Senior Finance Systems Manager

Job Title: Senior Finance Systems Manager Company: TFG (The Foschini Group) Job Category: SAP FICO Roles & Responsibilities: Job Description The Senior Finance Systems Manager is responsible for leading the optimisation, enhancement, and strategic development of the Finance Systems landscape across Central Finance. The role serves as the key link between Finance, Technology, and the business, ensuring that systems effectively support business operations, improve efficiency, and enable future growth. Working closely with business stakeholders, Product Owners, technology teams, and vendors, this role will shape the future Finance Systems roadmap by maximising the value of the existing SAP environment and driving continuous improvement. Responsibilities * Lead the business analysis and solution design phase of projects – assessing system impacts, processes, dependencies, effort and options, and translating requirements into functional specifications * Partner with IT to deliver system enhancements, integrations, upgrades and performance improvements * Drive process optimisation and automation, reducing manual effort through SAP functionality, workflows and supporting technologies * Promote standardisation, simplification and continuous improvement across Finance Systems * Ensure projects deliver measurable operational improvements and business value * Build strong relationships across Finance, IT, Shared Services and the business, collaborating with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers and Infrastructure teams * Manage relationships with SAP partners and third\-party vendors, and communicate progress and strategic priorities to senior leadership Behaviours * Building Effective Teams \- forms, develops and leads a group of individuals toward the achievement of a common team objective * Builds Networks \- establishes and nurtures internal and external relationships in order to create robust, and mutually beneficial, partnerships * Decision Quality \- consistently makes timely, well\-rounded and informed decisions * Manages Complexity \- interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems * Strategic Mindset \- thinks and plans strategically, focusing on the long\-term goals and objectives of the organisation Work Location: Western Cape, South Africa Availability: Full time

Qualifications * Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Information Technology, Finance or a related discipline (essential) * SAP certification or equivalent practical SAP implementation and support experience (essential) * Project Management, Agile or Business Analysis certification (desirable) * Minimum of 10 \- 15\+ years' Finance Systems, ERP or Business Systems experience within a large retail environment (essential) * Minimum of 8 \- 10\+ years' hands\-on SAP experience supporting Finance\-related processes (essential) * Minimum of 5 \- 8 years' experience in systems optimisation, business analysis, solution design, integrated delivery and technology\-enabled transformation (essential) Preference will be given, but not limited to, candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act. About Us Who we are is because of our people. They are our greatest asset. TFG is an internationally diversified retail portfolio of 34 speciality lifestyle and apparel brands that Inspire our Customers to live their Best Lives and are woven into the lives of millions. Our vision is to create the most remarkable omnichannel experiences for our customers. TFG is more than a workplace, it's a launchpad for your growth. Join us and explore endless growth opportunities across our diverse brands. We’re a purpose\-led business, and on this team, you’ll share the pride of making an impact across a whole industry. Key Skills: Requirements Gathering, Functional Specifications Salary: Not disclosed