Finance Data Model Design Lead – Chart of Accounts

Centrax Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed term contract

High-visibility exposure to Executive

Job summary

Centrax Group, via Centrax Digital, seeks a Design Lead to architect a future-state Finance Data Model and Chart of Accounts for a major group finance transformation. You will define reporting dimensions, governance frameworks, and data standards to enable ERP, EPM, reporting, and planning across multiple entities.

The role demands strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, bridging Finance, Technology, and Business to deliver a scalable, transformation-ready design.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in Finance Transformation or related disciplines.
• 5–10 years leading Chart of Accounts redesign initiatives within large organisations.
• 5–10 years designing finance data models supporting multiple legal entities and reporting obligations.
• Strong experience in ERP, EPM, Finance Transformation programmes.
• Experience aligning finance data design to Target Operating Models and process transformation.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating senior stakeholder workshops and driving decisions.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define the future-state Finance Data Model and Chart of Accounts design.
• Lead governance frameworks, master data standards and data governance.
• Facilitate senior stakeholder workshops and drive business decisions.
• Design finance data structures to support ERP, EPM, reporting, planning and forecasting.
• Develop a phased finance transformation roadmap, including data migration requirements.

Skills

Finance transformation

Finance architecture

Finance systems

Chart of Accounts redesign

Data modelling

ERP / EPM

Stakeholder facilitation

Regulatory reporting

Master data management

Governance frameworks

Tools

Oracle EPM

OneStream

Workday

Anaplan

Hyperion

Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Great Plains

Workiva

Power BI

Job description

Centrax Group, via Centrax Digital, seeks a Design Lead to architect a future-state Finance Data Model and Chart of Accounts for a major group finance transformation. You will define reporting dimensions, governance frameworks, and data standards to enable ERP, EPM, reporting, and planning across multiple entities.

The role demands strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, bridging Finance, Technology, and Business to deliver a scalable, transformation-ready design.