Administration Manager at Unitrans

Job Advert Summary    

• To lead and integrate administrative and financial operations across South Africa, ensuring profitability, compliance, cost control and operational efficiency through robust financial management, process optimisation and governance in a high-volume logistics environment.
• This is NOT a pure admin role, it is a commercially focused operational finance role with administrative oversight.

Minimum Requirements    

• Degree in Accounting, Financial Management, or Transport Economics
• 5–8 years’ experience in a logistics / transport environment, with at least:
• 3 years in a financial or operational finance leadership role

Strong exposure to:

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Costing, pricing and contract financials
• Advanced Excel (mandatory) + experience
• Proven track record in process improvement and cost optimisation
• Knowledge and understanding stock and stock system

Critical Competencies

• Financial & commercial acumen
• Analytical thinking & problem solving
• Process optimisation mindset
• Influencing & stakeholder engagement
• Leadership & team development

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Own regional P&L support, including cost control, margin tracking and variance analysis
• Deliver monthly, quarterly and annual budgets, forecasts and financial insights
• Manage cash flow, working capital and cost leakage risks
• Partner with Operations on profitability improvement (cost per km, cost per route, fleet utilisation, etc.)
• Lead end-to-end admin processes across depots
• Standardise and optimise financial and operational workflows
• Identify inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure data integrity across systems
• Maintain accurate and auditable financial records
• Manage and develop admin teams
• Drive performance management, KPIs and accountability culture
• Build financial capability within operational teams
• Act as finance business partner
• Analysing and correcting non adherence to company policies
• Implementing processes that may lack at Contracts
• To assist Contract Mangers in Finance and Admin processes at the contracts.

Closing Date    

• 2026/07/04