Blue Pearl HQ

Business Transformation Consultant-Finance

Blue Pearl HQ  •  Cape Town, ZA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description


Our client is seeking an experienced Business Transformation Consultant – Finance to support strategic and financial transformation initiatives within a dynamic project environment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in advising on both strategic and tactical business transformation, with a strong focus on optimizing financial performance, improving planning capabilities, and driving sustainable business change.
This role requires a seasoned finance professional with a Chartered Accountant background, strong SAP experience, and the ability to partner with stakeholders to identify performance gaps, recommend improvements, and implement finance transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
The Business Transformation Consultant – Finance will be responsible for:
Strategic & Financial Transformation
Advising stakeholders on strategic and tactical business transformation initiatives with a finance-led focus.
Assessing current financial and operational performance and identifying gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
Supporting the refinement of existing business strategies or the development of new transformation strategies aligned to market and competitive demands.
Providing insights and recommendations to support sustainable financial and operational improvements.
Financial Planning & Forecasting
Leading and supporting various planning and forecasting processes, including:

  • Strategic planning

  • P&L planning

  • Balance sheet planning

  • Cash flow forecasting

  • Long-range forecasting

  • Rolling forecasts

  • Financial modelling

  • Capital planning

  • HR planning

  • Project planning

  • Production and capacity planning

  • Sales and operational planning

  • Performance Improvement & Change Implementation

  • Identifying performance gaps across finance and business processes.

  • Developing and delivering transformation recommendations to address operational and financial inefficiencies.

  • Supporting the implementation of process improvements, transformation initiatives, and change interventions.

  • Ensuring finance transformation initiatives align with overall business strategy and operational goals.

  • Stakeholder Engagement

  • Engaging with business leaders, finance teams, and project stakeholders to understand business requirements and transformation priorities.

  • Presenting recommendations, findings, and strategic insights clearly and professionally.

  • Collaborating across functions to support successful project execution and adoption of new processes.

  • Systems & Process Optimization

  • Leveraging SAP and other finance-related systems to support planning, reporting, and transformation activities.

  • Contributing to the enhancement of financial systems, reporting structures, and planning methodologies.


Requirements


Required Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria:

  • Essential

  • Chartered Accountant (CA) background

  • Strong Finance transformation / consulting experience

  • Solid SAP experience

  • 8 to 10 years’ relevant experience in finance, business transformation, strategic planning, or consulting

  • Strong understanding of:

  • Financial planning and analysis

  • Forecasting methodologies

  • Financial modelling

  • Business performance improvement

  • Transformation strategy and implementation

  • Preferred Competencies

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

  • Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders

  • Strong business acumen and commercial awareness

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, project-driven environment

  • Strong organizational and delivery capability

  • Qualifications

  • Chartered Accountant qualification is essential

  • Relevant Finance / Accounting / Business qualification required

Contract Details
Role: Business Transformation Consultant – Finance
Location: Cape Town
Duration: 27 April 2026 – 31 May 2027
Start Date: Immediate
Employment Type: Contract

Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for a highly capable finance transformation professional who can combine strategic thinking, financial expertise, and systems knowledge to drive meaningful business change. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and hands-on level, with the ability to influence decision-making and support the delivery of measurable transformation outcomes.
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About Blue Pearl HQ

Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client.

We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation.

Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
2013
Website
bluepearl.co.za
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