IFS Cloud Finance Specialist | Reporting & Onboarding

Interpath Advisory; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Interpath Advisory is seeking an IFS Finance Configuration and Reporting Specialist to join its offshore finance support team. You will configure and maintain IFS Cloud Finance modules, translate business finance requirements into system configurations, and support month-end processes across multiple jurisdictions.

You will work closely with Group Finance, local finance teams and IT, deliver reporting via Power BI and IFS tools, and help drive governance, testing and documentation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on IFS Cloud Finance experience is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of core finance processes, including GL, AP, AR, fixed assets, cash management and financial reporting.
• Experience configuring or supporting charts of accounts, dimensions, posting rules, tax codes and finance master data.
• Experience producing financial and management reports from ERP data.
• Knowledge of IFS reporting functionality, Power BI, Excel or comparable reporting tools.
• Experience with data migration, reconciliations, UAT and defect resolution.
• Ability to translate finance requirements into practical system configurations and reports.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to data accuracy.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to support stakeholders remotely.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain IFS Cloud Finance modules.
• Implement approved changes to the chart of accounts, financial dimensions, posting controls, tax codes, approval workflows and reporting hierarchies.
• Investigate finance system issues and work with Finance, IT and external IFS specialists to resolve them.
• Maintain configuration records and supporting documentation.
• Ensure system changes follow agreed Finance governance and change-control processes.
• Support consistent finance configuration across entities in accordance with approved Group standards.
• Support the configuration of tax structures, VAT/GST rules and local statutory reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Develop and maintain financial and management reports from IFS.
• Support month-end reporting, balance-sheet reconciliations, management information and Group reporting requirements.
• Work with Finance stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and convert them into practical system reports.
• Validate report outputs against IFS source data and investigate discrepancies.
• Support reporting tools connected to IFS, including Power BI, Excel and IFS reporting tools.
• Help reduce manual spreadsheet-based reporting through improved system reporting and automation.
• Support IFS Finance implementation and rollout activities for newly established and acquired entities and new geographies.
• Assist with finance master-data preparation, mapping and migration.
• Support opening-balance uploads and reconciliation.
• Prepare test scripts, execute testing and document results.
• Support cutover, go-live and post-go-live issue resolution.
• Reconcile migrated balances and master data between source systems and IFS, investigating and resolving differences before go-live.
• Escalate design, control and policy decisions to the appropriate Group Finance owner.
• Maintain approved Finance master data, including the chart of accounts, dimensions, tax structures and reporting hierarchies.
• Perform data-quality checks and support the resolution of master-data issues.
• Provide system reports, configuration records and supporting evidence for audit and compliance activities.
• Apply agreed Group Finance policies and configuration standards, escalating policy or accounting judgements to the relevant Finance stakeholder.
• Prepare and execute UAT scripts for finance processes and reports.
• Record, track and retest defects through to resolution.
• Produce process documentation, configuration records and user guides.
• Deliver system demonstrations, training and knowledge-transfer sessions.
• Provide day-to-day functional support to Finance users and elevate technical issues where required.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and standardize finance processes.
• Analyse recurring issues and recommend practical improvements using IFS capabilities.
• Support improvements to data quality, reporting integrity, financial controls and month-end efficiency.
• Assist the Finance team with agreed IFS improvement and implementation projects.

Skills

ERP systems knowledge

IFS Cloud Finance

Finance reporting

Data migration & reconciliation

UAT & defect resolution

SQL / data queries

Analytical skills

Remote stakeholder support

English communication

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance or related

Professional accounting accreditation (CA(SA) / ACCA / CIMA / ACA / CPA)

Tools

Power BI

Excel

IFS reporting tools

Job description

Interpath Advisory is seeking an IFS Finance Configuration and Reporting Specialist to join its offshore finance support team. You will configure and maintain IFS Cloud Finance modules, translate business finance requirements into system configurations, and support month-end processes across multiple jurisdictions.

You will work closely with Group Finance, local finance teams and IT, deliver reporting via Power BI and IFS tools, and help drive governance, testing and documentation.