This is a remote position.

• Fully remote working role
  

• Opportunity to work directly with the leadership team and influence strategy in a mission-led organisation.
  

• Competitive salary package
  

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead the full finance lifecycle: month-end close, management accounts, forecasts, cashflow and payments.
  

• Build and maintain internal control frameworks, approval matrices and finance policies (procurement, spend governance, data protection).
  

• Prepare monthly P&L, balance sheet and cashflow reporting, plus variance analysis and rolling forecasts.
  

• Create dashboards and models (Syft/Xero/BI tools) to track cash runway, burn rate, margins, customer acquisition cost and other KPIs.
  

• Partner with the CEO and business leads on annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts, scenario planning and board reporting.
  

• Work with Marketing on ROI and acquisition metrics, and support pricing and margin optimisation.
  

• Own the payments process (supplier payments, payroll, statutory disbursements), preparing approval packs for amounts above agreed thresholds.
  

• Manage the in-house Finance Administrator (debtors/creditors, reconciliations, data uploads) and coordinate with the outsourced accounting firm and auditors.
  

• Lead statutory compliance and filings (VAT, PAYE, income tax), liaise with SARS and external reviewers, and drive remediation of any findings.
  

• Oversee cashflow forecasting, banking relationships and working capital to ensure liquidity for growth.
  

• Coach and develop the finance administrator and plan to scale a compact, effective finance team over a 2–3 year horizon.
  

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Demonstrable track record of establishing or improving finance functions in SMEs or fast growing startups, including introducing controls and automations (cloud accounting, reporting tools).
  

• Practical experience across full-cycle finance: reporting, forecasting, treasury, payments and compliance.
  

• Strong financial modelling and spreadsheet skills (Google Sheets / Excel) and familiarity with cloud ERPs.
  

• Comfortable presenting to founders, CEO and board members and influencing non-finance stakeholders.
  

• Structured thinker with attention to detail, commercial instincts and the ability to deliver under tight deadlines.
  

• Experience working across multiple sites or in other African countries is an advantage.
  

• Minimum 3 years post-articles experience in finance leadership roles is preferred.
  

Requirements

• Ptrofessional Designation: CA(SA) / ACMA,CGMA
  

• Postgraduate business or finance qualification (MBA or similar) is highly desirable.
  

• Minimum 3 years post-articles experience in finance leadership roles is preferred.
  

Benefits

• Fully remote working role
  

• Opportunity to work directly with the leadership team and influence strategy in a mission-led organisation.
  

• Competitive salary package