Creditors Accountant

Recruiter:

Helderberg Personnel CC

Job Ref:

SW006078/JM

Date posted:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Location:

Stellenbosch, South Africa

SUMMARY:
My client is a well established Fruit Exporter based in Stellenbosch. They are seeking to employ a Creditors Accountant to join their team.
The successful candidate will have a Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent with 3 year’s creditors processing in freight forwarding industry - ESSENTIAL.

POSITION INFO:
Education Required

Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent
In-house and/or external training in freight forwarding processes, their associated costs
Advanced Excel/spreadsheet skills – lookups’ import mapping

Skills Required

Ability to work accurately with figures
Good eye for detail and ability to handle complexity of costs per client, service provider, activity, market. Etc.
Basic cost accounting skills
Full understanding of contracted rates and terms with all service providers.

Experience required

3 year’s creditors processing in freight forwarding industry

Key Performance Area:

Creditors invoice processing:

Set up Edi mappings per service provider/cost type.
Receive and verify invoices for correctness as per agreed rates and that the service was actually received. Handling disputed invoices.
Code invoices as per Cost Accounting code structure/rules.
Register batches for processing.
Input of invoices into QX system.
Print/save cost capture reports
Hand of to Finance team

Cost Control and margin analysis:

Monitor that document Controllers correctly complete jobcard/Invoice copies details in QX. Report omissions/errors to line manager and responsible team member.
Monitor completion of incident logs for all extra-ordinary/additional costs incurred and that accountability entity is correctly indicated. Report omissions/errors to line manager and responsible team member.
Monitor and report weekly on revenues/margins vs budget
Margin allocations finalized by latest 10 weeks after ATD
Review accruals 15 weeks after ATD

Reporting

Weekly report of incidents logged during prior week.
Monthly margin report – shipment 10 weeks and older.
Monthly accrual report – shipments 3 months and older

Projects

Process automation
Reporting dashboards such as BPI
Analysis of revenues, margins losses to identify areas for improvement

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