Strategic Financial Controller - Cape Town, High-Impact

Initiate International; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Initiate International in Cape Town seeks a commercially astute Financial Controller to own financial control, reporting discipline, and operational insight in a fast-moving sports betting and iGaming business.

You will lead the day-to-day financial control environment, strengthen systems, and partner with auditors, banks, and providers to deliver accurate, compliant financials and insightful commercial intelligence.

Qualifications

• CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA, SAIPA or equivalent finance qualification.
• Proven experience in a Financial Controller, Finance Manager, or senior accounting role.
• Experience in iGaming, sports betting, fintech, payments, or high-volume environments is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, reconciliations, VAT, and statutory compliance.
• Exceptional Excel capability and confidence with ERP, accounting, and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end process, ensuring accurate, timely, and insightful management reporting.
• Lead balance-sheet reconciliations, revenue reconciliations, payment-provider reconciliations, and cash-flow oversight.
• Manage the general ledger, journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and intercompany transactions.
• Maintain a robust financial-control framework across betting, gaming, payments, bonuses, customer funds, and operational expenditure.
• Produce management accounts, variance analysis, forecasts, and commentary for senior leadership.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and commercial planning.
• Ensure compliance with tax, regulatory, audit, and statutory reporting obligations.
• Partner with internal and external auditors, advisors, banks, payment providers, and other key stakeholders.
• Improve finance processes, controls, reporting automation, and systems capability.
• Lead, mentor, and develop members of the finance team.
• Work closely with operational, commercial, product, risk, and compliance teams to ensure financial accuracy across the customer journey.

Education

CA(SA) / CIMA / ACCA / SAIPA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Initiate International in Cape Town seeks a commercially astute Financial Controller to own financial control, reporting discipline, and operational insight in a fast-moving sports betting and iGaming business.

You will lead the day-to-day financial control environment, strengthen systems, and partner with auditors, banks, and providers to deliver accurate, compliant financials and insightful commercial intelligence.