Description:
Reports directly to the Managing Director / Owner
Role Purpose
The Group Financial Manager is accountable for financial integrity, governance, risk management, systems control, and compliance across the retail group.
The role exists to protect the business , ensure sustainability, and enable scalable growth through strong controls, clear accountability, and disciplined system governance.
This role is a control and governance role , not an operational retail role.
Core Accountabilities
1. Financial Governance
- Group financial reporting and accuracy
- Budgeting, forecasting, and margin protection
- Cash flow management
- Identification and mitigation of financial risk
2. Internal Controls & Risk Management
- Design, implementation, and ownership of the Group’s internal control framework
- Enforcement of segregation of duties across Finance, Admin, IT, and Operations
- Oversight of compliance with approved policies, procedures, and SOPs
- Ownership of incident management, investigations, and escalations
3. Systems & Access Governance
- Ownership of all financial and retail systems (POS, ERP, pricing, reporting systems)
- Approval authority for:
- User creation
- User modification
- User deactivation
- Monthly user access reviews and audit-log oversight
- Change management governance for pricing, master data, and system configurations
4. Incident, Root Cause & Corrective Action
- Ownership of formal incident reporting processes
- Conducting and documenting root cause analysis
- Defining corrective and preventative actions
- Tracking corrective actions to completion
- Reporting incidents, risks, and outcomes to the Managing Director
5. HR, Admin & Compliance Oversight
- Ownership of HR policies including:
- Onboarding
- Offboarding
- Disciplinary processes
- Training compliance tracking
- Payroll oversight
- Oversight of administrative control functions
Requirements:
Reports directly to the Managing Director / Owner
Role Purpose
The Group Financial Manager is accountable for financial integrity, governance, risk management, systems control, and compliance across the retail group.
The role exists to protect the business , ensure sustainability, and enable scalable growth through strong controls, clear accountability, and disciplined system governance.
This role is a control and governance role , not an operational retail role.
Core Accountabilities
1. Financial Governance
- Group financial reporting and accuracy
- Budgeting, forecasting, and margin protection
- Cash flow management
- Identification and mitigation of financial risk
2. Internal Controls & Risk Management
- Design, implementation, and ownership of the Group’s internal control framework
- Enforcement of segregation of duties across Finance, Admin, IT, and Operations
- Oversight of compliance with approved policies, procedures, and SOPs
- Ownership of incident management, investigations, and escalations
3. Systems & Access Governance
- Ownership of all financial and retail systems (POS, ERP, pricing, reporting systems)
- Approval authority for:
- User creation
- User modification
- User deactivation
- Monthly user access reviews and audit-log oversight
- Change management governance for pricing, master data, and system configurations
4. Incident, Root Cause & Corrective Action
- Ownership of formal incident reporting processes
- Conducting and documenting root cause analysis
- Defining corrective and preventative actions
- Tracking corrective actions to completion
- Reporting incidents, risks, and outcomes to the Managing Director
5. HR, Admin & Compliance Oversight
- Ownership of HR policies including:
- Onboarding
- Offboarding
- Disciplinary processes
- Training compliance tracking
- Payroll oversight
- Oversight of administrative control functions
- Group financial reporting and accuracy
- Budgeting, forecasting, and margin protection
- Cash flow management
- Identification and mitigation of financial risk
- Design, implementation, and ownership of the Group’s internal control framework
- Enforcement of segregation of duties across Finance, Admin, IT, and Operations
- Oversight of compliance with approved policies, procedures, and SOPs
- Ownership of incident management, investigations, and escalations
- Ownership of all financial and retail systems (POS, ERP, pricing, reporting systems)
- Approval authority for:
- User creation
- User modification
- User deactivation
- Monthly user access reviews and audit-log oversight
- Change management governance for pricing, master data, and system configurations
- User creation
- User modification
- User deactivation
- Ownership of formal incident reporting processes
- Conducting and documenting root cause analysis
- Defining corrective and preventative actions
- Tracking corrective actions to completion
- Reporting incidents, risks, and outcomes to the Managing Director
- Ownership of HR policies including:
- Onboarding
- Offboarding
- Disciplinary processes
- Training compliance tracking
- Payroll oversight
- Oversight of administrative control functions
- Onboarding
- Offboarding
- Disciplinary processes
- Finance Skills: 5 to 6 years
- Group Financial Reporting: 5 to 6 years
6. Vendor & Service Provider Management
- Oversight of system vendors and IT service providers
- Contract and SLA management
- Escalation and remediation of vendor-related risks or failures
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Zero repeat incidents caused by unresolved root causes
- 100% completion of formal incident reports
- Monthly user access reviews completed and documented
- Audit findings resolved within agreed timelines
- Policy and control compliance rate across all stores
Authority & Decision Rights
- Approve or reject system access requests
- Enforce corrective and preventative actions
- Escalate disciplinary matters related to control failures
- Suspend system access where risk to the business is identified
Non-Negotiables
- No system, control, or policy operates without documented approval
- No delegation of approval authority without written consent
- Control integrity takes precedence over operational convenience
Role Positioning Statement
The Group Financial Manager is the custodian of governance and control within the business.
The role exists to prevent losses, protect assets, ensure compliance, and support sustainable growth .
Send CV and additional documents to melissa@securejobs.co.za
- Oversight of system vendors and IT service providers
- Contract and SLA management
- Escalation and remediation of vendor-related risks or failures
- Zero repeat incidents caused by unresolved root causes
- 100% completion of formal incident reports
- Monthly user access reviews completed and documented
- Audit findings resolved within agreed timelines
- Policy and control compliance rate across all stores
- Approve or reject system access requests
- Enforce corrective and preventative actions
- Escalate disciplinary matters related to control failures
- Suspend system access where risk to the business is identified
- No system, control, or policy operates without documented approval
- No delegation of approval authority without written consent
- Control integrity takes precedence over operational convenience
6. Vendor & Service Provider Management
- Oversight of system vendors and IT service providers
- Contract and SLA management
- Escalation and remediation of vendor-related risks or failures
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Zero repeat incidents caused by unresolved root causes
- 100% completion of formal incident reports
- Monthly user access reviews completed and documented
- Audit findings resolved within agreed timelines
- Policy and control compliance rate across all stores
Authority & Decision Rights
- Approve or reject system access requests
- Enforce corrective and preventative actions
- Escalate disciplinary matters related to control failures
- Suspend system access where risk to the business is identified
Non-Negotiables
- No system, control, or policy operates without documented approval
- No delegation of approval authority without written consent
- Control integrity takes precedence over operational convenience
Role Positioning Statement
The Group Financial Manager is the custodian of governance and control within the business.
The role exists to prevent losses, protect assets, ensure compliance, and support sustainable growth .
Send CV and additional documents to melissa@securejobs.co.za