Finance Leave Administrator jobs at Ey in South Africa, Johannesburg

As an Assistant Manager in Finance Operate, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-impact financial reporting services across multiple clients. This role demands agility, technical excellence and a consulting mindset – this means balancing client expectations, team leadership and structured delivery under pressure. You will manage client relationships, contribute to solution design and ensure delivery excellence across engagements. You will also be expected to embrace technology and data analytics to drive efficiency and deliver insights, contributing to the transformation of our engagement delivery model.

Key Responsibilities

• Take primary responsibility for client engagement delivery, ensuring structured execution and proactive issue resolution.
• Review financial statements and month-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Coordinate year end audit processes by managing deliverables, liaising with auditors
• Ensuring work is properly executed, documented and concluded in compliance with Q&RM standards.
• Mentor junior staff and foster a culture of learning and professional growth.
• Collaborate across service lines to deliver integrated solutions that meet client needs.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement by leveraging technology and data analytics to enhance financial processes and client outcomes.
• Support engagement planning, proposals and performance metrics to drive business success.

Qualifications & Experience

• CTA or equivalent post graduate degree - CA(SA)/ ACCA/SAIPA with relevant experience.
• Up to 1 year post-article experience, ideally gained in a professional services environment.
• Demonstrated success in delivering accounting and tax services to clients, with a strong understanding of commercial, legislative and regulatory frameworks.
• Proven competency in applying global compliance processes and tools, with strict adherence to Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) procedures.
• In-depth knowledge of IFRS and accounting principles, with specific exposure to IFRS 4 and IFRS 17 considered advantageous.
• Familiarity with the Companies Act and experience in multi-client environments
• Experience in utilising and deriving insights from ERP systems.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to self-manage and lead teams effectively to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities in a fast-paced, client-centric environment.
• A passion for technology, demonstrated through a history of leveraging tech-driven solutions in accounting practices.
• Proficiency in data analysis from an accounting perspective, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• A proactive mindset with a history of proposing and implementing changes that result in operational improvements.
• A "Can do" or winning mindset, team player who is eager to drive change and modernise the workplace.

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Job Rank: Manager
Function: Tax Financial Operations
Sub Function: Working Capital

Providing support across the South African Tax business, you will play a key role in managing and optimizing working capital processes using various reports issued on a daily, weekly, monthly basis in conjunction with existing processes.

Candidates should possess experience, knowledge, and skills that allow them to execute the following responsibilities:
• Contributing to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and providing support to other team members.
• Embedding data analytics capability by coaching the adoption and usage of working capital reporting.

Essential Functions of the Job:
• Billings: Monitoring and managing inventory to ensure billing is done on time.
• Cash collections: Monitoring and managing AR to ensure cash is collected on time.
• Revenue days: Improve revenue days by monitoring and managing inventory and debt collection effectively.
• Reconciliations: Perform reconciliations on a daily, weekly, monthly basis to ensure accuracy of inventory and AR.
• Forecasts: Generate and manage billing and cash collection forecasts.

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:
• Resolve issues with tenacity and determination.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously with flexibility.
• Work through complex technical issues and understand client needs.
• Identify and investigate issues for continuous improvements.
• Act as a trusted business advisor, providing clear points of view and challenging existing processes.

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Supervision of the engagements assistant team on a daily basis.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Professional approach with a strong understanding of credit control.
• Ability to build strong internal Partner-level relationships and external relationships with client contacts responsible for credit control.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to provide credible solutions.
• Confidence to challenge where appropriate.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills with attention to detail.
• Effective time management and ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive, and share knowledge.
• Ability to translate technical terms into business-relevant language.
• Excellent communication skills for delivering presentations, training, and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to deliver challenging messages professionally and drive mutual understanding.
• Demonstrate the ability to become an effective change advocate.
• Proficient in MS Excel.
• Ability and flexibility to work in a virtual environment across multiple time zones.

Job Requirements:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in law and or business administration, or related field is preferrable.• 10+ years of experience in credit control, debt collection and inventory management.
Note: This job description is intended as a guide to reflect the principal purpose of the job. However, it is not an all-inclusive listing of the required job responsibilities, and these may vary depending on the geographic location of the job and/or the manager. Further, the job description is subject to change at the discretion of management.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate in discovery meetings with the client to understand current business processes that need to be incorporated into D365 FSC
• Work with the client to understand legacy data components and identify the appropriate location for such data in D365. Document mapping of that data for conversion by technical staff
• Validation of business practices and processes in Dynamics based on discovery analysis
• Conducting GAP analysis to determine the difference between application and business processes
• Identify creative solutions for processes that aren’t fully accomplished by standard D365
• Develop and deliver presentations to customers by outlining findings and recommendations to guide the implementation of the identified solution
• Translate functional business objectives and critical success factors into functional documents
• Configure application as appropriate to conform to business process definition
• Train users in a hands-on methodology and develop training documentation
• Provide on-going support to end users, assisting with trouble shooting or additional training via email, phone or site visits
• Maintain and expand client relationships through delivery of high-quality services
• Fully utilize Microsoft Technology and the Microsoft Azure Stack (LCS, BPM, VSTS, Task guides, PowerApps, Office 365, etc.)

Experience and qualifications

• 5+ years of significant industry experience
• 5+ years of D365 FSC/AX implementation experience required
• Minimum of 3 or more Dynamics 365 Commerce full life cycle implementations
• Microsoft certifications in Dynamics D365 FSC/AX – highly desirable
• BA/BSc/BCom in Computer Science, or Accounting preferred
• Experience in product creation and management, trade agreements, procurement and sales
• Experience with intercompany activities
• Experience with multiple legal entries management
• Ability to guide workflow procurement process
• Experience with associated tools and technologies such as SQL Reporting Services are highly desirable
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively meet deadlines
• Excellent demonstration and presentation skills
• A passion for client success and enthusiasm for the products we implement
• Ability to travel to provide services to clients

Additional requirements (required):

• Advanced level of experience in warehouse and or retail industry
• Desire to constantly assess and incorporate new technologies and software into their skillset
• Strong project implementation skills (planning, data conversion, module setups, training, project management, reporting)
• Ability to recognize and incorporate client needs at a worker level
• Proactive approach in communicating project status and project risks to all parties, internal and external

Reports to:Samantha Piquito – Assistant Director - Finance

Job Summary:

Providing support across the Africa business, you will play a key role in managing and optimizing leave processes using SAGE Leave Management software. Candidates should possess experience, knowledge, and skills that allow them to execute the following responsibilities:

• Contributing to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and providing support to other team members.
• Assisting with Functional, System, and User Acceptance Testing for leave management tools.
• Embedding data analytics capability by coaching the adoption and usage of leave management software.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Leave Reporting:Generate and manage regular and ad hoc leave reports to ensure accurate leave balances and statuses. This includes compiling data from various sources, analysing trends, and presenting findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Employee Leave Queries:Address employees leave queries promptly and accurately. This involves investigating discrepancies, providing detailed explanations, and ensuring that employees have a clear understanding of their leave balances and statuses.
• Timesheet Management:Capture and reconcile timesheets against SAGE Leave Management, ensuring all leave data is accurately recorded and processed.
• Employee Access Management:Provide access to new employees and manage access queries, including reactivation of accounts, ensuring timely and accurate access management.
• Reconciliations:Perform mid-month and month-end reconciliations for terminated employees, ensuring any leave balances due are accurately maintained and updated before payout.
• HR Assistance and Exit Checklists:Assist Talent with leave-related queries, sign off on exit checklists to ensure appropriate leave balances are reflected.
• Ad Hoc Assistance and Leave Approval Setup:Provide ad hoc assistance with generating reports and changing leave approvers; set up and maintenance of leave approval processes and approver groups.

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Resolve issues with tenacity and determination.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously with flexibility.
• Work through complex technical issues and understand client needs.
• Identify and investigate issues for continuous improvements.
• Act as a trusted business advisor, providing clear points of view and challenging existing processes.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Professional approach with a strong understanding of leave management processes.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to provide credible solutions.
• Confidence to challenge where appropriate.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills with attention to detail.
• Effective time management and ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive, and share knowledge.
• Ability to translate technical terms into business-relevant language.
• Excellent communication skills for delivering presentations, training, and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to deliver challenging messages professionally and drive mutual understanding.
• Demonstrate the ability to become an effective change advocate.
• Proficient in MS Excel.

Other Requirements:

• Ability and flexibility to work in a virtual environment across multiple time zones.

Education:

• Relevant Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, or related field is preferrable

Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in Payroll or Leave Management.
• Proficiency in SAGE Leave Management software.