Finance Manager

SYSPRO; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 850 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Johannesburg is seeking a Financial Manager for Global Operations. The role involves managing financial processes across multiple jurisdictions and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. Ideal candidates are Chartered Accountants with 5+ years of post-articles experience, strong operational finance knowledge, and team leadership skills. Experience with SYSPRO ERP is advantageous. This is a hybrid position offering competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years post-articles experience in large or multinational companies.
• Experience in driving systems redesign and improvement across jurisdictions.
• Strong ability to lead teams and manage financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial operations across global entities.
• Supervise month-end and year-end close processes.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and SA GAAP.
• Drive simplification and automation of finance processes.
• Monitor spend metrics and improve internal controls.
• Prepare and review management reports and insights.
• Develop and mentor finance operations team.

Skills

Strong accounting knowledge

Business process management

Operational finance expertise

Team leadership

Experience with systems redesign

Education

Chartered Accountant (South Africa)

Tools

SYSPRO ERP

Job description

The Financial Manager, Global Operations is responsible for managing aspects of global financial operations across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring efficient, accurate, and compliant accounting and process execution. The role will drive operational finance excellence, system standardization, and continuous improvement at a business process level. A primary focus will be ensuring that SYSPRO’s global entities adhere to consistent financial principles, policies and practices. Department Finance Employment Type Full Time Location SA | Central | Johannesburg Workplace type Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Lead specific processes and aspects of financial operations across global entities, ensuring alignment of accounting and reporting practices.
• Supervise the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, SA GAAP and applicable international standards.
• Drive simplification, standardization and automation of operational finance processes, policies, and procedures, including redesigning and improving the flow of transactions and recording in the context of evolving IT technologies, including AI.
• Collaborate with global teams to optimize ERP use (SYSPRO ERP experience advantageous).
• Monitor and improve spend metrics and internal controls across operations.
• Prepare and review management reports, variance analyses, and operational performance insights.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, audit readiness, and governance standards.
• Develop and mentor finance operations team to achieve performance excellence.
• Partner with other finance leaders to drive cross-functional process integration and improvement.
• Partner with specific business functions and individuals outside of Finance, to ensure alignment, optimal business outcomes and streamlined operating models.
• Represent Finance and Finance Operations within the broader SYSPRO organization, including various forums, workstreams and task forces, to bring the best of finance practices and financial stewardship to the business.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (South Africa) – mandatory
• Minimum 5 years post-articles experience, preferably within large or multinational companies
• Specific experience in driving systems redesign and improvement across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong accounting, business process and operational finance knowledge
• Experience in leading teams and managing financial operations at scale
• SYSPRO ERP experience advantageous