Financial Operations Analyst

Network Recruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Recruitment is seeking a Finance Operations Accountant for a listed services client in Midrand, Gauteng. The role bridges finance with frontline operations, requiring site visits and collaboration with operational teams to strengthen controls and improve stock management.

The ideal candidate has CIMA beneficial, 3+ years' experience, advanced Excel skills, and experience with AI and automation to streamline finance processes. Travel to branches is required.

Qualifications

• CIMA beneficial
• 3+ years' experience in finance; articles or commercial experience considered
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills
• AI and automation experience essential
• Strong operational finance experience
• Full accounting function and month-end experience
• Strong understanding of internal controls and compliance
• Stock management and control experience
• Finance Business Partnering experience
• Assertive, proactive and able to take initiative
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Willingness to travel to branches and operational sites

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end accounting function across operations
• Manage reconciliations, journals and financial reporting
• Monitor internal controls and compliance
• Drive stock management, controls and reconciliations
• Partner with operational teams and provide financial insight
• Identify cost, process and efficiency improvement opportunities
• Travel to branches and sites to understand and support operations
• Leverage AI and automation to improve finance processes
• Support management with ad hoc financial analysis and decision-making

Skills

CIMA

Advanced Excel

AI & Automation

Operational finance

Stock management

Finance partnering

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

CIMA beneficial

Articles or commercial experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Some accountants work from the ledger. Others get out there and make the numbers work for the business. If you're commercially minded, operationally curious and the type of finance professional who doesn't wait for problems to land on your desk, this could be your next move!

Our client is a listed services conglomerate based in Midrand, Gauteng, looking for a Finance Operations Accountant who can bridge the gap between finance and the frontline operations. This is a role for someone who wants to understand what is happening beyond the numbers, visiting branches and sites, partnering with operational teams, strengthening controls, managing stock and finding smarter ways of working through AI and automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the month-end accounting function across operations
• Manage reconciliations, journals and financial reporting
• Monitor internal controls and compliance
• Drive stock management, controls and reconciliations
• Partner with operational teams and provide financial insight
• Identify cost, process and efficiency improvement opportunities
• Travel to branches and sites to understand and support operations
• Leverage AI and automation to improve finance processes
• Support management with ad hoc financial analysis and decision-making

Job Experience and Skills:

• CIMA highly beneficial
• 3+ years' experience, Articles or commercial experience considered
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• AI and automation experience essential
• Strong operational finance experience
• Full accounting function and month-end experience
• Strong understanding of internal controls and compliance
• Stock management and control experience
• Finance Business Partnering experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Assertive, proactive and willing to take initiative
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Willingness to travel to branches and operational sites

If you're ready to get out from behind the spreadsheet, understand the operation, challenge the status quo and use technology to make finance smarter, this could be the role for you.

Bring the numbers. Bring the ideas. Bring the initiative.