Finance and Operations Specialist
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
$ 2000 - 3000
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position : Finance & Operations Specialist
Work Hours (Client) : Mountain Standard Timezone (40 hours/week)
Pay Range : $2000$3000 USD/month(varies based on skill set and experience level)
Location of Search : South Africa
Work Location : REMOTE
Type of Contract : Independent Contractor
Company/Client Overview:
The Company is a bootstrapped apparel brand that has grown from $20k in annual sales in 2019 to $400k in 2023. The business is at a stage where operational complexity (finance inventory marketing execution) is limiting strategic growth. The goal is to build a small experienced offshore team to support continued scale.
Duties and Responsibilities:
This role focuses on financial ownership operational analysis and inventory planning.
Finance
- Calculate complex Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) from raw materials (fabric buttons labels).
- Build and maintain a 13-week cash flow forecast.
- Improve bookkeeping speed and accuracy (current local bookkeeper is 23 weeks behind).
Operations
- Inventory management and demand planning.
- Analyze performance data from:
- Shopify
- Klaviyo
- Google Analytics
- Meta (Facebook/Instagram ads)
- Support operational decision-making with accurate timely reporting.
Minimum Requirements:
Language requirement: Excellent English Communication Skills
Education: Bachelors Degree (ideally)
Experience: 4 years of related experience
- Accounting and costing experience
- Inventory management experience
- Performance data analysis skill
- Proactive solution-focused and comfortable working independently.
- Experience scaling small to mid-sized e-commerce brands.
- Excellent English communication skills.
- Strong execution mindset with attention to detail.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Financial Services
- Information Technology
- Cost Control
- Corporate Risk Management
- Law
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