Sage Intacct Implementation Consultant

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm in Johannesburg is seeking a Sage Intacct implementation consultant to help transform clients' finance functions through cloud finance solutions. The role involves delivering finance transformation projects, building client relationships, and guiding users through the implementation process. Candidates should have at least three years of ERP delivery experience and a qualification in accounting. Strong project management and technical accounting skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in configuring finance applications.
• Thorough understanding of finance teams and systems.
• Strong technical accounting background required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects focused on finance transformation.
• Use methodologies to transform client businesses.
• Support practice development and knowledge sharing.

Skills

ERP delivery

Finance applications configuration

Project management

Technical accounting knowledge

Teamwork and coaching

Education

Accounting qualification or qualified by experience

Tools

Sage Intacct

Sage 200

NetSuite

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

About the job

We are looking for candidates who bring in-depth market experience, who see technology to enable and drive human innovation and who want to be a part of a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society.

As a Sage Intacct implementation consultant, you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of exciting clients of differing sizes and sectors to help transform their finance function through implementing Sage’s leading cloud finance package. This is a client‑facing role requiring you to build relationships quickly and help guide the client through their implementation project.

Responsibilities of role:

• Delivering on projects focused on finance transformation including Financial Consolidation, Planning, Cost Management and integrated reporting enabled by various finance technologies such as Oracle, OneStream, and Anaplan.
• Using our industry leading methodologies to transform clients' businesses.
• Contributing to our practice development by supporting asset creation and knowledge sharing amongst the team.

Requirements

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Accounting qualification, or qualified by experience
• Certification in Sage Intacct is preferred, else the candidate should have sufficient experience in configuring Finance applications (e.g. Sage Intacct, Sage 200, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics etc.)

Experience required:

• At least 3 years’ experience in ERP delivery – in configuring Finance applications (e.g. Sage Intacct, Sage 200, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics etc)
• Thorough understanding and experience of working with Finance teams to deliver finance system projects
• Strong understanding of finance team responsibilities & accountability
• Good level of technical accounting knowledge (Chart of Accounts, posting journals, month‑end reconciliation, management accounts production)
• Accounting qualification or qualified by experience
• Project management experience

Desirable skill sets include:

• Understanding business requirements and translating them into solution design in line with good practice
• Working with your delivery team to build and test the solution
• Guiding the client through User Acceptance Testing and Cutover
• Teamwork and coaching and mentoring your team