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Head of Finance & Operations (CASA)

Outsourced CFO

Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 5years

Posted: 3 July 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 30 September 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This organization is a high-growth EdTech SaaS business currently serving over 2500 schools across South Africa. With active expansions underway into Ghana Zambia and Botswana alongside an international holding structure through a Netherlands BV they are scaling rapidly. Operating a multi-product subscription revenue model and backed by prominent institutional investors this organization runs a lean high-output team of approximately 100 employees where technology not headcount provides the ultimate leverage.

We are recruiting for a Head of Finance & Operations. This is far from a traditional pure-finance controller position. As the Head of Finance & Operations you will hold the keys to the companys engine room enabling the CEO to drive strategic growth forward. You will own the full financial strategy multi-jurisdictional compliance legal frameworks and human resources from both a transactional and cultural perspective. This role is designed for a strategic business partner who ensures operational and financial integrity across all active markets.

(Open to Pretoria-based candidates with the ability to travel to the Western Cape when required)

Key Responsibilities;

SaaS Financial Leadership: Drive SaaS-native financial strategy using operational levers like ARR MRR NRR CAC and LTV.
Multi-Jurisdictional Reporting: Lead financial reporting forecasting and the creation of board-ready financial packs that translate numbers into strategic insights.
Forex Risk Management: Strategically manage cash flow and forex risk across ZAR EUR GHS and other relevant African currencies.
Legal Contract Management: Handle contract drafting review and negotiation across commercial supplier and employment relationships.
IP Corporate Governance: Protect company IP across active markets and oversee corporate governance including shareholder agreements board resolutions and statutory filings across jurisdictions.
Data Privacy Ownership: Own compliance frameworks for POPIA in South Africa and GDPR through the European holding structure.
Cross-Border Privacy Controls: Oversee data transfer protocols processor agreements and breach response readiness.
HR Transactional Oversight: Manage payroll employment contracts and compliance with BCEA LRA or local equivalents as the business scales.
Equity Administration: Accurately and fairly administer a live long-term incentive (LTI) share option scheme.
People & Culture Partnership: Partner closely with the CEO on workplace culture employee engagement and organizational health.

Requirements

Essential Education: A CA(SA) qualification is strongly preferred though CIMA will be considered.
Desirable Education: An MBA or Masters in Financial Management or International Business is highly advantageous.
Post-Articles Experience: A minimum of 8 years of post-articles experience is required.
Industry Background: Meaningful leadership experience must be spent in a growth-stage technology or SaaS business.
Geographic Scope: Hands-on operational finance experience across multiple African markets is essential.
Language Advantage: Fluency in both English and Afrikaans is a practical advantage for this operating environment.
Location & Travel: Open to candidates based in Pretoria who are fully capable and willing to travel to the Stellenbosch head office as needed to interface with the executive team.
Personal Productivity: You must be personally productive with technology as leadership in this business requires direct execution rather than just supervising.
Hands-on AI Use: You will actively embed and use AI tools directly to build financial models generate board packs and perform compliance research.
Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with Zoho Books Zoho CRM Zoho Subscriptions and Zoho Analytics or Google Looker Studio is highly desirable.

Leadership & Cultural Fit

CEO Synergy: Work closely with a commercial fast-moving and people-first CEO who is also a CA(SA).
Complementary Strengths: Bring operational financial depth process governance and commercial anchoring to complement the visionary leadership style of the executive team.
Constructive Pushback: Demonstrate the courage to push back constructively when numbers do not support the vision.
Learning Agility: Possess extreme ownership intellectual curiosity and the drive to close your own knowledge gaps fast without waiting to be told.

Required Skills:

Essential Education: A CA(SA) qualification is strongly preferred though CIMA will be considered. Desirable Education: An MBA or Masters in Financial Management or International Business is highly advantageous. Post-Articles Experience: A minimum of 8 years of post-articles experience is required. Industry Background: Meaningful leadership experience must be spent in a growth-stage technology or SaaS business. Geographic Scope: Hands-on operational finance experience across multiple African markets is essential. Language Advantage: Fluency in both English and Afrikaans is a practical advantage for this operating environment.

Required Education:

A CA(SA) qualification is strongly preferred though CIMA will be considered.

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