Assistant Finance Manager

Job Location:

Regional Africa Office

Minor Hotels is a global hospitality leader with over 600 hotels and resorts across six continents, a diverse portfolio of F&B businesses and a selection of luxury transportation services. With over five decades of experience, Minor Hotels has built a global network of hotel and hospitality brands driven by one key philosophy – we don’t need to be the biggest, but we do need to be the best.

Perpetually driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, we create better hospitality brands, businesses and partnerships. We do this because hospitality is our calling. We live and breathe it every day, always led by what matters most to our guests, our team members and our partners.

Joining Minor Hotels means becoming part of a truly international team, with real opportunities to grow, make an impact, and deliver what people truly want most.

The Assistant Finance Manager supports the Regional Office finance function in South Africa through effective financial control, accurate reporting, month-end coordination, compliance support, and oversight of finance operations across the regional office and Africa portfolio. A key focus of the role is to maintain oversight of finance activities transitioned to Shared Services, acting as the primary liaison and point of contact between the Regional Office and Shared Service teams.

The role ensures that finance processes performed by Shared Services are completed accurately, on time, and in accordance with company policies, reporting deadlines, and internal control requirements. The role also provides support across financial accounting, reporting, reconciliations, tax, audit, receivables, payables, payroll support, cash flow reporting, and regional finance administration.

• Act as the primary point of contact between the Regional Office and Shared Services for finance-related matters.
• Maintain oversight of finance activities transitioned to Shared Services, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Monitor month-end deliverables across AP, AR, GL, and other finance work streams, and follow up on outstanding items, delays, or exceptions.
• Escalate issues where required and ensure clear communication of deadlines, reporting requirements, and operational priorities.
• Support and coordinate month-end and year-end close activities for the Regional Office and relevant entities.
• Prepare, review, and monitor journals, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations, and period-end adjustments.
• Review ledger outputs and financial reports to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timely closure.
• Oversee accounts receivable and accounts payable activities to ensure transactions are processed accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Review balances, reports, and exceptions, and follow up with Shared Services and relevant stakeholders on outstanding items.
• Support transaction validation, invoicing, aging reviews, and ledger integrity across AR and AP.
• Prepare and review cash balances, payment plans, intercompany reconciliations, and related working capital reporting.
• Support VAT, tax, and fixed asset accounting processes, including journal preparation, reconciliations, and period-end review.
• Ensure transactions and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, and compliant with internal policies and statutory requirements.
• Support balance sheet reconciliations, monthly reporting, management reporting inputs, and financial analysis.
• Assist with budgeting, reporting templates, cash flow information, and regional finance reporting requirements.
• Payroll processing for Cluster hotels.

• Support audit and compliance requirements across Africa operations.
• Prepare audit schedules, review supporting documents, and assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Maintain audit-ready financial records and assist in strengthening financial controls, governance, and compliance processes across the region.