Group Finance Manager

A leading transport and logistics organisation, based in the East Rand, is seeking a Group Finance Manager to oversee the financial management of a multi-entity group. The role will take ownership of group financial reporting, consolidations, and management accounts, ensuring accurate and timely reporting across all entities while providing strategic financial insights and analysis to senior leadership to support effective decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and oversee monthly management accounts across all group entities, including commentary and financial analysis for executive leadership.

• Manage group financial reporting and consolidations, ensuring accuracy and compliance across multiple legal entities.

• Oversee the month-end close process across the group, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

• Maintain robust financial controls and reconciliations, including intercompany balances and operational system reconciliations.

• Provide financial insights and performance analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.

• Lead the budgeting and forecasting process, monitoring performance against targets and identifying variances.

• Oversee external audit processes, including preparation of audit files and engagement with auditors for both standalone and consolidated audits.

• Ensure full tax compliance, including VAT, provisional tax and year-end tax submissions.

• Manage banking authorisations and financial governance processes across the group.

• Lead, mentor and develop the finance team, driving accountability, collaboration and high performance.

Key Requirements

• CA(SA) qualification with a minimum of 5+ years’ post-articles experience (outside of audit).

• Proven experience in a Group Finance Manager role within a multi-entity environment.

• Strong experience in group consolidations and group financial reporting is essential.

• Demonstrated experience producing management accounts and financial reporting for multiple entities.

• Experience managing month-end close processes across group structures.

• Strong background in intercompany reconciliations and multi-entity accounting.

• Experience managing external audits and financial statement preparation.

• Solid knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.

• Strong understanding of tax compliance, VAT and regulatory reporting.

• Proven team leadership and stakeholder management capability.