Are you a driven professional with a passion for operational excellence and analytics? Our client seeks a dynamic individual to take charge of finance operations, ensuring smooth processes and making a direct impact on business units. Reporting to the Financial Manager, you'll oversee the operational finance division, coordinate budgets, manage billing, and handle debt management. Key duties include analysis, reconciliation, compliance, reporting, risk detection, and branch visits to provide financial support and advice. Apply today! Operational Excellence Oversee the coordination of accountant activities, including training, HR tasks, and performance monitoring. Ensure compliance by monitoring internal controls across branches. Lead business process improvements through project management to drive operational finance efficiency. Work with Brand Finance and GSS to measure and track KPIs related to billing and debt management. Introduce and implement best practices for billing and debt management, focusing on areas like fundraising and events not covered by SIMS. Develop and track action plans to enhance operational performance. Define business requirements for new system implementations or process roll-outs to enhance efficiency. Financial Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting Prepare comprehensive, data-driven budgets for each business unit, in collaboration with management and through detailed historical analysis. Provide support to senior management during the budget creation process to ensure effective financial planning. Track, monitor, and analyze financial performance, coordinating with all stakeholders to address any issues. Conduct monthly trend analyses, identifying and highlighting critical financial insights. Billing Operations | Ensuring Accuracy&Customer Service Excellence Ensure the accuracy and completeness of billing inputs before transferring them to the Group Shared Services (GSS) Billing Team. Lead and manage the annual billing master data setup campaign for the new school year. Maintain billing master data throughout the year, ensuring accurate and complete student account fee payer information from various systems and sources. Collaborate with GSS to manage billing SLAs and KPIs, implementing process improvements to boost accuracy and efficiency. Address escalated account queries and manage communication between internal and external stakeholders in the billing process. Lead projects related to billing operations, ensuring high standards of customer service and reporting. If you have a knack for financial planning, operational process improvement, and a passion for data analytics, this is the opportunity to make a lasting impact! Skills&Experience: Data analytics experience Advanced Excel Microsoft D365 Excellent understanding of Management Accounting Sound knowledge of Audit principles Qualification: Degree + experience Contact CORNE JONKER on 021418 1750 , quoting the Ref: CTF019530 . Connect with us on www.communicate.co.za and Register your CV to create a profile and to view all our Financial recruitment vacancies. Let us assist you with your career. For further Finance jobs, Accountant jobs, Financial Manager vacancies and Management Accountant vacancies. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database and we will connect with you with any other suitable roles or positions. #J-18808-Ljbffr