Sabenza IT

Finance consultant (Expert)

Sabenza IT  •  Pretoria, ZA (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description


The Finance
Consultant (Expert) is responsible for delivering complex financial and IT
solutions, with a strong focus on SAP Finance processes. The role involves
leading system implementations, supporting global rollouts, and ensuring
alignment between business requirements and technical solutions.


Key
Responsibilities


  • Lead and coordinate market rollouts
    for finance-related solutions.

  • Facilitate Fit-to-Template (FIT/GAP)
    workshops and drive process alignment.

  • Ensure successful implementation,
    testing, and deployment of solutions.

  • Maintain oversight of processes,
    structures, and system integrations within the feature team.

  • Manage documentation, including
    process designs and gap analysis.

  • Coordinate defect resolution and
    support during rollout and stabilization phases.

  • Oversee data collection, migration
    mapping, and system readiness activities.

  • Support user acceptance testing
    (UAT), cutover planning, and training delivery.

  • Ensure alignment of business
    requirements with system capabilities.

  • Take full ownership of
    finance-related processes, systems, and interfaces within projects.


Requirements


Essential
Skills


  • Strong financial accounting knowledge
    (e.g., Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Cost Accounting)

  • SAP Finance (FICO) experience
    (front-end user exposure)

  • Change and project management
    capability

  • Strong business acumen

  • Excellent communication and
    stakeholder engagement skills

  • Ability to influence and negotiate
    effectively

  • Experience in test planning, test
    case design, and execution

  • Solid understanding of IT systems and
    integrated processes


Advantageous
Skills


  • Experience with SAP S/4HANA
    implementations or global template rollouts

  • SAP functional consulting (FI/CO/MM)

  • Exposure to SAP BW / BI tools

  • Signavio process design experience

  • German language skills


Experience
& Qualifications


  • BCom in Accounting

  • Postgraduate qualification or
    certification (preferred)

  • Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA
    (advantageous)
Sabenza IT

About Sabenza IT

Sabenza iT Recruitment is a Level 2 BBBEE company with more than 23 years of expertise in Information Technology recruitment. Our team comprises 20 recruiters dedicated to providing top-notch services in recruiting for sectors such as SAP, IT Developers, and IT Security, among others. Sabenza iT is proud to be a wholly South African-owned company.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Natal, Cape Town, Gauteng, ZA
Year Founded
2013
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