Senior Finance Systems Analyst at Biovac

• BIOVAC is one of the leading sterile vaccine manufacturers rooted in Africa, with our core purpose being to "protect life". We are looking to hire a dynamic, passionate, confident, proactive and meticulous Senior Finance Systems Analyst to join a goal-oriented team

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:

Required:

• Bachelors degree or diploma in Financial Accounting or equivalent.

Preferred:

CA(SA) or CIMA
Experience needed to deliver the role seamlessly:

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; professional accounting qualification (e.g., CA, CIMA) preferred.
• 5 -7 years of SAP FI/CO experience, including at least one full-cycle implementation in a manufacturing or pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong understanding of production costing, inventory valuation, and financial integration with PP/MM.
• Experience in regulated industries with knowledge of compliance frameworks (e.g. GMP).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills.
• Experience with SAP FI/CO, Fiori apps, and reporting tools.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance experience.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Core Technical Delivery:

Finance & Controlling (FI/CO)

• Define and champion core FI/CO business processes, including leading cross-functional efforts to identify and prioritize enhancements that align SAP FI/CO capabilities with finance strategy and operational efficiency.
• Oversee end-to-end business process improvements for SAP FI/CO modules, guiding requirements gathering and validation to ensure they meet evolving finance needs and drive measurable business value.
• Design and implement and maintain core CO functionalities including:
• Cost Centre Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Profit Centre Accounting
• Product Costing and Cost Object Controlling
• Actual vs. Plan variance analysis
• Month-end closing processes and allocations
• Ensure accurate integration of FI/CO with other modules such as MM, SD, and PP.
• Support financial reporting, compliance, and audit readiness in line with industry regulations (e.g., GMP).

Production Planning & MRP Integration

• Collaborate with Information Technology (IT), Production Planning (PP) and Supply Chain teams to ensure seamless integration between FI/CO and PP/MM modules.
• Direct the business requirements for product cost planning, cost estimates, and production order costing, collaborating with stakeholders to establish policies and workflows that optimize cost accuracy and profitability.
• Lead the design and implementation of product cost planning, cost estimates, and production order costing.
• Establish and enforce business rules for financial treatment of MRP-driven procurement and inventory transactions, partnering with IT to validate that system outputs reflect accurate financial reporting and compliance.
• Support Material Ledger setup and actual costing processes for accurate inventory valuation.
• Drive the financial aspects of batch costing, production variances, and settlement processes.

Sales & Distribution (SD) Integration

• Partner with commercial and supply chain teams to ensure financial integration of SD processes with FI/CO.
• Provide business expertise and validation for SD-related financial flows, including defining key integration points, success criteria, and ongoing monitoring to support revenue recognition and billing processes:
• Customer invoicing and revenue recognition
• Credit management and billing
• Integration of sales orders with profitability analysis (CO-PA)
• Tax determination and posting
• Inter-company sales and stock transfers
• Ensure accurate posting of revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS), and customer receivables.
• Validate pricing procedures and their impact on financial postings.
• Assist in designing controls for order-to-cash processes in compliance with pharmaceutical industry standards

Project Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate fit-gap analysis, blueprinting, and solution design workshops with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Project management of FI/CO enhancements of change requests ensure that user requirements are scoped, co-ordinate UAT and ensure that changes work as intended post implementation.
• Lead data migration efforts for finance and controlling master and transactional data.
• Develop and deliver training for finance and operations users, support change management initiatives.
• Provide post-go-live support and drive continuous improvement across finance and production processes.

Additional Duties

• Business Planning Actively involved in the business planning and forecasting activities
• Management Business and financial reporting
• KPI tracking and adherence
• Product Costing & Reporting
• Business Intelligence/Insights reporting

Application Deadline: 31 December 2025