Finance Systems Analyst

SUMMARY:
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.

POSITION INFO:
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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor finance system availability, user activity, and system performance across business units
• Identify system risks and improvement opportunities and propose mitigation initiatives
• Analyse business processes and define system enhancement requirements
• Propose and evaluate workflow and system optimisation solutions
• 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

• Education:
  • Degree in Business Information Systems, Accounting, or a related field
• Experience:
  • 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
  • Exposure to month-end reporting, including journals, accruals, and financial reporting
• Skills:
  • 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
• Non-negotiables:
  • 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