closely with the central finance team and partners with operational leadership across supply chain and subcontracting.

As Financial Manager, the successful candidate takes full ownership of the financial statements— responsible for every line, across both the supply chain and subcontracting functions, from revenue through to the balance sheet, including month-end close, reconciliations, controls and reporting.

As Head of Creditors, they own the creditors / accounts payable function across the entire group — leading the team, the supplier and subcontractor payment cycle, procurement controls and the heavy vetting and reconciliation work that the subcontracting model demands.

POSITION INFO

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the group-wide creditors and accounts payable function, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely supplier and subcontractor payments, reconciliations, and documentation, while strengthening controls, procurement compliance, and fraud prevention processes
• Manage and develop the creditors team to improve accuracy, accountability, and performance, while maintaining strong supplier relationships and resolving escalated queries
• Oversee invoice processing, payment batches, supplier master data, and creditor reconciliations, ensuring discrepancies are cleared and reporting (including age analysis and KPIs) is accurate and timely
• Take ownership of financial reporting and month-end close processes, including financial statements, management accounts, reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany balances, ensuring IFRS and internal compliance.
• Manage cash flow forecasting, liquidity, and working capital, with focus on supplier payment cycles and improving cash conversion efficiency, while supporting treasury and banking relationships
• Partner with operational teams to analyse profitability, margins, costs, and supplier spend, providing insights for decision-making and supporting budgeting, forecasting, procurement, and tender processes
• Ensure VAT compliance, audit readiness, and broader financial governance, supporting both internal and external audits with accurate and complete financial records
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive financial insight, process improvement, automation, and system enhancements, while supporting strategic initiatives such as restructures, acquisitions, and financial modelling

Requirements

• CA(SA) preferred but not essential
• CIMA or Bcom Accounting/Finance/Financial Management or relevant with strong experience post qualification
• 4 or more years’ creditors / accounts payable experience, including strong high-volume creditors exposure
• 1 or more years’ team management or creditors supervision experience
• Demonstrable experience owning the financial statements of an entity end to end, with strong reconciliations capability
• Exposure to multi-entity group structures; experience supporting consolidations advantageous
• Experience managing management accounts and reporting processes
• IFRS knowledge and technical accounting expertise
• Sage Evolution experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Power Query, Power BI or similar reporting tools

Attributes

• Strong, hands-on approach
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment
• Self-starter able to operate independently across both finance and creditors workstreams
• Strong stakeholder management

Thank you for your interest. If you do apply for this opportunity, but do not hear from us within two weeks, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.