# DC Finance Admin Manager at takealot.com

DC Finance Admin Manager at takealot.com in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Posted October 1, 2026.

- Company: takealot.com
- Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal
- Experience: 5+ years
- Posted: 2026-10-01
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8239186
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/dc-finance-admin-manager-takealotcom-p31r43

## Description

- takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented **DC Finance Manager** to join our team in **Kwa-Zulu Natal.**

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

**This position reports to the: National Planning and Procurement ManagerYour responsibilities will include:Financial reporting:**

-  Prepare DC monthly income statement

-  Prepare DC month end journals to ensure all cost allocated accurately

-  Prepare cost variance analysis

-  Process all DC invoices for payment and maintain a real time overview of expenses versus budget

-  Prepare annual DC budget process and long-term planning

-  Maintain the purchase order tracking tool to control all expenses to align with approved budget

-  Prepare and present reports/dashboards on trends, issues and solutions

**Planning: Workforce Management**

- Prepare weekly timesheet for HOD approvals and invoicing for Temporary employment services providers

- Maintain the permanent employee schedule and accurately record overtime for payment.

- Manage and maintain the relationship with Temporary Employment Services providers.

- Hold regular meetings to align and engage all departmental managers to the approved Plan

- Maintain and update SOPs to align with current business practice

- Propose cost reduction initiatives while maintaining productivity

- Manage and escalate weekly/monthly exceptions against planned outputs and timelines

**Procurement:**

- Design and manage internal and external processes, standards and SLAs

- Procure all consumables in line with the agreed plans and schedules, place orders and process all documentation

- Procure packaging materials in line DC with requirements

- Manage the relationship with current suppliers and co-ordinate the purchase order processing and delivery of goods and services.

- Participate in RFP and RFQ for DC resource and service requirements

**Team Management**

- Manage a team of admin clerks to ensure DC finance and procurement processes run efficiently

- Manage the finance and procurement process for 2 DC’s in CPT

- Provide data driven insights and recommendations to improve workforce efficiency and quality

- Develop continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, productivity and customer services.

**Qualification & Experience:**

- B.Comm or Btech Accounting/Cost Accounting

- Minimum 5 years relevant experience

- People management experience

- Previous experience with WMS systems such as Oracle, SAP, Logfire or similar

- High level of proficiency with MS Office packages

- Previous experience in mini project management advantageous

- Comfortable with change and excellent team player

- Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems

**Attributes Required**:

- Analytical, good organiser and facilitator

- Ability to influence people, consult and facilitate

- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated

- Attention to detail

- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken

- Comfortable with complexity and adapting

- Tolerant to pressure, and a fast paced environment

- Stakeholder engagement across all levels

- Ability to respectfully and professionally challenge status quo

**The Environment**: 

- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 

- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 

- We are short on ego and high on output. 

- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 

- We love what we do and what we are creating.

- We seek to employ an **Extra Ordinary Mind **who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind **so come and join us! 

***Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply*.**