Commercial Analyst

CA Financial Appointments; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 650,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CA Financial Appointments is recruiting for a commercially minded analyst to join a fintech group transforming access to financial services across Africa. The role moves beyond reporting to become a trusted commercial partner influencing new markets, products and growth initiatives.

Working in a remote-first setup, with occasional on-site collaboration in Cape Town, you'll build financial models, size opportunities and help shape pricing strategies with key partners.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of commercial strategies across multiple African markets.
• Analyse new product and market opportunities, producing commercial models and opportunity sizing.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis and commercial assessments to identify growth opportunities.
• Partner with Country Managers and Strategic Partnership teams to optimise commercial performance.
• Build financial models, forecasts and performance reporting to support commercial decision-making.
• Develop high-quality presentations, business cases and executive reports that clearly communicate recommendations to stakeholders.
• Contribute to pricing strategies, commercial negotiations and go-to-market initiatives with key financial services and telecommunications partners.

Job description

Our client is an innovative fintech company transforming access to financial services across Africa. Working with leading FS partners, they combine technology, data and commercial insight to deliver financial products that create meaningful impact at scale. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong analytical ability who wants to move beyond reporting and become a trusted commercial partner influencing new markets, products and growth initiatives.

This role does work on a remote-first model but due to occasional project collaboration on-site the preference is towards candidates based in Cape Town.

What you'll be doing

• Support the development and execution of commercial strategies across multiple African markets.
• Analyse new product and market opportunities, producing commercial models and opportunity sizing.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis and commercial assessments to identify growth opportunities.
• Partner with Country Managers and Strategic Partnership teams to optimise commercial performance.
• Build financial models, forecasts and performance reporting to support commercial decision-making.
• Develop high-quality presentations, business cases and executive reports that clearly communicate recommendations to stakeholders.
• Contribute to pricing strategies, commercial negotiations and go-to-market initiatives with key financial services and telecommunications partners.