Junior Commercial Project Manager at CEO Level, Cape Town
The Appointment Firm · Cape Town, Western Cape
Overview
A rare chance to work directly alongside a CEO and senior leaders, handling real money, real projects and real decisions from your first few months. This Cape Town role blends finance, operations, sales and commercial partnerships in a small but high impact environment. If you have a finance or business degree and 2 to 7 years of experience, this is a launchpad into commercial management.
About the role
This is not a paperwork job. As Junior Commercial Project Manager, you will sit right next to the CEO and senior leadership team, working across finance, operations, sales, marketing and commercial partnerships. You will track real money, run real projects, and shape recommendations that actually get used.
What you will be doing:
- Take ownership of selected cost and income items, tracking monthly performance against budget and prior periods
- Spot errors, unnecessary costs, missed savings and potential losses by reviewing supplier invoices and agreements
- Build and maintain Excel or Google Sheets reports, trackers and calculations
- Prepare management reports, validate departmental data, and flag gaps, anomalies and trends
- Manage projects end to end: set actions, owners and deadlines, chase stakeholders, monitor risk and ensure proper handover
- Prepare and verify reporting for commercial partners, track payments and outstanding items, and support partner meetings
- Prepare analysis, presentations and business research for CEO meetings, and follow up on meeting actions through to completion
Important: This role requires you to work full time from the Cape Town office, in person, no exceptions. You must have a completed degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Science, Economics, Investment Management, Business Analytics or a closely related field, plus 2 to 7 years of relevant work experience.
Requirements
- A completed degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Science, Economics, Investment Management, Business Analytics or a closely related field (essential)
- 2 to 7 years of relevant work experience in commercial work, finance, business analysis, operations or project management
- Strong Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables and XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP as standard tools
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- Willingness to work full time from the Cape Town office, in person, with no exceptions
- Advantageous: experience with Power BI or other reporting tools
- Advantageous: familiarity with SQL, Python or other data analysis tools
- Advantageous: background in financial services, credit, collections or fintech
- Advantageous: experience building or working with budgets, forecasts or financial models
- Advantageous: a track record of taking a project or business idea from concept through to completion
Responsibilities
- Track monthly performance of selected cost and income items against budget and prior periods
- Review supplier invoices and agreements to spot errors, unnecessary costs, missed savings and potential losses
- Build and maintain Excel or Google Sheets reports, trackers and calculations
- Prepare regular management reports and validate departmental data, flagging gaps, anomalies and trends
- Manage projects end to end by setting actions, owners and deadlines, chasing stakeholders, monitoring risk and ensuring proper handover
- Prepare and verify reporting for commercial partners, track payments and outstanding items, and support partner meetings
- Prepare analysis, presentations and business research for CEO meetings, and follow up on meeting actions through to completion
Job details
- Organisation
- The Appointment Firm
- Location
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Job type
- Full time
- Experience level
- Junior (2+ years)
- Education
- Bachelor
- Salary
- R25k to R30k / monthly
- Category
- Accounting & Finance
- Application Method
- Apply online
Success Guide
This role is a golden opportunity for a young professional who wants direct exposure to a CEO and real business decisions. You will be judged on your ability to work with numbers and people at the same time.
Tips for your application:
- Your CV should clearly show your degree and at least 2 years of relevant work experience. If you have projects or analysis you did that saved money or improved a process, highlight those.
- Be ready to talk about Excel or Google Sheets in detail. You might be asked how you use pivot tables or lookups to solve real problems.
- The face to face nature of the job means they want someone reliable and present. Mention your willingness to work in office.
- In interviews, show curiosity and commercial awareness. Ask about the projects you would start with and how success would be measured.
This is a growth role, so bring energy and a willingness to learn fast.
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