Senior Finance Automation & Process Analyst

TFG (The Foschini Group); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Foschini Group (TFG) invites a Finance Business Analyst to join the Finance Automation Team in Cape Town. You will translate business finance needs into scalable automation solutions, optimise processes, and support transaction processing, reporting and compliance within an agile environment.

You will gather requirements, map processes, and collaborate with business and technology teams to deliver fit-for-purpose finance automation, driving efficiency and control across the finance function.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
• Experience analyzing finance processes and translating requirements into documentation.
• Strong understanding of core finance processes (budgeting, forecasting, reporting, reconciliations, month-end close).
• Experience supporting finance systems such as SAP.
• Excellent analytical, communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• 4+ years in Finance business analysis, process flow, and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Assess, analyse and optimise end-to end business processes in finance by documenting requirements and assessing current rules to identify automation possibilities.
• Determine whether problems are best solved through AI-driven automation, rules-based automation, redesign or human-led activities.
• Support the design of finance automation, human-in-the-loop solutions and conversational AI journeys.
• Provide recommendations for improving processes by conducting analysis and identifying alternatives.
• Redesign and reengineer Finance processes to deliver optimal automation.
• Maintain documentation related to process maps, requirements, specifications, testing and sign-off.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions in an Agile environment.

Skills

Finance BA

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Planning & coordination

ERP systems

Education

Finance/Accounting/Business Admin degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Foschini Group (TFG) invites a Finance Business Analyst to join the Finance Automation Team in Cape Town. You will translate business finance needs into scalable automation solutions, optimise processes, and support transaction processing, reporting and compliance within an agile environment.

You will gather requirements, map processes, and collaborate with business and technology teams to deliver fit-for-purpose finance automation, driving efficiency and control across the finance function.