Finance Transformation / Implementation Senior Analyst

Robert Walters South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities

What you'll do

• As a Senior Analyst Finance Systems Implementation based in Johannesburg, your day-to-day responsibilities will centre around acting as the vital link between finance teams, IT departments, and external implementation partners.
• Act as the main liaison between internal IT teams, external implementation partners, and finance stakeholders throughout ERP, procurement, consolidation, and related system projects.
• Convert finance business needs into clear functional and technical specifications for IT teams and implementation partners.
• Review solution designs, integration proposals, and data models to ensure alignment with finance processes, identifying risks or gaps before production.
• Facilitate stakeholder decisions by balancing technical feasibility with business requirements.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the technical architecture, including modules, master data structures, and system integrations.
• Map end-to-end data flows across platforms (e.g., procurement to ERP, ERP to consolidation) to ensure data integrity and consistency.
• Collaborate with IT on integration design (APIs, interfaces, batch/real-time flows) without direct responsibility for coding or configuration.
• Support testing by defining business scenarios, validating results, and coordinating user acceptance testing.
• Ensure all documentation, process flows, data dictionaries, integration maps, and functional specs, is accurate, up-to-date, and accessible.
• Track project milestones, risks, and dependencies; escalate issues impacting timelines or data quality; assist with post-go-live support and continuous improvement efforts..

What you bring: To excel as a Senior Analyst Finance Systems Implementation you will bring proven experience from previous finance systems projects, ideally spanning ERP implementations or financial consolidation initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology/Systems, Engineering, or a related field is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with finance systems implementation projects (ERP, Procurement, or Financial Consolidation), including at least one full project phase such as requirements gathering or deployment.
• Proven ability to act as a liaison between finance teams, IT departments, and external implementation partners during system projects.
• Strong knowledge of core finance processes like record-to-report, procure-to-pay, financial consolidation, and reporting within ERP/procurement/consolidation systems.
• Ability to interpret system architecture diagrams, data models, and integration designs (APIs/interfaces/middleware) without direct involvement in building them.
• Skilled in tracing data flows across systems and identifying inconsistencies from source to reporting layers; working knowledge of SQL or similar query tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with agile or hybrid project delivery methods, including requirements gathering, functional specification writing, and UAT/test management.
• Experience reviewing integration/interface specifications to ensure technical solutions align with business needs is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills for bridging technical (IT/partners) and business (finance users) audiences; highly organized with attention to detail.

What sets this company apart: This organisation stands out for its commitment to driving meaningful finance transformation through advanced technology solutions while fostering an inclusive environment where collaboration thrives. The company invests heavily in ongoing training programmes designed to enhance both technical proficiency and industry knowledge, ensuring team members remain at the forefront of evolving best practices in finance systems implementation. With a supportive leadership structure that values input from every contributor regardless of seniority level you'll find yourself empowered to share ideas freely while building lasting connections across departments.

What's next: If you are ready to take your career forward by joining a team dedicated to transforming finance systems through collaborative partnerships apply now!