Finance Manager (CA(SA)/CIMA) - Western Cape
ellio · Western Cape
Overview
ellio is looking for a commercially minded Finance Manager to join their team in the Western Cape. This permanent role is perfect for a newly qualified CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA, or ACA professional with at least 2 years post qualification experience. You will partner with operational leaders on a portfolio of customer accounts, driving financial performance through reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and commercial support. If you enjoy business partnering in a fast paced outsourcing environment, this could be a great fit.
About the role
This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive finance professional to join ellio as a Finance Manager in the Western Cape. You will be responsible for the financial management and business partnering of a portfolio of customer accounts, providing financial insight, performance analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and commercial support to operational and leadership teams. This role is critical in ensuring accurate financial reporting, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting business decisions through robust financial analysis.
You will work in a fast paced outsourcing and customer experience environment, where you will need a strong blend of technical finance expertise, commercial acumen, and stakeholder management skills. The successful candidate will act as a trusted finance partner to operational leaders and account directors, attending performance review meetings and presenting financial performance to senior stakeholders.
Interested? Apply now through the PNet portal.
Requirements
- Qualified CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent finance qualification
- Minimum 2 years post qualification experience
- Experience in business partnering and management reporting
- Strong commercial finance and financial analysis experience
- Advanced Excel skills and financial modelling capability
- Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and P&L performance
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to explain complex financial information clearly
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Responsibilities
- Own the monthly financial reporting process for assigned client accounts
- Prepare and analyse monthly management accounts, including revenue, costs, margins, and profitability
- Perform detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition and cost allocation across contracts
- Lead monthly forecasting processes and develop annual budgets and periodic reforecasts
- Partner with operational teams to understand volume, productivity, headcount, pricing, and cost drivers
- Act as a trusted finance partner to operational leaders and account directors
- Support decision making through scenario modelling and financial analysis
- Assist with client pricing reviews, business cases, and commercial proposals
- Monitor billing accuracy and revenue recovery, and support cash flow management
- Drive improvements in financial processes, reporting, and forecasting accuracy
Benefits
Entertainment Area, Canteen, Paid Annual Leave, Good transport connections
Job details
- Organisation
- ellio
- Location
- Western Cape
- Job type
- Full time
- Experience level
- Mid (2+ years)
- Education
- Postgraduate diploma
- Category
- Accounting & Finance
- Application Method
- Apply online
Success Guide
Hi there! If you are a newly qualified CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA, or ACA professional with a passion for business partnering, this Finance Manager role at ellio could be a great next step. You will be working closely with operational teams, so highlight any experience you have in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and stakeholder engagement. In your CV, focus on your ability to analyse financial data and provide commercial insights. Since this is a mid level role, show how you have partnered with non finance colleagues to improve performance. Interviews may include technical questions on financial modelling and scenario analysis, so be ready to discuss real examples. Also, remember to attach your qualification certificate and academic transcript. Good luck!
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