Description:
Head of Department – Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors
Join Faircape Group’s Expanding Finance Division
Are you an experienced finance professional ready to step into a leadership role with strategic impact? Faircape Group is looking for a Head of Department: Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors to lead, manage, and oversee the entire function within our multi-entity, high-performance organisation.
Faircape Group is a respected name across a range of industries, including Healthcare, Retirement Holdings, Telecommunications, ISP, Utility Management, Infrastructure Installation, and Property Management . If you’re excited about managing high-volume operations in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, and leading a finance team within a growing organisation, this is the ideal opportunity.
Why Join Faircape?
We offer an environment where strong leadership, a dedication to excellence and continuous improvement are valued. As a senior leader, you’ll not only oversee day-to-day operational accuracy but also play a critical role in driving organisational and team growth.
What We Offer:
✅ Quarterly performance bonuses – Recognising your leadership and delivery
✅ Long service leave – We reward commitment
✅ Onsite Barista – Fresh coffee on demand ☕
✅ Subsidised snacks & vending machines – For that midday boost
✅ Discounted ISP packages – Stay connected affordably
✅ Fixed flexi-time (07:00 - 18:00) – Support for work-life balance
✅ Subsidised parking – Convenient and cost-effective
✅ Central Claremont offices – Modern workspaces near Cavendish Square
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors team
- Set departmental goals, monitor performance, and mentor staff
- Ensure process adherence and implement best practices and internal controls
- Manage staff resources … workloads and distribute tasks efficiently to meet strict deadlines
- Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to obtain holistic view of key practices influencing the financial cycle
- Oversee the full creditor cycle
- Manage supplier account reconciliations and process flow
- Ensure compliance with all internal and audit standards
- Review variances between invoices, orders, and statements, and resolve issues in collaboration with buyers and accountants
- Maintain and update recurring and once-off payment schedules
- Perform monthly supplier age analysis, review and reporting
Qualifications and Experience:
- Proven experience in creditors, payments, and cashbook functions
- Proven years in a supervisory or management role
- Proven ability to manage high volumes across multi-entity environments
- Experience with Xero is beneficial
- Strong knowledge of accounts payable, reconciliations, and cashbook best practices
Skills & Attributes:
- Excellent leadership and team management skills
- Advanced spreadsheet and financial reconciliation skills
- Detail-oriented with exceptional organisational ability
- Clear and professional communication (written and verbal)
- Tech-savvy – Google Workspace (Drive, Sheets, Docs) advantageous
- Proven problem-solving capability under pressure
- Deadline-driven, accurate, and adaptable to change
- High level of integrity and accountability
Additional Requirements:
- Clear credit, criminal, and health records
- Solid references supporting leadership and technical capabilities
Working Hours:
Standard hours are Monday to Friday, 08h00 – 17h00 , with a 45-minute lunch. Flexi-time available between 07h00 and 18h00 , subject to manager approval.
To learn more about working at Faircape, visit: https://faircape.co.za/why-work-with-us/
If you do not hear from us within two weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful.
Requirements:
Head of Department – Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors
Join Faircape Group’s Expanding Finance Division
Are you an experienced finance professional ready to step into a leadership role with strategic impact? Faircape Group is looking for a Head of Department: Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors to lead, manage, and oversee the entire function within our multi-entity, high-performance organisation.
Faircape Group is a respected name across a range of industries, including Healthcare, Retirement Holdings, Telecommunications, ISP, Utility Management, Infrastructure Installation, and Property Management . If you’re excited about managing high-volume operations in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, and leading a finance team within a growing organisation, this is the ideal opportunity.
Why Join Faircape?
We offer an environment where strong leadership, a dedication to excellence and continuous improvement are valued. As a senior leader, you’ll not only oversee day-to-day operational accuracy but also play a critical role in driving organisational and team growth.
What We Offer:
✅ Quarterly performance bonuses – Recognising your leadership and delivery
✅ Long service leave – We reward commitment
✅ Onsite Barista – Fresh coffee on demand ☕
✅ Subsidised snacks & vending machines – For that midday boost
✅ Discounted ISP packages – Stay connected affordably
✅ Fixed flexi-time (07:00 - 18:00) – Support for work-life balance
✅ Subsidised parking – Convenient and cost-effective
✅ Central Claremont offices – Modern workspaces near Cavendish Square
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors team
- Set departmental goals, monitor performance, and mentor staff
- Ensure process adherence and implement best practices and internal controls
- Manage staff resources … workloads and distribute tasks efficiently to meet strict deadlines
- Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to obtain holistic view of key practices influencing the financial cycle
- Oversee the full creditor cycle
- Manage supplier account reconciliations and process flow
- Ensure compliance with all internal and audit standards
- Review variances between invoices, orders, and statements, and resolve issues in collaboration with buyers and accountants
- Maintain and update recurring and once-off payment schedules
- Perform monthly supplier age analysis, review and reporting
Qualifications and Experience:
- Proven experience in creditors, payments, and cashbook functions
- Proven years in a supervisory or management role
- Proven ability to manage high volumes across multi-entity environments
- Experience with Xero is beneficial
- Strong knowledge of accounts payable, reconciliations, and cashbook best practices
Skills & Attributes:
- Excellent leadership and team management skills
- Advanced spreadsheet and financial reconciliation skills
- Detail-oriented with exceptional organisational ability
- Clear and professional communication (written and verbal)
- Tech-savvy – Google Workspace (Drive, Sheets, Docs) advantageous
- Proven problem-solving capability under pressure
- Deadline-driven, accurate, and adaptable to change
- High level of integrity and accountability
Additional Requirements:
- Clear credit, criminal, and health records
- Solid references supporting leadership and technical capabilities
Working Hours:
Standard hours are Monday to Friday, 08h00 – 17h00 , with a 45-minute lunch. Flexi-time available between 07h00 and 18h00 , subject to manager approval.
To learn more about working at Faircape, visit: https://faircape.co.za/why-work-with-us/
If you do not hear from us within two weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful.
- Lead and manage the Cashbook, Payments, and Creditors team
- Set departmental goals, monitor performance, and mentor staff
- Ensure process adherence and implement best practices and internal controls
- Manage staff resources … workloads and distribute tasks efficiently to meet strict deadlines
- Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to obtain holistic view of key practices influencing the financial cycle
- Oversee the full creditor cycle
- Manage supplier account reconciliations and process flow
- Ensure compliance with all internal and audit standards
- Review variances between invoices, orders, and statements, and resolve issues in collaboration with buyers and accountants
- Maintain and update recurring and once-off payment schedules
- Perform monthly supplier age analysis, review and reporting
- Proven experience in creditors, payments, and cashbook functions
- Proven years in a supervisory or management role
- Proven ability to manage high volumes across multi-entity environments
- Experience with Xero is beneficial
- Strong knowledge of accounts payable, reconciliations, and cashbook best practices
- Excellent leadership and team management skills
- Advanced spreadsheet and financial reconciliation skills
- Detail-oriented with exceptional organisational ability
- Clear and professional communication (written and verbal)
- Tech-savvy – Google Workspace (Drive, Sheets, Docs) advantageous
- Proven problem-solving capability under pressure
- Deadline-driven, accurate, and adaptable to change
- High level of integrity and accountability
- Clear credit, criminal, and health records
- Solid references supporting leadership and technical capabilities