Finance Manager

Fynbos Accounting; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Fynbos Accounting is seeking an experienced SAIPA-qualified candidate to own the firm’s Finance Function and support several operational processes. The role combines financial management with internal operations, and you will work closely with the Director on strategic tasks.

You will handle payroll, bookkeeping in Xero, tax compliance, and proposal support using GoProposal. A proactive, ownership mindset and strong Excel skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• SAIPA or AGA qualified and registered.
• 2+ years post-articles experience in an internal finance role (3+ years preferred).
• Genuinely wants to build a career in internal finance and support operations.

Responsibilities

• Owns the firm’s Finance Function and some Operational Processes.
• Manages monthly payroll, bookkeeping, month-end packs and compliance work.
• Supports proposals and client engagements using GoProposal; maintains accuracy of financial data.
• Oversees Karbon checks, onboarding, and KPIs; coordinates office and culture activities.

Skills

Ownership

Software proficiency

Excel skills

Communication

Education

SAIPA or AGA qualified

Tools

Xero

Dext

Karbon

SimplePay

GoProposal

Job description

Internal Financial Manager & Operational Support

Role title: Financial Manager & Operational Support

Function: Internal Finance and Operational Support

Reports to: Pietman Albertyn (Director & Owner)

Employment type: Permanent, full-time

Qualification: Experienced SAIPA or AGA

Fynbos is a modern accounting firm that specialises in restaurant accounting. The environment is fast paced, and we are looking for someone that can keep up and is eager to learn and grow.

We are eight years old and we are currently 30 members of staff. We only work with experienced SAIPA qualified professional accountants which allow us to build modern finance functions, do complex work and to a provide a “part of your finance team” experience to our clients.

We are a fast-growing firm who puts the wellbeing and job-fulfilment of our people first.

We enjoy working with people who are excited about what they do, who do it well, who are teachable and who want to grow their skill set in an environment where our goal is to become the absolute best at what we do.

FYNBOS ACCOUNTING

Internal Financial Manager & Operational Support

Role title: Financial Manager & Operational Support

Company: Fynbos Accounting

Function: Internal Finance and Operational Support

Reports to: Pietman Albertyn (Director & Owner)

Employment type: Permanent, full-time

Qualification: Experienced SAIPA or AGA

Fynbos is a modern accounting firm that specialises in restaurant accounting. The environment is fast paced, and we are looking for someone that can keep up and is eager to learn and grow.

We are eight years old and we are currently 30 members of staff. We only work with experienced SAIPA qualified professional accountants which allow us to build modern finance functions, do complex work and to a provide a “part of your finance team” experience to our clients.

We are a fast-growing firm who puts the wellbeing and job-fulfilment of our people first.

We enjoy working with people who are excited about what they do, who do it well, who are teachable and who want to grow their skill set in an environment where our goal is to become the absolute best at what we do.

1. The Role

We are looking for an experienced SAIPA-qualified candidate to take ownership of our firm’s Finance Function as well as some of our Operational Processes.

We are looking for someone dependable, who takes ownership. Someone who will be a part of the core Fynbos team and who is excited to learn and to grow with us.

We have scoped the dual role properly, and will make sure that you have sufficient capacity to be able to execute both the finance and operational elements with due care.

2. Reporting Line

You will report directly to Pietman Albertyn (Director and Owner). Pietman is an experienced Chartered Accountant (SA) with exceptional leadership and entrepreneurial ability.

He is responsible for the mentorship of the Team Leaders, for properly structuring, leading and directing the firm as we continue to grow and for all internal financial modelling.

Key Responsibilities

3. Finance (60% of the role)

3.1Monthly Finance Work

• Payroll — running the full monthly payroll cycle in SimplePay.
• Processing — day-to-day transaction processing and bookkeeping for the firm in Xero and Dext.
• Calculation and Raising of the Month-end accruals and provisions.
• Preparing and issuing the monthly management pack.
• Software recovery checks (Xero, Dext, SimplePay, InfoDocs oncharges to clients).
• Salaries and Supplier Payments.
• Team expense claims.
• Customer invoice management (we use a GoProposal integration), sending statements to customers, following up on outstanding debt where we do not have a debit order in place (60% of clients are on direct debit).

3.2Compliance (for 1 legal entity)

• Annual Financial Statements (AFS)
• Income Tax
• Provisional Tax
• EMP201 and EMP501 submissions
• CIPC annual returns and Beneficial Ownership (BO) filings
• VAT201

3.3Proposal Support

Supporting the commercial side of the business with the building of proposals for new clients as well as to prepare for annual client engagement renewals. This is not the sales process itself, but the building and maintenance of proposals in our proposal software, GoProposal.

• Proposal renewals
• Building proposals for new clients
• Proposal scope reviews
• Processing proposal scope changes

4. Operations (40% of the role)

Alongside the finance function, you will take ownership of some of the firm’s internal operational processes.

4.1Practice Management (Karbon)

Karbon is the practice management system the firm runs on. We are looking for support to keep Karbon in check.

• Onboarding Job Checks – you will check that Onboarding Jobs have been created for new clients, and that they are being ticked off by the team.
• Work Allocation Checks – you will check that work has been allocated to the correct team members. As an example, if a client has moved to a new team member, the karbon work allocation should be updated by the team. You do not need to update it, you check if it has been done.
• Work Creation Checks – you will check that the work items created in Karbon aligns to the work items created included in the client engagement proposal.
• Overdue Work Checks – you will support in checking what work has become overdue and flagging those items with us.
• We have developed processes, automations and template views that enables all of the above to be done efficiently, we need someone to take ownership of executing these checks on a predictable cadence.

4.2People and Office Administration

• Hardware management – purchasing laptops for new hires, arranging the courier for laptops that need to be repaired and sent to our outsourced IT team.
• New employee onboarding and setup – sending the welcome email template to the new staff member, sharing the new staff member’s information with the outsourced IT team for setup, purchasing hardware for the new staff member.
• Quarterly KPI collection – taking ownership of seeing that all of the Team Leaders submit their quarterly KPI assessments.

4.3Social and Firm Culture

Owning the “doing” behind the firm’s social calendar, working with the team on what we want to run.

• The Annual and Bi-Annual Event – twice a year we meet in person, we have a social committee responsible for setting the agenda. We need someone who can take ownership of execution. This includes booking accommodation, arranging shuttles, booking the entertainment that the social committee has decided on. You can of course also be a part of the social committee discussions if you would like to be.
• Month-end drinks – the social committee need to plan the month end drinks agenda, you will be responsible for making sure it happens and for arranging the Checkers Sixty60 snacks deliveries.
• Coffee shuffles – supporting the social committee to ensure the monthly online coffee shuffles are arranged.
• Merch – support Pietman in selecting and ordering merch for the firm.

5. Minimum Requirements

• SAIPA or AGA qualified and registered.
• 2+ years of post-articles experience in an internal finance role (3+ years preferred).
• Genuinely wants to build a career in internal finance and comfortable to support with operations as well — not looking to move back into professional services.
• Strong software skills.
• Has worked in a business of a comparable size to Fynbos.
• Exposure to the full finance function.
• Practical experience across the compliance areas listed.
• Proper Excel skills.
• Proper problem-solving skills.

6. Attributes We Are Looking For

• Ownership. Treats the firm’s numbers as their own and does not need to be chased for deadlines.
• Software intuition. Picks up new systems quickly and looks for the better way of doing something rather than repeating a manual process.
• Accuracy and reliability with the firms’ monthly finances and workflows.
• Clear communicator.
• Excited to learn and to grow with the firm.
• Can stay organised across two disciplines – finance and operations.
• Maybe add context (ball park estimate): 60% finance, 35% practice management and people administration, and 5% culture and events.