Group Financial Manager: Shared Services TWK Agri Pretoria, Gauteng

TWK Agri; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

TWK Agri is seeking a Group Financial Manager: Shared Services in Pretoria to lead consolidated financial management and business support across Shared Services. You will coordinate budgeting, cash flow planning, and management reporting while ensuring strong controls, IFRS compliance and process improvement.

The role requires 3–5 years in financial management and leadership, with strong analytical capability and experience in SAP/ERP environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• CA(SA) or CIMA qualification is advantageous.
• 3–5 years’ proven financial management experience, preferably in shared services.
• 3–5 years’ leadership or team coordination experience.
• Experience in financial reporting, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, cost allocations and internal recharges.
• Advanced knowledge of IFRS, tax and relevant legislation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Bilingual Afrikaans and English.
• SAP experience and process improvement exposure is advantageous.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling; ERP/BI reporting skills.
• Strong consolidation, analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to influence across multiple businesses and coordinate teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, consolidate and monitor cash flow forecasts for Shared Services aligned with budgets.
• Track variances and provide explanations and corrective actions.
• Assess input reliability and refine forecasting methodologies as needed.
• Support cash flow improvement through disciplined creditor management and accruals.
• Oversee debtors, intercompany recoveries and coordinate recovery actions.
• Assist liquidity planning, funding requirements and capital commitments.
• Support ERP implementation, master data cleanup and testing.
• Promote data standards and reporting consistency across Shared Services.
• Consolidate budgets and monitor monthly performance with stakeholders.
• Define cost drivers and ensure consistent reporting and action.
• Coordinate capex evaluation and post‑investment reviews.
• Monitor financial performance against budgets and forecasts, flag risks and opportunities.
• Support governance, insurance and asset management across Shared Services.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Cash flow forecasting

IFRS knowledge

Excel

Bilingual (Afrikaans & English)

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

CA(SA) / CIMA (advantageous)

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

BI reporting tools

Job description

Group Financial Manager: Shared Services
TWK Agri
Pretoria, Gauteng
Permanent
Closing Date 20 November 2026

Job Details

• Division Finance
• Minimum experience Associate
• Company primary industry Agriculture
• Job functional area Finance

Job Description

TWK Agri has the following vacancy available: Group Financial Manager: Shared Services within the Finance division at Pretoria, Gauteng.

Job Summary

This role involves providing consolidated financial management, analysis and operational support to the Finance Executive: Corporate Services across Shared Services and the functions supported by it. Responsibilities include coordinating budgeting and forecasting, cash flow planning, management reporting, cost allocations and internal recharges, capital expenditure, financial controls, compliance, shared finance operations and the continuous improvement of systems and processes. The role requires strong analytical and technical capability, with the ability to translate financial information into practical recommendations that support executive and departmental decision-making.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepare, maintain and consolidate short-, medium- and long-term cash flow forecasts for Shared Services, aligned with approved budgets, operational plans, known commitments, capital expenditure and measurable cost drivers
• Monitor actual cash flows against forecast, investigate material variances and provide timely explanations and corrective recommendations to the Finance Executive: Corporate Services
• Assess the reliability of assumptions, service volumes, allocation drivers and departmental inputs used in forecasts, and refine the methodology where trends or variances indicate that adjustments are required
• Support cash flow improvement through disciplined management of creditors, payment timing, commitments, accruals, provisions and recoveries
• Oversee the monitoring of Shared Services debtors and intercompany recoveries, elevate aged or disputed balances and coordinate agreed recovery actions
• Support the Finance Executive: Corporate Services with liquidity planning, funding requirements and the prioritisation of payments and capital commitments
• Support ERP implementation, master-data and financial-data clean-up, system testing, user readiness and the improvement of finance processes, controls and reporting functionality
• Maintain sound working knowledge of the financial systems used across Shared Services and promote consistent controls, data standards, approval workflows and reporting processes
• Support the Finance Executive: Corporate Services with the consolidation, review and monitoring of financial plans and budgets for Shared Services
• Ensure that key cost, allocation and budget drivers are clearly defined, measurable and reported monthly. Investigate significant deviations and coordinate corrective actions with the relevant departmental owners and finance team
• Coordinate the financial evaluation and monitoring of capital expenditure across Shared Services, including business‑case review, affordability and cash flow assessment, approval compliance, post‑investment review and escalation of material cost or timing variances
• Coordinate and consolidate Shared Services forecasts for review and approval by the Finance Executive: Corporate Services
• Monitor and analyse financial performance against budget and forecast, highlighting material variances, risks, opportunities and recommended actions
• Support the Shared Services finance team and departmental stakeholders in applying consistent financial processes, controls, assumptions and reporting practices
• Oversee working capital and control indicators relevant to Shared Services, including creditors, debtors, prepayments, accruals, provisions, assets and open purchasing commitments
• Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of cost-control measures that improve efficiency and value while maintaining required service and control standards
• Ensure that internal cost allocations and service recharges are complete, supportable, consistently applied and based on approved allocation drivers
• Oversee the financial governance of fixed assets, leases and other Shared Services resources, including register integrity, capitalisation, depreciation, useful lives, verification and disposal controls
• Review consolidated monthly financial statements, management reports and supporting analyses for Shared Services, and provide clear insight into performance, trends, risks and opportunities
• Provide technical accounting and IFRS support and promote consistent accounting treatment in accordance with Group Finance policies and guidance
• Coordinate the identification, monitoring and escalation of material financial, control, tax and compliance risks across Shared Services. Support agreed remedial actions and provide consolidated visibility of significant exposures, overdue actions and recurring control weaknesses
• Continuously improve the integrity, accuracy, relevance and timeliness of financial reporting, and elevate significant matters to the Finance Executive: Corporate Services
• Support the Finance Executive: Corporate Services and Group Insurance in maintaining adequate insurance cover for Shared Services assets and ensuring that asset information is complete and current
• Provide additional financial reporting, analysis and related support as reasonably required by the Finance Executive: Corporate Services or senior management
• Coordinate and support the Shared Services finance team to achieve consistent deadlines, reporting standards and control requirements, while maintaining clear accountability for assigned areas
• Promote knowledge sharing, technical development, service orientation and standardisation across the Shared Services finance team, and identify opportunities to simplify or automate recurring processes

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• Professional qualification such as CA(SA), CIMA or an equivalent qualification (advantageous)
• 3-5 years’ of proven financial management experience, preferably in a shared services environment
• 3-5 years’ of leadership or team‑coordination experience
• Previous experience in financial reporting, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, cost allocations, internal recharges, creditors, assets, capital expenditure and financial control
• Advanced knowledge of financial management, IFRS, tax and relevant legislation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bilingual (Afrikaans and English)
• Practical SAP experience, including financial processes, reporting and system implementation or optimisation (advantageous)
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with ERP and business intelligence reporting tools
• Strong consolidation, analytical, problem‑solving and review skills
• Ability to influence and coordinate across multiple businesses and finance teams in a supportive, non‑duplicative role
• Ability to manage competing deadlines and deliver accurate information in a time‑sensitive environment

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Group Financial Manager: Shared Services
TWK Agri
Pretoria, Gauteng
Permanent
Closing Date 20 November 2026