Finance Manager

Objective Personnel; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Objective Personnel is seeking a senior finance leader in Gauteng to oversee accounts payable and receivable operations, drive process improvements, and ensure compliance including BEE certificates. The role requires extensive leadership, policy formulation, and risk management capabilities to optimize cash flow and financial controls.

The successful candidate will manage month-end closes, leverage Kerridge, MANCO and EXCO platforms, and collaborate with Sales, Product Management and IT to

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours or CA(SA) is required.
• 10+ years experience in a large organisation running AP/AR teams.
• Kerridge system experience would be an advantage.
• Strong leadership and people development skills.
• Expertise in debtors and creditors management.
• Policy formulation and risk management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily workflows to improve efficiency in debtors and creditors teams.
• Manage month-end close to ensure timely completion and deadlines.
• Ensure BEE certificates are obtained and compliance requirements are met.
• Use MANCO and EXCO platforms to strengthen finance's role across the business.
• Drive improvements in subscription billing processes in collaboration with Sales, Product Management and IT teams.
• Identify and mitigate risks in credit management from policy to daily operations and develop new KPIs.
• Master Kerridge capabilities to streamline procurement and payments.
• Conduct walkthroughs of workflows to identify automation opportunities.
• Formulate and implement tailored finance policies to improve decision-making and controls.
• Improve policies for credit risk management (limits, overrides, holds, exports).
• Develop and revise KPIs aligned with business objectives (collections %, etc.).

Skills

Leadership

People development

Debtors management

Creditors management

Risk management

Process improvement

Policy formulation

Education

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours or CA(SA)

Tools

Kerridge system

MANCO platform

EXCO platform

Job description

Qualification

• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, or CA(SA)

Requirements

• At least 10 years experience in a large organisation, running AP and AR teams with solid understand of what good looks like. Kerridge system experience would be an advantage.
• Must have a performance and process improvement mindset.
• Strong leadership and people development skills.
• Expertise in debtors and creditors management
• Policy formulation and risk management.

Duties

• Oversee daily operational workflows to improve efficiency in debtors and creditors teams.
• Manage the month‑end close process to ensure timely completion and adherence to deadlines.
• Ensure BEE certificates are obtained and compliance requirements are met.
• Use MANCO and EXCO platforms to strengthen finance’s role across the business.
• Implements significant improvements in subscription billing processes through collaboration with Sales, Product Management and IT teams.
• Understand and identify arising risks in credit management, from policies to daily operations and pro-actively deal with them. Identify new KPIs for the debtors team and implement improvements in a well-oiled machine.
• Master and fully leverage Kerridge capabilities to streamline procurement and payment processes.
• Conduct walkthroughs of workflows to identify automation opportunities.
• Formulate and implement tailored finance policies to improve decision‑making and workflow efficiency, as well as enhanced internal controls.
• Improves policies for credit risk management (limits, overrides, accounts on hold, exports).
• Develop and revise KPIs aligned with business objectives (collections %, unallocated %, open queries >30 days, overrides <50%, age buckets).