CareerPlan

Financial Operations Management

Johannesburg, South AfricaFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-09

Core

Designing, optimizing, and overseeing financial processes (payments, collections, reconciliations) while acting as a liaison between local agency teams and the Shared Services Centre in India.

Role type

Senior Financial Operations Process Manager

Builds

Streamlined, compliant, and scalable financial workflows integrated with SAP and AI-driven solutions.

Domain

Shared Services / Financial Operations / Intelligent Automation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Financial operations process design, SAP (S/4HANA/ECC) expertise, Intelligent Automation (IA) and AI implementation, Shared Services management, stakeholder liaison, process standardization, compliance management, project management, change management.

Preferred skills

CA(SA) or CIMA certification, experience with O2C/P2P/R2R cycles, cross-cultural collaboration, strategic thinking.

Technologies

SAP, AI, Intelligent Automation (IA), RPA, Machine Learning.

Responsibilities

Lead review and continuous improvement of financial operations processes; Identify inefficiencies and implement enhancements; Drive identification and implementation of AI/IA solutions; Partner with tech teams to embed automation in finance workflows; Act as primary liaison between local teams and the SSC in India; Monitor and manage SSC performance against SLAs; Resolve escalations between stakeholders and SSC; Oversee implementation and optimization of SAP financial modules; Lead transformation initiatives for automation and digitization.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities