Financial Controller

Talent Shore; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to work with a passionate team

Job summary

An innovative baby clothing brand is seeking a qualified accountant for a hands-on leadership role in financial operations based in South Africa. You will manage everything from monthly accounts to statutory reporting and oversight of treasury. This position requires solid experience in financial controls, a proactive mindset, and capacity to lead a finance team. Join an award-winning team with a focus on quality products and operational excellence in a supportive remote working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a product-based or stock-holding business preferred.
• Strong treasury and cash flow management experience.
• Experience managing and developing finance team members.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly management accounts process end-to-end.
• Lead the annual statutory reporting process.
• Maintain strong financial controls and balance sheet integrity.

Skills

Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

Strong experience in financial operations

Detail-oriented

Strong communicator

Proactive mindset

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

ERP systems

AI tools

Job description

Remote, South Africa | Posted on 27/03/2026

We are a digitally native, direct-to-consumer baby and toddler clothing brand established and headquartered in London. We exist to inspire parents to raise kinder generations so together we can give babies a softer & stronger start. We are a hard-working and close-knit team dedicated to creating quality products and a brand loved by parents, globally. For a young emerging brand, we have achieved significant critical acclaim and global recognition, partly fuelled by celebrity endorsements such as Kim Kardashian and other influencers, as well as winning multiple awards incl. Best Baby Brand (2018, 2019, 2020), Most Eco-Friendly Brand (2020, 2021, 2022), The Queen\'s Awards for Enterprise (2022), Can’t Live Without Parenting Product (2021, 2023), Made for Mum (2024), Best Sleepwear Brand, My Baba Awards (2025).

Overview

This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of the business. You’ll own the integrity of our financial data, drive operational excellence across the finance function, and help us scale intelligently.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly management accounts process end-to-end, delivering accurate and timely reporting with clear variance analysis
• Lead the annual statutory reporting process and manage the external audit
• Maintain strong financial controls and balance sheet integrity, ensuring reconciliations are robust, documented and continuously improved
• Ensure reporting consistency across multiple systems and data sources
• Bring together financial and operational data from multiple systems (ecommerce, warehouse inventory reports, banking, payroll, etc.) to create a single source of truth
• Champion the intelligent use of automation and AI tools to accelerate reconciliations, reduce manual processing, and improve reporting speed and accuracy
• Improve the finance tech stack, ensuring systems are scalable, well-integrated and future-proofed
• Build dashboards and reporting frameworks that connect financial performance with operational drivers
• Oversee Order-to-Cash (AR), including credit control and cash collection
• Oversee Procure-to-Pay (AP), including payment runs and supplier management
• Drive continuous improvements in processes, controls and documentation across all finance workflows
• Own short- and medium-term cash flow forecasting
• Manage banking relationships, facilities and working capital
• Optimise cash positioning across entities and currencies where applicable
• Provide proactive insight on liquidity, funding needs and risk management
• Oversee VAT, payroll taxes, corporation tax and other statutory filings
• Partner with external advisors to ensure ongoing compliance across jurisdictions (where relevant)
• Maintain appropriate financial governance and internal controls
• Partner with senior leaders to support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning
• Provide clear insight into margins, inventory performance, cash conversion and ROI
• Deliver ad hoc analysis to support key commercial decisions
• Manage and develop the finance team, setting clear priorities and creating accountability
• Build capability within the team, identifying opportunities for upskilling and role evolution
• Create a culture of accuracy, ownership, continuous improvement and forward momentum
• Ensure the team is not just maintaining standards, but consistently improving them

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong experience across reporting, financial operations, treasury and tax
• Experience in a product-based or stock-holding business (preferred)
• A high level of comfort working with data from multiple systems and reconciling inconsistencies between them
• Strong treasury and cash flow management experience
• Proven experience managing and developing finance team members
• You are detail-oriented and rigorous, with strong numerical accuracy
• Comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on
• Naturally organized and able to manage multiple priorities at pace
• Systems-minded, with an emphasis on processes and continuous improvement
• Proactive mindset: you identify inefficiencies and fix them
• A strong communicator who can simplify complex financial topics

• Experience in a high-growth ecommerce or consumer brand environment
• Experience implementing or optimising ERP systems
• Practical experience using AI tools to streamline reconciliations, data validation, forecasting or reporting
• Experience operating across multiple entities or international markets
• Exposure to fundraising, debt facilities or investor reporting
• Remote working and flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work alongside a talented and passionate team
• Be part of an award-winning baby and toddler sleepwear brand
• Join our growing team based in South Africa