Candidate Profile for a Accounts Payable Manager

A highly organised and adaptable finance professional who has recently returned to South Africa after close to 30 years working in the United Kingdom and Australia. Most recently an Accounts Payable Manager within a food manufacturing and distribution business, she managed full-cycle accounts payable, supplier reconciliations, invoice discrepancies and audit coordination while streamlining departmental workflows. Prior roles span accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank and corporate card reconciliations, bookkeeping and payroll within aged care, manufacturing and accounting practice environments. Her earlier career in corporate travel saw her supervise teams of more than 30 people, set up offices and procedures across multiple countries, implement a global corporate hotel programme and create a first-of-its-kind refund system for an airline. Reconciliations, process improvement and debt recovery are among her key strengths, having recovered long-outstanding debts previously considered uncollectable and significantly reduced aged debtors. Hardworking, committed and comfortable in high-volume, pressurised environments, she is now seeking a varied, permanent finance role that combines her accounts experience with team leadership, process ownership and problem solving.