Finance Manager (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract )

Potentiam; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Potentiam is recruiting a hands-on Finance Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to support UK, US, UAE, India and Singapore entities. You will own day-to-day financial control, month-end close, payroll oversight, invoicing and forecasting.

Reporting to the MD, you will build practical tools, improve reporting, and provide commercial insight to drive growth across regions. The role is remote or hybrid with UK hours.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA qualification required.
• Strong management accounting and financial-control expertise.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and analytical reporting.
• Advanced Excel and ability to build financial models and reports.
• Understanding of P&L, balance-sheet and cash-flow dynamics.
• Ability to work with evolving data and translate into insights.
• Strong communication with non-finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process and deliver accurate management accounts.
• Prepare and review P&L, balance sheet and multi-currency cash-flow reports with variance analysis.
• Maintain strong financial controls, reconciliations and balance-sheet discipline.
• Oversee payroll across international entities and coordinate providers.
• Manage invoicing, finance controls and data accuracy across systems.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and reforecasting.
• Develop reporting packs, KPIs and financial models for leadership.
• Provide analysis and decision support to MD and teams.
• Support tax, statutory and compliance matters with advisers.

Skills

CIMA/ACCA

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash flow

Excel

Analytics

Stakeholder comms

Education

CIMA or ACCA qualification

Job description

Finance Manager (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract )

Western Cape

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Potentiamis a fast-growing global offshore solutions provider connecting top talent with leading UK and European businesses. With offices across South Africa, Romania, India, and Brazil, we offer international exposure, real career progression, and the opportunity to work with high-performing global teams.

We combine global opportunity with local support giving you the chance to grow, make an impact, and build a long-term career in a business that’s scaling fast.

Global clients. Clear progression. Real opportunity.

About the Opportunity

Potentiamis a fast-growing global offshore solutions provider connecting top talent with leading UK and European businesses. With offices across South Africa, Romania, India, and Brazil, we offer international exposure, real career progression, and the opportunity to work with high-performing global teams.

We combine global opportunity with local support giving you the chance to grow, make an impact, and build a long-term career in a business that’s scaling fast.

Global clients. Clear progression. Real opportunity.

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting a hands-on Finance Manager on behalf of an innovative, global demand-generation company. This is a 12-month maternity-cover contract and an excellent opportunity for a capable finance professional who enjoys ownership, variety and commercial exposure.

The role

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will be the sole finance professional supporting entities across the UK, US, UAE, India and Singapore. You will take ownership of day-to-day financial control, month-end reporting, payroll oversight, invoicing, reconciliations and forecasting, working closely with local payroll providers and external accountants where needed.

Alongside maintaining a strong operational finance function, you will improve reporting, develop practical forecasting tools and provide clear commercial insight to support leadership decisions and planned business growth across the US and EMEA.

Key responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process and deliver accurate, timely management accounts.
• Prepare and review P&L, balance sheet and multi-currency cash-flow reporting, with meaningful variance analysis and commentary.
• Maintain strong financial controls, reconciliations and balance-sheet discipline.
• Oversee payroll across the international entities and coordinate local payroll providers.
• Manage invoicing, day-to-day finance controls and the accuracy of financial data across systems.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and periodic reforecasting.
• Develop and refine reporting packs, KPIs and financial models for leadership use.
• Provide commercially useful analysis, insight and decision support to the Managing Director and operational teams.
• Support tax, statutory and compliance matters in partnership with external advisers.

About you

You will bring solid experience from a Finance Manager, Financial Controller or senior management-accounting role, ideally within a fast-paced or evolving business environment.

You will also have:

• CIMA or ACCA Qualification
• Strong management accounting and financial-control expertise.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and analytical reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to build, review and improve financial models and reports.
• A sound understanding of P&L, balance-sheet and cash-flow dynamics.
• Confidence working with incomplete or evolving data and turning it into practical financial insight.
• The ability to work independently while building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.

Exposure to project-based accounting would be advantageous.

What we’re looking for

You are detail-oriented but commercially aware; proactive rather than reactive; and calm, dependable and methodical under pressure. You enjoy taking ownership, improving ways of working and helping leaders make well-informed decisions.

Location and working hours

This role is remote or hybrid, with flexibility required to work UK business hours.

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