Group Financial Manager: Shared Services

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Group Financial Manager: Shared Services within TWK Agri's Finance division, based in Pretoria, Gauteng. The position involves providing consolidated financial management, analysis, and operational support to the Finance Executive: Corporate Services across Shared Services and its supported functions. Key responsibilities include coordinating budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, management reporting, cost allocations, internal recharges, capital expenditure, financial controls, compliance, shared finance operations, and continuous improvement of systems and processes. The role requires strong analytical and technical capabilities to translate financial information into practical recommendations for executive and departmental decision-making. **What you will do** * Provide consolidated financial management, analysis, and operational support to the Finance Executive: Corporate Services across Shared Services. * Coordinate budgeting and forecasting. * Perform cash flow planning. * Conduct management reporting. * Manage cost allocations and internal recharges. * Oversee capital expenditure. * Ensure financial controls and compliance. * Manage shared finance operations. * Drive continuous improvement of systems and processes. * Prepare, maintain, and consolidate short-, medium-, and long-term cash flow forecasts for Shared Services. * Monitor actual cash flows against forecast, investigate material variances, and provide timely explanations and corrective recommendations. * Assess the reliability of assumptions, service volumes, allocation drivers, and departmental inputs used in forecasts. * Support cash flow improvement through disciplined management of creditors, payment timing, commitments, accruals, provisions, and recoveries. * Oversee the monitoring of Shared Services debtors and intercompany recoveries, escalate aged or disputed balances, and coordinate recovery actions. * Support the Finance Executive: Corporate Services with liquidity planning, funding requirements, and payment/capital commitment prioritisation. * Support ERP implementation, master-data and financial-data clean-up, system testing, user readiness, and improvement of finance processes, controls, and reporting functionality. * Maintain sound working knowledge of financial systems across Shared Services and promote consistent controls, data standards, approval workflows, and reporting processes. * Support the Finance Executive: Corporate Services with the consolidation, review, and monitoring of financial plans and budgets for Shared Services. * Ensure key cost, allocation, and budget drivers are defined, measurable, and reported monthly; investigate deviations and coordinate corrective actions. * Coordinate financial evaluation and monitoring of capital expenditure across Shared Services. * Coordinate and consolidate Shared Services forecasts for review and approval. * Monitor and analyse financial performance against budget and forecast, highlighting variances, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. * Support the Shared Services finance team and departmental stakeholders in applying consistent financial processes, controls, assumptions, and reporting practices. * Oversee working capital and control indicators relevant to Shared Services. * Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of cost-control measures. * Ensure internal cost allocations and service recharges are complete, supportable, consistently applied, and based on approved drivers. * Oversee financial governance of fixed assets, leases, and other Shared Services resources. * Review consolidated monthly financial statements, management reports, and supporting analyses for Shared Services. * Provide technical accounting and IFRS support and promote consistent accounting treatment. * Coordinate the identification, monitoring, and escalation of material financial, control, tax, and compliance risks across Shared Services. * Continuously improve the integrity, accuracy, relevance, and timeliness of financial reporting. * Support the Finance Executive: Corporate Services and Group Insurance in maintaining adequate insurance cover for Shared Services assets. * Provide additional financial reporting, analysis, and related support as required. * Coordinate and support the Shared Services finance team to achieve consistent deadlines, reporting standards, and control requirements. * Promote knowledge sharing, technical development, service orientation, and standardisation across the Shared Services finance team. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. * Professional qualification such as CASA, CIMA or an equivalent qualification advantageous. * 3-5 years’ of proven financial management experience, preferably in a shared services environment. * 3-5 years’ of leadership or team-coordination experience. * Previous experience in financial reporting, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, cost allocations, internal recharges, creditors, assets, capital expenditure and financial control. * Advanced knowledge of financial management, IFRS, tax and relevant legislation. * Strong verbal and written communication skills. * Bilingual Afrikaans and English. * Practical SAP experience, including financial processes, reporting and system implementation or optimisation advantageous. * Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with ERP and business intelligence reporting tools. * Strong consolidation, analytical, problem-solving and review skills. * Ability to influence and coordinate across multiple businesses and finance teams in a supportive, non-duplicative role. * Ability to manage competing deadlines and deliver accurate information in a time-sensitive environment. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate is an experienced financial professional with a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, and preferably a professional qualification like CASA or CIMA. They should have 3-5 years of proven financial management experience, ideally within a shared services environment, along with 3-5 years of leadership or team-coordination experience. Applicants should possess advanced knowledge of financial management, IFRS, tax, and relevant legislation, coupled with strong analytical, technical, problem-solving, and review skills. Essential qualities include strong verbal and written communication skills, bilingual proficiency in Afrikaans and English, and advanced Excel and financial modelling abilities. Experience with ERP and business intelligence reporting tools is expected, with practical SAP experience being advantageous. The role requires an individual who can translate financial information into practical recommendations, influence and coordinate across multiple teams, manage competing deadlines, and consistently deliver accurate information. They should also be improvement-oriented, service-oriented, and promote knowledge sharing and standardisation. **Deadline** 20 November 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/group-financial-manager-shared-services-twk-agri Source: myjobmag

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• At least 3 years of experience.

• Microsoft Excel
• SAP
• IFRS
• Bilingual (English & Afrikaans)
• Afrikaans

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