Regional Finance Specialist

Duke Corporate Education; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Corporate Education is seeking a Regional Finance Specialist to provide essential finance support to regional business operations. This detail-oriented role focuses on invoicing, expense management, and reconciliation, requiring strong systems familiarity and a proactive approach. Ideal candidates will possess a finance-related degree and have several years of relevant experience in a project-based environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in finance administration or project support roles.
• Solid understanding of basic finance principles and revenue processes.
• Experience with ERP systems and expense management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain invoicing schedules and generate client invoices.
• Ensure accurate processing of educator expenses.
• Compile standard financial reports for project managers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong Excel proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field

Tools

ERP systems (e.g., D365)

Expense platforms (e.g., Concur)

Job description

At Duke Corporate Education, we empower leaders to drive change in their organizations and beyond. Through world-class advisory, leadership development, and change management programs, we help businesses build for the future. With delivery in over 85 countries, we co-create impactful learning solutions that transform leaders and deliver sustainable results.

Function Summary

The Regional Finance Specialist provides essential day-to-day finance support to the regional business, ensuring project financials are accurate, timely, and aligned with company processes. This role is hands-on and detail-oriented, focusing on invoice generation, expense processing, and reconciliation to reduce administrative load from senior finance and client-facing teams. Strong systems familiarity, attention to detail, and responsiveness are key to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

1. Invoicing and Revenue Support

• Maintain and monitor invoicing schedules for project fees and expenses.
• Generate and send client invoices, resolve delays, and escalate late payments where necessary.
• Ensure billing aligns with signed Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Work closely with client-facing teams to confirm all required billing actions are complete.

2. Project Expense Management

• Ensure that educator expenses are processed promptly and ensure appropriate documentation is retained.
• Support the accurate allocation and tracking of project expenses.
• Assist with faculty work order tracking to ensure all educator agreements are in place, issued, and signed.

3. Data Entry and Reconciliation

• Reconcile unbilled and billed revenue and report discrepancies to the Regional Accountant
• Support basic financial checks, reconciliations, and clean-up tasks as required.

4. Reporting and Admin Support

• Compile and share standard financial reports for project managers (e.g. unbilled revenue, outstanding expenses).
• Assist with document gathering and audit preparation as needed.
• Perform data clean-up and help maintain consistent data hygiene across systems.

5. Collaboration and Process Support

• Liaise with Contracts, Accounting and Tax & Regulatory teams to verify compliance with internal policies.
• Act as a point of contact for day-to-day finance queries from client-facing teams.
• Support finance process improvements by flagging repetitive issues or bottlenecks.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 3–4 years of experience in a finance administration, accounts assistant, or project support roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• Solid understanding of basic finance principles and revenue processes.
• Experience working with ERP systems such as D365 and expense platforms like Concur is highly advantageous.
• Familiarity with invoicing, expense management, and reconciliations in a project-based environment preferred.

Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills

• Strong Excel and data entry proficiency.
• Comfortable working with financial systems and databases.
• Able to navigate and troubleshoot ERP/Finance modules confidently.

Organisational Skills

• Highly organised and detail-oriented.
• Able to manage competing tasks and deadlines.
• Comfortable working independently and taking initiative.

Communication & Teamwork

• Strong interpersonal skills; able to work with finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Willingness to support others and collaborate across teams.
• Professional and discrete when handling sensitive financial information.