Commercial Finance Manager

Clickatell

Commercial Finance Manager providing analytical financial support to drive sustainable growth at Clickatell. Supporting planning, reporting, pricing, and business partnering within a high-growth fintech environment.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeCape Town • 🇿🇦 South AfricaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting cycles across all commercial segments.
Build, maintain and enhance financial models covering revenue, margin, cost-to-serve and unit economics.
Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to support strategic and operational decisions.
Track actuals vs budget/forecast, producing variance commentary with clear commercial context.
Produce accurate and timely monthly management reports and commercial performance packs.
Develop and maintain dashboards tracking key commercial KPIs including ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, gross margin, and payback periods.
Translate financial data into clear, meaningful narratives for non-finance stakeholders across the organisation.
Act as a trusted day-to-day finance partner to commercial, sales, and product teams.
Support evaluation of new initiatives, product investments, and go-to-market strategies through robust financial analysis.
Build business cases for commercial initiatives using appropriate financial frameworks (ROI, payback, NPV).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant Commercial / Financial degree (essential).
Qualified or nearly qualified accountant – CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
Post-graduate qualification advantageous.
4–7 years’ experience in a commercial finance, FP&A, or analytical finance role (essential).
Proven experience within fintech, financial services, SaaS, or a high-growth technology environment.
Track record of building financial models, driving reporting, and partnering with commercial teams.
Advanced Excel & financial modelling skills (essential).
Solid understanding of SaaS/platform commercial metrics: ARR, MRR, NRR, CAC, LTV, gross margin, payback.
Knowledge of Salesforce, Power BI, NAV, Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or similar tools (preferable).
Proficient in full MS Office suite.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical Aid contribution
Pension fund contribution
Quarterly performance incentive bonus
Risk benefit company contributions
Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
Half-day off on your birthday
5 personal days leave a year, over and above your annual leave + ½ day off on your birthday
Flexible working conditions (remote & in person) with access to office hubs as required **current policy *
Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial modelingbudgetingforecastingvariance analysisscenario analysissensitivity analysisKPI trackingROIpaybackNPV

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationanalytical thinkingstrategic thinkingnarrative developmentpartnershipreportingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsstakeholder management

Certifications

CACPAACCACIMA