Job Description

The core mission of a finance business partner is to provide quality strategic financial and analytical insight and advice to support commercial decisions and help deliver financial targets. This role will build strong commercial relationships with key senior stakeholders across the business and support them to drive and monitor business performance, ensure compliance to the governance and accounting framework, make capital allocation decisions and develop investment proposals. This role will be part of the Finance business partnering team providing support to the relevant region/function.This is a hybrid role 3 days per week from our office in Johannesburg.Key Responsibilities Summary of Role
As a Finance Business Partner, you'll play a key role in shaping strategic decisions by providing clear, insightful financial guidance. You'll work closely with senior leaders, acting as a trusted advisor to influence performance and long-term planning. This is a senior-level role suited for someone with strong commercial finance experience and a strategic mindset.What I Will Be Doing
You'll provide high-quality financial analysis, insights, and judgement to support key commercial decisions. Working alongside senior stakeholders, you'll translate complex data into clear, actionable strategies that drive growth and profitability. You'll be heavily involved in forecasting, budgeting, investment planning, and performance tracking, especially focused on renewals. You'll also help ensure financial compliance, streamline reporting processes, and continuously look for opportunities to improve how finance supports the wider business.What We Are Looking For
We need someone with solid qualifications and extensive experience in either commercial finance or senior-level finance operations. This is a senior finance role-it requires a strategic thinker with excellent analytical and communication skills who can confidently advise senior leaders and contribute to broader business discussions. You should bring a strong understanding of performance analysis, decision support, and financial governance. Previous experience in the technology, telecom, or banking sectors is highly desirable, though not essential. Strong proficiency in Power BI is a must have skill as well as working with large complex datasets. You'll need to be confident presenting to executives, comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and passionate about using data to drive commercial success.Function Commercial FinanceCountry South AfricaOffice Location JohannesburgWork Place type HybridAdvert Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions.Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential.
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