Finance Systems Data Analyst

R; Remote; ZAR 551 000 - 1 396 000; Full time

Job summary

A global HR tech company is seeking a Finance Systems Data Analyst to ensure financial data accuracy across SAP and Snowflake. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL skills, proficiency with financial data analysis and reporting, and experience with dbt for data automation. This position is fully remote and encourages applications from diverse locations. The company promotes a supportive culture with various benefits including flexible work arrangements and mental health support.

Benefits

Work from anywhere

Flexible paid time off

16 weeks paid parental leave

Mental health support services

Learning budget

Qualifications

• Experience as a systems analyst or data analyst with finance data.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, validate, and reconcile financial data between SAP and Snowflake.
• Support finance users in troubleshooting system issues.
• Develop and maintain financial dashboards and reports using SQL.

Skills

Strong SQL skills

Experience with dbt

Financial data analysis

Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)

Tools

SAP

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

• The Finance Systems Data Analyst plays a key role in supporting the Finance organization by ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and accessibility of financial data across SAP and Snowflake environments.
• This position bridges finance, data engineering, and business intelligence, helping to optimize data flows, automate reporting, and enable better financial decision‑making through clean, connected data.

What you bring

• Essential:
  • Previous experience working with finance data as a systems analysts or data analyst
  • Strong SQL skills for data modelling & transformations.
  • Experience with dbt or similar analytics engineering frameworks for building maintainable data pipelines
  • Experience integrating data from SAP to Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms.
  • Proficiency in financial data analysis, reporting, and visualization (Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
  • Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting requirements.
• Desirable:
  • Experience with Python or DBT for data automation.
  • Exposure to SAP S4 Hana
  • Understanding of SAP Finance modules (FI, CO, AR, AP, GL) and underlying data structures.
  • Hands‑on experience with Snowflake, including writing advanced SQL for data modelling and transformation

Key Responsibilities

• Data Management & Integration
  • Maintain, validate, and reconcile financial data between SAP (FI/CO, AR, AP, GL, etc.) and Snowflake data warehouse.
  • Skilled in transforming and modelling the data in dbt which is our de facto modelling layer
  • Collaborate with IT and Data Engineering teams to ensure accurate and timely data ingestion from SAP to Snowflake.
• Finance Systems Support
  • Support finance users in troubleshooting data or system issues within SAP and Snowflake‑based dashboards.
  • Participate in finance system upgrades, data migrations, or automation projects.
• Reporting & Analytics
  • Develop and maintain financial dashboards and reports (e.g., P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital KPIs) using SQL, Business Intelligence tools (example Sigma)
  • Translate business requirements into data queries and visualisations to support financial planning, audit, and compliance needs.
  • Deliver ad‑hoc analysis and insights to support Finance leadership and other stakeholders.
• Process Improvement
  • Identify and automate manual finance data processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.
  • Contribute to data governance frameworks, ensuring standardised definitions and consistent use of financial data across the organisation.
  • Support ongoing digital transformation and data modernisation initiatives.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Finance Systems
• Team: Finance – Finance Systems
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify;
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with future manager
• Interview with team members (no managers present)
• Bar Raiser Interview
• Prior employment verification check

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap‑labour practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in‑location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent‑hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide – here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job‑related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change. At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case‑by‑case basis.

The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $32,300 — $81,800 USD

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• work from anywhere
• flexible paid time off
• flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• mental health support services
• stock options
• learning budget
• home office budget & IT equipment
• budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life‑work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

• Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
• We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
• If you don’t have an up‑to‑date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under‑represented group to apply, but we prioritise a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritising human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.