Accounts Payable Clerk

Job description

The opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable (AP) Clerk to join our finance department. If you thrive in a deadline‑driven environment, have a sharp eye for detail, and enjoy improving processes, we’d love to meet you.

Key responsibilities

�� Invoice processing

• Receive, verify, and accurately capture supplier invoices.
• Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery notes (3-way matching).
• Ensure correct general ledger allocation and cost coding.

�� Payments and reconciliations

• Prepare payment batches (EFT, cheque, or online payments).
• Ensure payments are authorised and processed on time.
• Reconcile supplier statements with internal records.
• Follow up on outstanding invoices and resolve discrepancies.

�� Vendor management

• Maintain updated supplier records and contact information.
• Address and resolve supplier queries and disputes promptly.
• Ensure compliance with agreed payment terms.

�� Month-end and reporting

• Prepare accounts payable reconciliations for month-end close.
• Assist with accruals and journals related to unpaid invoices.
• Generate analysis and accounts payable reports.

�� Internal controls and ocmpliance

• Adhere to company policies and accounting procedures.
• Ensure proper document control and audit trails.
• Maintain confidentiality of financial data.

�� General administrative support

• Filing and archiving of invoices and payment records.
• Support the finance team with audits and data requests.
• Assist in improving accounts payable processes.

Required qualifications and experience

• Minimum 5 years’ hands‑on accounts payable experience in a medium‑to‑high‑volume environment preferably in the retail industry.
• Solid understanding of bookkeeping principles and SAP experience beneficial.
• Computer literacy ( MS office, SAP) and strong excel skills.
• Matric certificate plus an accounting/finance diploma or partial BCom (advantageous).
• Proven record of meeting tight deadlines with high accuracy.
• Excellent communication and ability to work collaboratively at all levels within the company
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, and teamwork.

Join us and keep our payables running like clockwork—while you advance your finance career with a company that values your expertise.

Company Description

Our mission is to help individuals and households create organized, functional, and stylish living spaces. We provide a comprehensive range of innovative, quality storage and homeware solutions in beautiful stores that offer exceptional customer service and a fun shopping experience. Together we can create and inspire a sense of order and calm, making life easier.

Join Mambo's for a fun & rewarding career.

We prioritize honesty by consistently doing the right thing, being trustworthy, and communicating openly and honestly. We demonstrate ownership by taking responsibility for our work, accepting accountability for our actions, and delivering on our commitments. Participation is key, as we listen to each other, share ideas and challenges freely, and collaborate to achieve results. We show respect by treating people kindly, embracing our differences, and supporting each other like family. Finally, we put our customers first by making them the focus of everything we do, delivering exceptional service to meet their needs, and continually seeking new ways to enhance their experience.

BEAUTIFUL & PRACTICAL STORAGE & HOME SOLUTIONS

The Plastics Warehouse was founded in the year 2000 and has since become Mambo’s Storage and Home, the country’s favourite plastics and household products for wholesale or retail. Mambo’s Storage and Home prides itself in stocking a comprehensive range of plastic-ware – larger than most national chain-store retailers in Southern Africa. We have expanded to 16 stores countrywide and growing! Due to the enormous stocks of amazing items in our stores, you’ll find us in dedicated buildings in convenient locations near major shopping centers.

The bigger space allows us to provide a fun, easy shopping environment for our customers to explore our lower priced range at their leisure. We’ll offer you’re a world of discovery from your very first visit where you’ll find so many things you never even knew you needed. Plus, since we’re consistently updating our range with new and exciting products, no visit will ever be the same and you’ll leave ‘tickled pink’ every time.

In fact, not only will our range leave you tickled pink, but you’ll be tickled pink with our competitive prices too. Not only are we known for our impressive selection of products by sourcing new suppliers daily, but we also strive to offer you the best price by negotiating volumes with our suppliers.

To locate the nearest store to you, see our Store Locator for more details.

These days we’re all spending so much more time at home. The space you’re in, affects how you feel. Freeing up room and creating a space that is uncluttered, neat and orderly can boost morale as well as lifting your spirits.

Every room in your house has its own storage challenges. Whether it be the toys in your child’s room, what to do with your shoes and socks in the bedroom cupboard, or how to organize your groceries, cleaning products, laundry, or even that most chaotic space, the garage, with your tools and sundry. We even offer bright-spark products to reorganise your office space.

Mambo’s are all about nifty solutions for every storage problem – affordable solutions that will make all the difference to the way you live. In addition, our range of furniture, educational toys, crockery, glassware and kitchenware help you add practicality and style to your home life.

With us, it is simple to achieve fabulous transformations in your home.

Posted on 15 Jul 13:29, Closing date 13 Sep