Accounts Payable Manager

About this role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

What You Will Do

• AP Leadership & Digital Team Capability
• •Lead and coach the AP team as exception handlers and analysts; reshape roles and build system and data skills.
• •Own end-to-end AP service delivery and SLAs for the group, incl. month-end close and creditor reconciliations.
• Zycus System Ownership & Optimisation
• •Business owner of Zycus eInvoicing and Merlin AI, incl. configuration, workflows, user access and Oracle integration.
• •Assess system performance with IT and Zycus; own testing, change requests and the enhancement roadmap.
• Automation & Exception Management
• •Monitor AI invoice capture, matching and workflow exceptions; triage, resolve and fix root causes in process flows.
• •Tune match tolerances, approval rules and AP Smart Desk query routing to lift touchless processing.
• Group Payments & Cash Flow
• •Own group payment runs: approve proposals and ensure timely payment as per agreed terms, incl. discounts.
• •Own the AP cash flow forecast with Treasury, using ageing and payment data to reduce variances.
• AP Data Analytics & Insights
• •Own AP dashboards (Zycus, Power BI): cycle time, touchless rate, exceptions, DPO, discounts and duplicates.
• •Turn data into insight for Finance, Treasury and suppliers; use spend and payment analytics to find leakage.
• Governance, Risk & Controls
• •Safeguard vendor master and bank detail changes; use analytics to detect duplicate or fraudulent payments.
• •Maintain system controls, segregation of duties and workflow access; support internal and external audits.

What You Will Bring To The Table

• Key attributes and competencies
• Digital fluency in Zycus, Merlin AI, Oracle, Power BI and Copilot
• Data analytics: builds and interprets dashboards, KPIs and trends
• Systems thinking across end-to-end P2P process flows and integrations
• Assesses system performance and challenges vendors
• Leading a hybrid team of people and automation through change
• Cash flow and commercial acumen with a payment-integrity mindset
• Stakeholder management across suppliers, Treasury, IT and Finance
• Strong control, governance and fraud-risk awareness
• Experience
• BCom / Accounting degree; data analytics certification a plus
• 6-8 years in AP/P2P shared services; 3-5 years managing people
• Hands-on with an automated AP/P2P platform (e.g. Zycus)
• Track record using data and automation to improve AP

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In accordance with the employment equity plan of Tiger Brands and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.