Group Finance Manager
4 days ago
Group Finance Manager | Johannesburg | Permanent
A group-level finance role with real operational impact across multiple hospitality entities. Bring rigour to reporting, sharpen controls, and turn performance data into confident decisions.
This role oversees financial operations across multiple properties/entities, ensuring accurate monthly reporting, clean consolidation, strong compliance, and commercial insight that supports growth. You'll lead the budgeting and reforecast cycles, strengthen working-capital discipline, and embed practical controls across cash handling, POS settlement, stock management, and night-audit processes. You'll also partner closely with operational stakeholders to improve cost of sales, drive system enhancements, and support strategic initiatives.
Our client is a multi-property hospitality group operating premium resorts and lodge-style experiences. With a strong focus on guest experience and operational excellence, they're building a finance function that is proactive, disciplined, and closely aligned to operations.
What You'll Do
Prepare monthly management accounts on time, with variance analysis and actionable commentaryMaintain group chart of accounts structures and ensure accurate intercompany eliminationsCoordinate year-end statutory accounts and audit processes across entitiesLead annual budgets and rolling reforecasts by property/department, including Capex and Opex planningConsolidate group cash flow, manage liquidity, credit terms, and collectionsManage intercompany transactions and reconciliationsStrengthen internal controls across cash handling, POS settlement, tips/service charge distribution, stock, and night-audit reconciliationsOversee inventory controls, including recipe costing, yield/wastage, stock counts, and variance analysis, to reducethe cost of salesEnsure compliance with IFRS/GAAP, tax, payroll, and statutory requirementsSupport insurance reviews, risk registers, and business continuity planningProvide financial insight for strategic decisions, including modelling, M&A support, and due diligence when requiredDrive process improvements and ERP/PMS/POS integration enhancements with cross-functional teamsWhat You Bring
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business (MBA/Master's advantageous)5–8+ years' experience in multi-property hospitality finance or group finance roles, including consolidation and audit coordinationStrong knowledge of IFRS/GAAP, tax compliance, and hospitality KPI frameworksAdvanced Excel/Google Sheets capabilityHands-on exposure to PMS, POS, and ERP environments and integrationsStrong forecasting and financial modelling skillsProven stakeholder management across GMs, owners, revenue, culinary, HR, and procurementDetail-focused with the ability to deliver under seasonal pressureConfident communicator with a practical, solutions-driven leadership styleWhat Success Looks Like
Month-end is consistently on time, accurate, and trusted by operations and leadershipBudgets and reforecasts are robust, well-owned, and used as real performance toolsWorking capital improves through tighter cash flow, collections, and controlsInventory and COS are measurably better managed through disciplined processes and collaborationAudit and compliance requirements are met smoothly, with reduced risk and fewer surprisesFinance is seen as a value-adding partner, not only a reporting function-
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