Finance Analyst jobs in South Africa

Are you a Finance Systems Analyst with strong SAP and SQL experience who enjoys working close to the business? This role offers the opportunity to support and enhance critical finance systems in a high-volume operational environment where accuracy, availability, and continuous improvement are key.

This opportunity is with a well-established organisation operating at scale within a complex retail and finance environment. The business relies heavily on stable, well-optimised finance systems to support daily operations, reporting, and decision-making.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring finance systems are available, optimised, and aligned to business requirements. You will work closely with finance teams and system users, providing second-line support, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving system and process improvements.

You’ll gain hands-on exposure to enterprise finance systems, play a critical support role in month-end and year-end processes, and have the opportunity to influence system efficiencies and process improvements within a stable, established environment.

• Monitor finance system availability, user activity, and system performance acrossied units
• Identify system risks and improvement opportunities and propose mitigation initiatives
• Analyse business processes and define system enhancement requirements
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• Provide second-line user support, including investigation and resolution of SAP-related issues
• Manage logged queries and ensure effective resolution
• Support finance processes during month-end, year-end, and budgeting cycles
• Share system knowledge and provide ongoing support to stakeholders

• Degree in Business Information Systems, Accounting, or a related field

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in finance systems administration
• Proven experience providing finance system user support
• Experience analysing finance business processes
• Strong experience with SQL queries and data analysis altered>
• Exposure to month-end reporting, including journals, accruals, and financial reporting

• Advanced Excel and SQL proficiency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent planning, organisation, and time-management abilities
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to interpret business needs and translate them into technical and operational requirements

• Finance systems and process exposure
• Ability to work onsite in Cape Town (Kuilsriver area)
• Strong attention to detail and customer-focused mindset
• Ability to work independently and within a team

Please send your CV to lolroux@networkfinance.co.za

Should you not hear from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.