Business Operations Analyst Cape Town

Impact; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Health & Wellness

RSUs

Coursera subscription

Parental leave

Tech stipend

Job summary

impact.com is seeking a proactive Business Operations Analyst to bridge internal teams and Finance for budgets, forecasts, and headcount planning. You’ll drive data collection, validation, and timely submissions while maintaining clean, reliable information for reviews.

This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, attention to detail, and stakeholder coordination to keep planning processes organized and efficient.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years experience in business operations or cross-functional roles.
• Comfortable reading budgets/variance reports.
• Strong organizational skills with multiple workstreams.
• Clear communicator with operational and Finance stakeholders.
• High attention to data quality and accuracy.
• Proficient in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Experience with shared trackers or PM tools a plus.
• Familiar with HRIS/ERP systems (Workday, SAP, NetSuite).
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary liaison between business units and Finance for budget cycles and headcount planning.
• Collect, organize, and validate department inputs and prepare Finance-ready packages.
• Proactively follow up to ensure timely and complete deliverables.
• Identify data inconsistencies and coordinate with teams to resolve.
• Maintain visibility of department budgets and explain numbers clearly.

Skills

Financial data literacy

Organizational skills

Communication

Excel/Google Sheets

Attention to detail

Project/Tracker tools

Bachelor's degree considered

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Operations

Tools

Workday

SAP

NetSuite

Job description

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive, organized, and people-savvy Business Operations Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will serve as a key connector between our internal departments and the Finance team — gathering the data, context, and inputs that Finance needs to build accurate budgets, forecasts, and headcount plans.

Success in this role is less about building the financial models yourself and more about knowing the right questions to ask, keeping stakeholders organized and on track, and ensuring Finance always has clean, reliable information to work with. This is a great fit for someone who thrives on cross-functional collaboration, stays on top of the details, and brings structure to ambiguous situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact between internal business units and the Finance team for budget cycles, forecasting rounds, and headcount planning.
• Collect, organize, and validate inputs from department leads (headcount changes, spend requests, project forecasts) and package them for Finance in a consistent, usable format.
• Proactively follow up with stakeholders to ensure Finance deliverables are complete, accurate, and submitted on time.
• Surface inconsistencies or gaps in the data before they reach Finance, flagging issues and working with the appropriate teams to resolve them.
• Maintain a clear view of where each department stands against budget and help teams understand their numbers in plain language.

Planning & Headcount Tracking

• Track open roles, backfills, and headcount changes across the organization, keeping records current and reconciled with HR and Finance systems.
• Support the annual and mid-year planning process by coordinating submission timelines, gathering department-level inputs, and ensuring completeness.
• Help business unit leads prepare for Finance reviews by organizing their materials, anticipating questions, and ensuring supporting data is in order.
• Monitor changes to headcount plans or budgets throughout the year and communicate updates clearly to impacted stakeholders.

Operational Reporting & Organizational Support

• Maintain shared trackers, templates, and reference documents that keep operational and financial data organized and accessible.
• Pull and format standard reports from internal systems to support recurring business reviews and ad hoc stakeholder requests.
• Assist with org-wide initiatives such as workforce planning, cost center updates, or operational process improvements.
• Help draft clear, concise summaries and presentations that translate operational data into actionable insights for leadership.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in business operations, project coordination, or a similar cross-functional role
• Comfortable working with financial data — able to read a budget or variance report, even if not building the models
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
• Natural communicator who can work effectively with both operational teams and Finance stakeholders
• High attention to detail, especially when handling data that others will rely on
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets required
• Experience with shared trackers or project management tools a plus
• Familiarity with HRIS or ERP systems (e.g., Workday, SAP, NetSuite) is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field preferred

Benefits and Perks:

At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.