Group Finance Manager

Wild Dreams Hospitality; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in South Africa is looking for a skilled Group Finance Manager. This role involves overseeing the full financial function across multiple properties, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance, and strategic financial insights. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, along with 5-8 years of experience in hospitality finance. Excellent stakeholder management and advanced analytical skills are required for this pivotal role that drives process improvements and financial oversight across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or Business required.
• 5-8+ years in multi-property hospitality finance roles needed.
• Strong command of IFRS / GAAP and compliance necessary.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and conduct variance analysis.
• Coordinate year-end statutory accounts and audits for compliance.
• Lead the annual budgeting cycle, including Capex and Opex plans.

Skills

IFRS / GAAP knowledge

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel proficiency

Leadership abilities

Commercial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business

Master's / MBA (advantageous)

Tools

PMS

POS

ERP systems

Google Sheets

Job description

Progressive Lodge and Hotel Collection in search of a GROUP FINANCE MANAGER. This role oversees the full financial function for a large, multi-property hospitality group.

The Group Finance Manager is responsible for accurate consolidated reporting, annual budgets and forecasts, cash flow oversight, and maintaining strong internal controls across all sites.

The position requires managing high-volume operational processes, coordinating audits, ensuring compliance, and supporting leadership with financial insights to guide strategic decisions.

Candidate requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or Business (Master's / MBA advantageous).
• 5–8+ years in multi-property hospitality finance or group finance roles, including consolidation and audit coordination.
• Strong command of IFRS / GAAP, tax compliance, and hospitality KPI frameworks.
• Commercial acumen with a hospitality operations mindset.
• Strong stakeholder management (GMs, Owners, Brand / Franchise, Revenue, Culinary, HR).
• Detail orientation with speed and accuracy under seasonal pressure.
• Leadership in process improvement, change management, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with PMS, POS, and ERP integrations.
• Strong financial modelling and forecasting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts within defined timelines, including variance analysis and commentary.
• Maintain chart of accounts structures across multiple entities; ensure accuracy of intercompany eliminations.
• Coordinate year-end statutory accounts and audits; ensure compliance with IFRS / GAAP and local tax laws.
• Lead the annual budgeting cycle and rolling reforecasts by property and department, including Capex and Opex plans.
• Monitor performance against budgets and provide variance analysis.
• Consolidate cash flow across properties; manage liquidity, credit terms, and collections.
• Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Strengthen internal controls for cash handling, POS settlement, tips / service charge distribution, stock management, and night audit reconciliation.
• Oversee inventory controls (recipe costing, yield / wastage, stock counts, variance analysis); collaborate with culinary and procurement teams to reduce COS.
• Implement and maintain robust internal controls.
• Coordinate external audits and ensure timely completion.
• Ensure compliance with tax, payroll, and statutory requirements.
• Support insurance reviews, risk registers, and business continuity planning.
• Collaborate with finance teams across subsidiaries.
• Drive process improvements and ERP system enhancements.