Accounts Payable Specialist

Job description

Got Drive? Join AnyVan as we make moving anything, anywhere miles better and build a career that moves just as fast. Back in 2009, our CEO Angus saw half-empty vans everywhere and knew there had to be a better way! That's how AnyVan began. He set out to create the world's most efficient logistics technology and help halve the number of wasted miles by filling those empty vans. Since then we've become the nation's favourite way to move, with over 150k five-star reviews and 5 million customers in the UK and Europe. Our team of 400 AnyVanners across London, Cape Town and Bogota is proving that moving doesn't have to cost the earth by helping save 8,520 tonnes of Carbon each year. AnyVan is one of Europe’s fastest-growing transport and logistics marketplaces, trading across the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany and Italy, supported by our teams in South Africa and Colombia. We’re scaling fast, and we’re building a finance function to match — multi-entity, multi-currency, and increasingly automated. We’re looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Cape Town office, reporting to the Head of Finance, Compliance and Reporting. Cape Town supports the whole Group, so you’ll own the AP ledger across every entity we operate weekly supplier payment runs for all group companies, daily transport provider runs in the UK, Spain and France, the reconciliations behind them, and the month-end close. It’s a broad remit for a small team, and one where you’ll have genuine autonomy. You’ll play a key role in delivering a robust, reconciled and controlled environment. One where we maximise our cashflow, recognise cost and liabilities accurately, deal with issues promptly, and keep the ERP populated with high-quality data so we understand our financial position at all times. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING: - Day-to-day management of all Accounts Payable processes. These include monitoring our central accounts inbox, reviewing and processing all supplier invoices and credit notes in our spend management system, and ensuring these are accurately coded for entry to our accounting system. - Managing payment runs for our suppliers across all group entities (weekly) and our transport providers in the UK, Spain and France (daily). - Acting as the first point of contact for AP queries from budget holders and suppliers. - Maintaining vendor information within the accounting and spend management systems. - Owning the AP ledger and ensuring accuracy through regular reconciliations and month-end close tasks. Be able to provide a full explanation regarding any aged or unusual balances. - Assisting in the annual audit, providing documentation and explanations where required. - Identifying inefficiencies in the accounts payable process and suggesting improvements. WHERE THIS ROLE IS GOING We’re not looking for someone who’ll be processing invoices the same way this time next year. We’re actively rebuilding how our finance function runs, and AP is one of the first areas in line with the bulk of this work landing over the next 12 months: - AI-assisted invoice capture, coding and exception handling, so the routine volume handles itself and your time goes on the exceptions that actually need judgement. - Automated reconciliations and close checks that surface breaks before month-end rather than after it. - Direct, conversational access to our accounting and data systems, our finance team queries live NetSuite and warehouse data in plain English rather than waiting in a reporting queue. You’ll help design, implement and maintain these processes, not just inherit them. We’ll give you the tools, the training and genuine licence to experiment, much of what we run today was built by the finance team, not by engineers. You don’t need to arrive as an AI expert. You do need to be the person who asks why we’re still doing something by hand. AP is where you start, not where you finish. Our Cape Town team covers the full finance stack month-end close and management reporting, multi-entity consolidation, VAT and corporate tax compliance across our European markets, audit and treasury. You’ll sit alongside all of it, and as you establish yourself in AP we’ll actively build your exposure to the areas that interest you most. If you’re studying towards a professional qualification or planning to, this is a role where you’ll get the breadth to support it. WHAT YOU'LL BRING: - 3–5 years’ end-to-end accounts payable experience, including full ownership of an AP ledger through month-end close and reconciliation. - Experience working in a high-volume, multi-entity environment; exposure to multi-currency processing and foreign entities is a strong advantage. - Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills. - Strong interpersonal and communication skills. - Solid understanding of accounting principles. Working knowledge of accruals and prepayments. - A track record of improving or automating a finance process, using AI tools, system workflows or otherwise. We’re looking for someone who defaults to fixing a repetitive process rather than living with it. - Experience with NetSuite (or a comparable ERP) and a spend management platform such as Payhawk, Pleo or Spendesk is advantageous. LOCATION AND ELIGIBILITY: - Cape Town -based, able to commute to the Central Business District - Happy to be onsite at least 3 days per week - Fully eligible to work in South Africa What We Offer: 💰 Competitive Salary - Highly competitive salaries 🌴 Generous Time Off - 20 days +public holidays and Christmas Eve on us 💪 Health & Wellbeing - ZAR1000 pr month towards cover with Momentum/Discovery 📈 Future Ready - Pension 5% you, 5% us 🚲 Easy Travel - Free parking or transport home after 7pm ☕ Daily Perks - In-house barista coffee, free breakfast every day 🎉 Culture & Community - Weekly drinks, fun socials, and rewards that take you places (literally - last winners hit the Alps) 🚀 Career Growth - Join a disruptive technology leader and fast forward your career move Our company values are: - Have fun, get it done - Progress over perfection - One team thinking big YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR CULTURE HERE: https://www.anyvan.com/careers DE&I We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where every voice is heard, every perspective is valued, and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to be part of our mission and contribute to our vibrant culture.