Accounts Payable Clerk

Suppliers remember two things about a business: whether it pays correctly, and whether it pays on time. You will be the reason the answer is yes to both.

Job Overview

Our UK-based client is hiring a full-time, remote Accounts Payable Clerk based in South Africa. You will own the purchase ledger: capturing invoices, matching them to orders, resolving queries and preparing payment runs with clockwork reliability. This is a long-term role on UK business hours.

About Our Client

The client is an established UK business with steady supplier volumes and a finance team that values accuracy over drama. They want a payables professional who treats the ledger as their own - clean, current and audit-ready at any moment.

Key Responsibilities

- Capture and code supplier invoices accurately into the accounting system

- Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery notes, investigating mismatches

- Reconcile supplier statements and resolve queries promptly

- Prepare weekly and monthly payment runs for approval

- Maintain clean vendor records and chase missing documentation

- Support month-end close with accruals and ledger housekeeping

- Flag duplicate, unusual or suspicious invoices before they cost money

What You Will Be Doing Day-to-Day

Your day starts with the invoice inbox: capturing, coding and routing everything that arrived overnight. You will work through matching exceptions, contact suppliers about discrepancies, and keep the query log short and honest.

As payment runs approach you will prepare schedules, double-check details, and make sure approvals happen on time. At month-end you will reconcile statements and hand the ledger to the accountant in a state that needs no apology.

This suits a South African professional who is precise, methodical and quietly proud of a clean ledger. You know the difference between fast and rushed - and you never confuse the two with other people's money.

If you are based in South Africa with solid payables experience and good English, this is a stable remote career with a UK employer that respects careful finance work. Apply today.

- 2+ years' experience in accounts payable or bookkeeping

- Good written and spoken English for supplier and team communication

- Proven reliability: stable fibre internet, backup power for load shedding, and a quiet home office

- Confident with tech tools: Xero, Sage or QuickBooks, plus Excel or Google Sheets

- Meticulous accuracy with numbers, coding and reconciliations

- Trustworthy, deadline-driven and calm under month-end pressure