Job title: FP&A Manager
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Cape Town, CBD
Job published: 08/02/2026
Job ID: 71572

Job Description

Join a fast‑paced, high‑performing financial services' finance team where you'll lead core planning, forecasting, and performance reporting activities that directly influence business‑wide decision‑making. Work closely with the Group Financial Controller.

Why join this team? 

  • Opportunity to shape financial strategy through budgeting, forecasting, and insight‑driven analysis
  • Highly collaborative role partnering with senior leaders across multiple business functions
  • Work within a diverse, dynamic environment
  • Lead meaningful planning cycles that drive profitability and long‑term growth

What you will be doing: 

Planning & Forecasting

  • Lead the annual budgeting process, including timelines, templates, and consolidation
  • Own monthly and quarterly forecast cycles with clear variance analysis
  • Build and maintain financial models for revenue, cost, headcount, and cash flow drivers
  • Monitor performance vs budget/forecast and highlight risks or opportunities

Performance Reporting & Insights

  • Produce monthly management reporting packs (P&L, KPIs, variances, trends)
  • Deliver actionable insights to guide business decisions
  • Support preparation of board‑level and leadership reporting

Business Partnering

  • Partner with cross‑functional teams 
  • Translate operational activity into clear financial outcomes
  • Support investment cases, pricing analysis, and scenario planning

Financial Control Support

  • Work closely with Accounting/Finance Ops to align actuals to planning assumptions
  • Improve forecast accuracy through enhanced data, tools, and processes

Process & Tools Improvement

  • Identify opportunities for reporting automation and process enhancements
  • Maintain strong documentation and ensure forecasting workflows are repeatable and efficient

What we are looking for: 

  • Minimum of 4–7+ years’ experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or corporate finance
  • Proven experience managing budgeting and forecasting cycles end‑to‑end
  • Background in payments, banking, fintech, financial services, or high‑volume transactional environments
  • Strong financial modelling and Excel proficiency; BI tools beneficial
  • Excellent stakeholder management and ability to challenge constructively
  • Comfortable working in fast‑paced, evolving environments

Benefits and unique aspects:

  • Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision‑making
  • Broad visibility across multiple business units
  • Career growth opportunities within a scaling environment
  • Involvement in shaping forecasting tools, automation, and FP&A capability enhancements

If you haven’t heard back from us within two weeks of submitting your application, unfortunately your application has not been successful this time. We’d still love to stay connected—follow us online and keep an eye out for future opportunities that match your profile.

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