Accounts Payable Administrator

Available from 1 February 2025

Trafalgar is the leading property rental agency across South Africa, letting and managing residential properties across all major metropolitan areas. Trafalgar has a wide selection of homes to rent, to suit all budgets, tastes and areas. Trafalgar offers full-service sectional title and home owners association (“HOA”) property management services across South Africa. A strong focus on accurate budgeting, detailed financial management reporting and governance excellence underpin Trafalgar’s property management services. Trafalgar Financial Services (“TFS”) is a boutique financial services company specialising in a range of property financial services products, targeted at residential estates and complexes across South Africa. Trafalgar Financial Services (“TFS”) is an authorised financial services and credit provider with a specialist property finance focus.

As an ongoing recruitment effort, Trafalgar Birdhaven is in search of a dynamic candidate with a passion for the property industry to join our team as a Accounts Payable Administrator. The primary focus of the Senior Accounts Payable Administrator is to ensure payment of all Trust Related Adhoc and Recurring invoices and to ensure accurate, consistent and prompt financial and administrative assistance to the Community Scheme Portfolio Managers which should be in line with world class service delivery.

Job Description:

Creditors Payments

• Checking that all invoices coming through for payment are valid, made out to the building and that stakeholder’s approvals are attached.
• Ensuring that the payment batch balances.
• Timeous payment of ALL invoices as approved by the trustees (Adhoc, Recurring, Legal, Deposit payments).

Loading of New Trust creditors

• Creating a creditors code and load all relevant details.
• Requesting a Validation report on Standard Bank.
• Forwarding the process in order for the banking details to be loaded.

Transferring of Funds / Investments

• Transferring funds from and to Investec where funds are needed.
• Opening of new accounts.
• Reserve fund Balancing and Transfers.
• Month end surplus transfer to investment accounts.

Minimum Qualifications required by the position:

• Tertiary qualification graduate (ideally commerce, law, finance, property studies) (advantageous).

Minimum Experience required by the position:

• At least five years’ experience as an Accounts Payable Administrator.
• Must have own transport.

Suitable applicants can send their detailed CV to birdhrecruitment@trafalgar.co.za.

Please use Reference: APA2025

Please take note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates. Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.