Senior Specialist, SEO

StoneX Group; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company is seeking a Senior SEO Specialist in Cape Town to lead SEO strategies for CMS and domain migrations. This role involves defining technical requirements and ensuring SEO integrity throughout the process. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of SEO management experience, strong analytical skills, and deep technical SEO expertise. The role offers a competitive salary package and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Subsidized gym

Weekly fruit and vegetable basket

Mental health assistance program

Competitive salary package

Company gatherings and events

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as an SEO Manager.
• Proven experience leading CMS and domain migrations.
• Strong understanding of web technologies and their impact on SEO.

Responsibilities

• Lead SEO strategy for CMS and domain migrations.
• Define technical requirements for developers.
• Conduct pre- and post-migration benchmarking and audits.

Skills

Analytical skills

SEO experience

Familiarity with SEO tools

Knowledge of ranking factors

Written and verbal communication

HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge

Power BI proficiency

Advanced Excel skills

Tools

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Google Analytics

Looker Studio

Job description

Overview

Fixed Term Contract - 12 month

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.With 4,500+ employees and over 300,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Responsibilities

Position Purpose:As a Senior SEO Specialist, you will play a critical role in leading complex CMS and domain migration projects from an SEO perspective. You will work closely with migration squads, developers, and product teams to define and refine technical requirements, NFRs (Non-Functional Requirements), and SEO benchmarks.

This is a highly technical role focused on SEO implementation during migrations, requiring deep expertise in site architecture, crawl optimization, Core Web Vitals, structured data, and log file analysis. You will be the SEO lead for migration squads, ensuring minimal risk and maximum performance post-launch by embedding SEO requirements into Dev refinements and QA processes.

Primary duties will include

• Lead SEO strategy for CMS and domain migrations, ensuring SEO integrity throughout the process.
• Define technical requirements for developers, including redirects, canonicalization, structured data, and Core Web Vitals compliance.
• Conduct pre- and post-migration benchmarking, risk assessments, and performance audits.

Technical SEO Expertise

• Drive site architecture planning, crawl optimization, and indexation strategies.
• Oversee log file analysis, JavaScript rendering checks, and site speed improvements.
• Ensure compliance with NFRs related to SEO performance and scalability.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Dev teams during refinement sessions to ensure SEO requirements are implemented correctly.
• Partner with Product, UX, and Content teams to maintain SEO best practices during redesigns and migrations.

Advanced Reporting and Analysis

• Build and maintain technical SEO dashboards using tools like Power BI, Looker Studio, and advanced Excel. Provide actionable insights and communicate migration progress and impact to senior stakeholders.

International SEO

• Manage SEO for multi-domain, multi-regional sites, ensuring proper hreflang implementation and localization strategies.

Qualifications

To land this role you will need:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Proven SEO experience with a track record of success in top-ranking.
• Familiarity with SEO tools like SEMrush, Ahrefs, Google Analytics, and others and automating SEO work and reporting
• Deep knowledge of ranking factors and search engine algorithms.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as an SEO Manager
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• HTML/CSS/JS advanced knowledge
• PowerBI, Advanced Excel, Looker Studio knowledge

What makes you stand out:

• Collaborative mindset: connecting the dots between one’s work and the teams work to achieve SEO goals as a team.
• Deep technical SEO expertise: Proven experience leading CMS and domain migrations and handling complex site architectures.
• Strong understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and how they impact SEO.
• Ability to translate SEO requirements into Dev language when refining technical documentation and influence technical decisions.
• Experience with Core Web Vitals, structured data, and advanced crawling/indexation strategies as to be able to extract actionable insights from CWV reports, deliver json schema automation logic and crawling/indexing technical documentation
• Skilled in SEO QA processes for pre-launch and post-launch validation.
• ROI orientated approach to task prioritisation, knowing beforehand the outcome of your actions.
• Time management skills: balance between quality work and deadline pressure, ability to deliver sign-off decisions on your own
• Online trading/ global finance/financial sector experience would be a great plus

Our Benefits for your Commitment:

• Promising: FTC full-time position with a competitive salary package
• Fitness Benefits: Subsidized gym, In-office weekly fruit and vegetable basket, a Mental Health assistance program as well as counselling service on a variety of topics
• Conveniently located: Located in a business area in London with a modern working atmosphere
• Flexibility: Hybrid work with at least 4 days in the office
• Strong Corporate Culture:Regular company gatherings and other joint events

Working environment:

• Fixed Term Contract (12 months), full-time, hybrid