Financial Manager

SUMMARY:
Recently completed your SAICA articles and ready to step into a Financial Manager role? This is a rare opportunity for a technically strong newly qualified professional to move directly into a leadership-focused finance position within a dynamic commercial environment.

POSITION INFO:
If you are ambitious, mature in your approach, and ready to take ownership, this role offers accelerated growth and real responsibility from day one.

Recently completed your SAICA articles and ready to step into a Financial Manager role? This is a rare opportunity for a technically strong newly qualified professional to move directly into a leadership-focused finance position within a dynamic commercial environment.

If you are ambitious, mature in your approach, and ready to take ownership — this role offers accelerated growth and real responsibility from day one.

Our client is an established business based in Sandton, operating within a fast-paced commercial environment. The organisation requires a technically strong and confident finance professional to take ownership of the full finance function while working closely with senior management.

This role is ideal for a candidate who has recently completed SAICA articles and wants to transition into a commercial Financial Manager position rather than remain in audit.

Why This Opportunity?:

• ✔ Direct exposure to senior decision-makers
• ✔ Full finance function ownership early in career
• ✔ Strong commercial and operational exposure
• ✔ Structured but fast-paced environment
• ✔ Excellent stepping stone into senior finance leadership

• Full financial management function
• Preparation and review of monthly management accounts
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Financial reporting and analysis
• Cash flow management
• VAT and statutory compliance
• Managing and mentoring finance staff
• Process improvement and internal controls implementation

• Education:
  • BCom Accounting
  • Completed SAICA articles (non-negotiable)
• Experience:
  • 0–2 years' post-articles experience
  • Exposure to commercial / logistics / retail environments advantageous
  • Strong technical accounting foundation
• Skills:
  • Advanced Excel
  • Strong reporting and analytical ability
  • Leadership maturity and strong communication skills
  • Ability to operate independently and take initiative

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