Head of Shared Services – Finance
Finance
Gauteng – South Africa
Reporting to the CFO, , this role is responsible for the creation, development, and management of the Company’s shared services function, supporting the business with transaction processing, financial controls, payments and collections. This role will also own and be responsible for working capital management. The role will therefore manage shared service KPI’s as well as oversea, motivate, develop, and retain employees within the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable departments.
This role will work with various concrete variables, requiring an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning interrelated functional processes within a multi-procedural environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the Shared Services strategy, operating model, and KPIs
- Lead AR, AP, and Working Capital, ensuring strong controls and consistent execution
- Govern credit, collections, supplier payments, and cash flow forecasting
- Drive process improvement and digitisation across shared services
- Lead and develop senior managers and specialist teams
- Identify and manage financial risk; address audit findings
- Partner with commercial and supply chain teams to improve cash conversion
- Report to ExCo and the Board on performance, risk, and working capital
Requirements
- CA(SA) with 10 year plus expereince
- Non CA – Degree with 15 plus year’s hands on expereince
- Knowledge of the PMFA, King IV, IFRS 9, income tax act, and VAT act
- 5+ years leading a Shared Services function, ideally in FMCG or manyfacturing
- Deep working capital, AR/AP, and financial controls experience
- Strong ERP (SAP) and reporting capability ( SAP S4 Hana)
- Confident engaging at ExCo and Board level