Finance & Insights Manager
Date:
May 15, 2026
Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2090
Company:
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Job Id:
67987
We Are Teva
We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.
Our Team, Your Impact
The Finance & Insights Manager is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, analytical insight, and strong finance business partnering support to the organisation. The role combines financial governance, performance management, and strategic decision support to enable informed decision-making, drive sustainable business performance, and ensure compliance with statutory and corporate requirements.
How You’ll Spend Your Day
- People Leadership and Capability Development
- Lead, manage, coach, and develop finance team members with a focus on analytical and
strategic capability. - Foster a high‑performance, collaborative team culture with a strong focus on accuracy,
accountability, and continuous improvement. - Support knowledge sharing, upskilling, and adoption of best-practice finance methodologies.
- Lead, manage, coach, and develop finance team members with a focus on analytical and
- Financial Leadership and Governance
- Drive finance operations, including month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes,
ensuring accuracy, integrity, and timely reporting. - Review and approve journals, balance sheet reconciliations, income statements, and
supporting schedules. - Ensure compliance with statutory, tax, and corporate reporting requirements.
- Prepare annual financial statements and manage external audit processes, including BEE
audits where applicable. - Maintain strong internal controls and adherence to group finance policies and accounting
standards.
- Drive finance operations, including month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes,
- Strategic Financial Planning and Performance Management
- Lead and support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes in alignment
with business strategy. - Prepare and present quarterly financial results and executive-level presentations.
- Analyze financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying risks,
opportunities, and improvement areas. - Provide detailed variance analysis, scenario modelling, and business performance insights to
senior stakeholders.
- Lead and support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes in alignment
- Business Partnering and Decision Support
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to commercial, operational, and functional leaders.
- Provide financial insight, challenge, and recommendations to support strategic initiatives and
decision-making. - Support pricing, product profitability, and product P&L analysis.
- Assist senior leadership with ad hoc financial analysis, strategic projects, and corporate
finance requests.
- Tax, Statutory and Regulatory Compliance
- Review VAT returns and oversee the preparation and submission of provisional and annual
tax returns. - Ensure compliance with SARS requirements and manage correspondence and queries.
- Oversee statutory filings, including CIPC annual returns.
- Support transfer pricing processes, including annual calculations, true-ups, and
documentation.
- Review VAT returns and oversee the preparation and submission of provisional and annual
- Corporate and Group Reporting
- Review and submit balance sheet and income statement reporting to corporate.
- Prepare highlights memos and technical summaries for accounting and tax matters.
- Engage with corporate accounting teams on policy interpretation, implementation, and
compliance matters. - Support internal audits and other corporate reviews as required
- Systems, Processes and Continuous Improvement
- Maintain and enhance finance systems, including account mapping and version roll-overs for
budgeting and forecasting cycles. - Drive process improvements and efficiencies within finance operations and reporting.
- Support finance transformation initiatives and analytics enhancements.
- Maintain and enhance finance systems, including account mapping and version roll-overs for
Your Skills and Experience
- Chartered Accountant (CA(SA))
- Minimum of five (5) years’ management experience in a finance leadership role.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry (advantageous)
- Strong commercial and marketing finance experience.
- Experience in financial analysis, modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning.
- Experience in month-end processes and tax reporting within a multinational environment.
- Exposure to transfer pricing in an inventory-based environment (advantageous).
- Exposure to finance systems such as Sage and Cognos (advantageous).
Key Competencies and Attritubes
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- High attention to detail with proven accuracy in reporting and compliance.
- Ability to perform effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.
- Proactive, solutions-driven mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.
How We’ll Take Care of You
At Teva, better health starts from within, and that includes you. From day one, you’ll be supported with benefits designed to help you thrive in and out of work. This includes generous annual leave, reward plans, flexible working schedules (dependent on role), access to tailored health support, and meaningful ways to give back to the community.
When it comes to your career, you’ll be encouraged to explore, evolve, and shape your path. Twist, our one-stop shop for career development platform, gives you access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth. Here, you’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to reach your goals and prioritize your wellbeing every step of the way.
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Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment
Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.
