Administration Manager (Finance And Operations)

Red Ember Recruitment (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Ember Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Administration Manager to lead strategic finance and administration across a national logistics environment in Johannesburg. This role demands strong commercial acumen, financial leadership, and process improvement to drive profitability and governance.

You will partner with Operations on profitability improvements, standardize workflows, and develop admin teams while maintaining data integrity and auditable records in a high-volume

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5-8 years in logistics/transport finance or admin leadership.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, costing and contract financials experience.
• Advanced Excel (mandatory).

Responsibilities

• Own regional P&L support with cost control and variance analysis.
• Deliver monthly/quarterly/annual budgets and forecasts.
• Manage cash flow, working capital and cost leakage risks.
• Partner with Operations to improve profitability (cost/km, route costs, fleet utilization).
• Standardize and optimize financial and operational workflows.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate and auditable financial records.
• Review balance sheet and revenue reconciliations; manage journals and controls.

Skills

P&L analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Cost optimization

Cash flow management

Financial reporting

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Administration Manager to lead and integrate administrative and financial operations across a national logistics environment. This is not a traditional administrative role. It is a strategic operational finance position requiring strong commercial acumen, financial leadership, and process improvement expertise. The successful candidate will play a critical role in driving profitability, operational efficiency, governance, and compliance while supporting business growth in a high-volume logistics and transport environment. Experience in logistics, transport, distribution, or supply chain finance will be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities:

• Own regional P&L support, including cost control, margin tracking and variance analysis.
  
• Deliver monthly, quarterly and annual budgets, forecasts and financial insights.
  
• Manage cash flow, working capital and cost leakage risks.
  
• Partner with Operations on profitability improvement (cost per km, cost per route, fleet utilization, etc.).
  
• Standardize and optimize financial and operational workflows.
  
• Identify inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
  
• Ensure data integrity across systems.
  
• Maintain accurate and auditable financial records.
  
• Manage and develop admin teams.
  
• Drive performance management, KPIs and accountability culture.
  
• Build financial capability within operational teams.
  
• Act as finance business partner.
  
• Knowledge and understanding stock and stock system.
  
• Analyzing and correcting non adherence to company policies.
  
• Implementing processes that may lack of contracts.
  
• Assist Contract Mangers in Finance and Admin processes the contracts.
  
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, revenue reconciliations, journals, debtor and creditor controls.
  

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Financial Management, or Transport Economics
• 5-8 years' experience in a logistics/transport environment, with at least:
  3 years in a financial or operational finance leadership role
• Strong exposure to:
  Budgeting and forecasting
  Costing, pricing and contract financials
• Advanced Excel (mandatory) + experience
• Proven track record in process improvement and cost optimization

Administration Manager (Finance and Operations) Johannesburg, GT, za