Fractional Finance Manager

Snatch | Accounting & Finance Headhunters; Somerset West; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Snatch | Accounting & Finance Headhunters seeks a Fractional Finance Manager to oversee a portfolio of high-growth clients, reporting to a Fractional CFO. You will drive monthly financial operations, reporting, and advisory cycles while guiding junior finance personnel across your assigned clients, ensuring strong financial controls and clear strategic decisions.

The role emphasizes cloud-based accounting, ERP integrations, and inventory management experience, supporting budgeting and tax

Qualifications

• Lead and oversee monthly management accounts and reports across client portfolio.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations during client review meetings.
• Configure and manage Cin7 Core and cloud accounting integrations for accuracy.
• Document and implement SOPs to optimize financial and inventory controls.
• Assist budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and tax readiness for clients.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and annual schedules for portfolio clients.
• Lead monthly client review meetings presenting insights and performance metrics.
• Oversee cloud inventory and ERP workflows between Cin7 Core and cloud accounting tools.
• Develop SOPs to optimize financial and inventory controls.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and tax readiness.

Skills

Finance leadership

Cloud accounting

ERP integrations

Education

BCom or Honours in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Xero

Cin7 Core

QuickBooks

Job description

A leading professional services firm specialising in fractional financial leadership is seeking a Fractional Finance Manager to oversee a portfolio of high-growth clients.

Reporting to a Fractional CFO, you will drive monthly financial operations, reporting, and advisory cycles while guiding junior finance team members across your assigned clients, ensuring robust financial controls, streamlined cloud systems, and clear strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and annual financial statement schedules for portfolio clients.
• Lead monthly client review meetings to present financial insights, performance metrics, and operational recommendations.
• Oversee and configure cloud inventory and ERP integrations, specifically managing workflows and sync mappings between Cin7 Core and cloud accounting software.
• Develop, document, and implement standard operating procedures to optimize clients' financial and inventory control processes.
• Support clients with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, unit economics, and tax readiness.

Qualifications & Experience

• BCom or Honours degree in Accounting or Finance; completed SAICA, CIMA or SAIPA articles would be advantageous
• 3–5 years’ experience within an accounting firm or client-facing finance role.
• Practical experience with cloud accounting platforms (e.g., Xero, QuickBooks) and working knowledge of inventory/ERP tools such as Cin7 Core.
• Experience supporting inventory management, landed cost calculations, and stock reconciliations for product-based or manufacturing businesses.