FP&A Associate

Impact; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid, casual work environment

Responsible PTO policy

Primary caregiver leave

Training & Development

Medical Aid & Provident Fund

Restricted Stock Units

Internet Allowance

Fitness club fee reimbursements

Technology stipend

Job summary

impact.com is seeking a qualified CA(SA) to join as an FP&A Associate, playing a pivotal role in financial forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis for a global tech platform.

You will help drive AI-enabled financial processes, deliver monthly reports, and support cross-functional data analysis in a dynamic, international team.— You will collaborate with accounting, financial operations, and business units to ensure accurate reporting, timely month-end close, and insightful management

Qualifications

• Qualified CA(SA) (0-2 years post-articles).
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related finance discipline.
• Solid Excel skills for data analysis and manipulation.
• Hands-on experience with general ledger account analysis and reconciliations.
• Eagerness to learn and adopt AI tools to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• AI Innovation & Finance Modernization: design, build, and deploy internal AI tools for financial workflows.
• Financial Reporting, Variance Analysis and Performance Monitoring: monthly reporting and KPI tracking for budget holders.
• Consolidated Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning: update forecasting model monthly; assist with budgets and revisions.
• Executive Presentation & Communication: prepare board and SMT presentations and dashboards.

Skills

Strong Excel

GL analysis

AI tools

Communication

Education

CA(SA)

Bachelor’s in Accounting

Tools

NetSuite

PBCS

Job description

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics, and Levi’s, visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at impact.com:

Exciting opportunity for a qualified CA(SA) to join the market leader in Partnership Automation as an FP&A Associate.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is instrumental in helping to drive the decision making for Impact globally and acts as the analytical engine of our finance team to provide insights, high quality reporting and support business decision making. You will be a key functional member of Impact’s financial forecasting, annual budgeting processes, operating plan variance analysis and special projects.

You will be a key functional member of Impact’s financial forecasting, annual budgeting processes, operating plan variance analysis, and special projects.

What You'll Do:

AI Innovation & Finance Modernization

• Contribute creative ideas and practical solutions to help the FP&A Team as they design, build, and deploy custom internal AI tools tailored to our financial workflows.

Financial Reporting, Variance Analysis and Performance Monitoring

• Deliver monthly financial reporting, ensuring budget holders clearly understand performance outcomes relative to their allocated budgets.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics, ensuring company dashboards are updated and accurate.
• Compile and prepare reports, graphs, and charts to communicate financial data clearly to stakeholders including the Senior Management Team.
• Maintain and coordinate the completion of financial review templates and help organize monthly review meetings.
• Collaborate on special projects and partnering with other departments to gather and analyze cross-functional data.
• Collaborate closely with the Accounting and Financial Operations departments to ensure data is accurate and complete as well as help facilitate the meeting of critical reporting deadlines such as month-end, board reporting and management reporting.

Consolidated Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning

• Assist with updating the company’s consolidated forecasting model monthly using data extracted from core accounting systems (e.g., NetSuite/PBCS), integrating actual business events and timelines.
• Support functional area leaders in developing and refining their annual Expense and Capital budgets.
• Assist in preparing revised Quarterly Budgets and monthly company-wide forecasts in collaboration with cross-functional team members.
• Act as a point of contact for budget holders to help them understand their performance versus budget and assist them in rebalancing plans when business priorities shift.

Executive Presentation & Communication

• Assist in preparing presentations and slide decks for the Board of Directors and the Senior Management Team.

What You Have:

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Qualified CA(SA) (0-2 years post-articles).
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related finance discipline.

Technical Expertise & Financial Analysis

• Solid Excel skills for data analysis and manipulation.
• Hands-on experience with general ledger account analysis and reconciliations.
• Eagerness to learn and adopt new technologies - including AI tools to improve everyday workflows.

Communication & Relationship Management

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on active listening.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to build positive relationships with cross-functional team members, senior staff, and external auditors.
• Excited to work as part of an international team across different regions and time zones.

Problem Solving & Work Ethic

• Proactive and adaptable, with the organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented and analytical, focused on learning quickly and delivering accurate, timely results.

Benefits:

• Hybrid, Casual work environment
• Responsible PTO policy
  • Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
• Primary caregiver leave
• Training & Development
  • Learning the advanced partnership automation products
• Medical Aid and Provident Fund
  • Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
  • Group scheme for provident fund
• Restricted Stock Units
  • 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
• Internet Allowance
• Fitness club fee reimbursements
• Technology stipend

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.

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