Finance Manager

FINANCE MANAGER:

Salary: Competitive and based on experience
Location: Cape Town

Keywords: Finance, Manager, Consultancy, Cape Town, Part-Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Manager to join a fast-growing consultancy with offices in Cape Town. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The successful candidate will serve as a strategic partner to the business, leading by extracting insights from financial data to help make choices as the company grows its client base, service lines and revenues.

* Fast-growing international consultancy
* Strategic partner to the business
* Opportunities for significant professional growth

What you'll do:

As a Finance Manager, your role will be pivotal in shaping the future of our client's business. You will be responsible for advanced financial statement preparation and analysis, interpreting financial data to provide strategic insights for business decision-making. Your expertise will guide the company on global financial matters, including structuring across tax jurisdictions. You'll also manage the company's Employee Share Ownership Scheme and perform advanced analytics on team's utilisation and project profitability. A key part of your role will be continually and proactively optimizing all financial processes.

* Advanced financial statement preparation and analysis
* Interpreting financial data, identifying trends, and providing strategic insights for business decision-making
* Guidance and advice on global financial matters, including structuring across tax jurisdictions
* Valuation analysis
* Managing the company's Employee Share Ownership Scheme
* Advanced analytics on team's utilisation and project profitability, translating into company strategy
* Continually and proactively optimizing all financial processes

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Finance Manager position will bring a minimum of five years of professional experience, ideally within a small and fast-growing South African-based business with international clients. You should hold a CA (SA) qualification or equivalent. Your intellectual curiosity should drive you to have a keen interest in the world, a passion for ideas, and the ability to think strategically about financial trends, economic developments and organisational growth. Your proactive problem-solving skills should demonstrate a results-driven approach with excellent decision-making, analytical, and collaborative abilities.

* Minimum of five years of professional experience
* CA (SA)/ ACCA/ CIMA qualification or equivalent
* Keen interest in the world, passion for ideas, ability to think strategically about financial trends, economic developments and organisational growth
* Results-driven approach with excellent decision-making, analytical, and collaborative abilities
* Strpng Academic background
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other productivity tools

What sets this company apart:

Our client is an international consultancy that serves clients on six continents - including major professional services firms, companies, NGOs, philanthropies, publishers and universities. They help these organisations translate their ideas and knowledge into compelling content and campaigns. The topics they work on include economic development, healthcare, sustainability, technology, financial services, leadership and more.

What's next:

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