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Head of Shared Services Centre - Finance

East Rand
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Accounting
Reference: NFR005305/PaB

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Employer: Network Recruitment

Lead the transformation of finance operations across Sub-Saharan Africa as their Head of Shared Services Centre!

Lead the Shared Services Centre Finance operations for their Sub-Saharan Africa, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and excellence in AP, AR, GL, and Fixed Asset processes, while driving standardisation, digitalisation, and process optimisation.

This role is based in Springs, Johannesburg East.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategically and operationally manage SSC Finance for the Sub-Saharan Africa Region.
Ensure compliance with accounting, tax regulations, and internal controls.
Oversee month-end/year-end closings, group reporting, and external audits.
Drive digital transformation and implement tools for O2C, P2P, and process improvements.
Standardise finance processes to enhance efficiency and consistency.
Lead and develop a team of 30, fostering skills and competencies.
Collaborate with Regional Treasury for cash flow and forex matters.
Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Monitor KPIs, ensuring performance and service excellence.

Key Challenges:

Balancing stakeholder expectations with operational efficiency.
Driving continuous process improvement and team development.
Maintaining high standards of professionalism and service delivery.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education: Honours Degree (B.Com Accounting preferred), MBA advantageous.
Experience: Over 10 years in SSC Finance in an international context, with exposure across Africa.
Skills:
- Strong IFRS, tax, treasury, and budgeting expertise.
- Proficient in SAP and MS Office Suite, especially Excel.
- Proven leadership in change management and digitalisation.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and resilient with strong interpersonal skills.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly. For more finance jobs, please visit www.networkrecruitmentinternational.com.
If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful.

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About Network Recruitment

Network Recruitment

Network Recruitment is a leading specialist recruitment company in the fields of IT, Finance and Engineering.

Since our establishment in 1987, we have been at the forefront of the specialist recruitment industry. Network Recruitment’s key to success is the focus on delivering superior quality service by developing and maintaining an exclusive focus on sourcing high-calibre skills for medium-sized to JSE-listed companies operating in these three niche sectors across South Africa.

Our experience in permanent and contract-based recruitment enables us to provide you with recruitment solutions that meet your long- and short-term needs.

Network Recruitment is a division of ADvTECH Resourcing, the recruitment arm of the national JSE-listed ADvTECH Limited Group a leader in quality education, training, skills development and placement services.