Finance Assistant I: Imports
Listing reference: woolw_001169
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 1 May 2025
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Financial Accounting
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
EE position: No
Introduction
Ensure accurate and timeous payments for import suppliers by ensuring all invoices are processed accurately by the RPA system.
Job description
- Ensure that all international and local payments to suppliers are completed timeously and accurately based on the terms of payment.
- Update reports daily and proactively manage the active shipments via tracker.
- Follow up on any missing shipment documents with the relevant business unit.
- Communicate invoice queries to the RPA team on daily basis and monitor the resolution of the queries.
- Support the costing process by ensuring invoices are processed timeously and accurately.
- Respond timeously to all queries raised by suppliers.
- Assist with internal & external audit requests and queries.
- Maintain and encourage professional relationships with suppliers, internal stakeholders and the rest of the team.
- Ad hoc reporting as requested by management.
Minimum requirements
Technical Skills:
- Diploma in Accounting (12 month / intermediate stage) or equivalent
- 2-3 years Imports/Local payments experience is essential
- Computer Literacy – Good excel skills , Oracle Financials, Tradecloud, Standard Bank Business Online.
- Assertive and able to communicate effectively .
- High problem- solving ability (proactiveness).
- Numerical, analytical and interpretive ability.
- Deadline driven.
Behavioural Skills:
- Personal Effectiveness
- Passion for the brand and customers
- Thinking strategically and commercially
- Leading Transformation
- Connecting people
- Delivering high performance
- Having a merchant mindset
- Making insightful business decisions
- Driving quality
- Planning and organising
