Part-time Financial Controller

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Part-time Financial Controller overseeing financial operations remotely. Collaborating with CEO and managing accounts receivable/payable for biotech and regenerative medicine sectors.

Posted 6/15/2026part-timeRemote • 🇿🇦 South AfricaMid-LevelSenior💰 ZAR 11,500 per monthWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Debtors & Accounts Receivable Management: Direct the end-to-end invoicing architecture, track collections, execute monthly age analyses, and manage necessary payment escalations.
Accounts Payable & Banking Portals: Take ownership of the centralised accounts payable inbox, prepare structured weekly payment runs, and process authorised payments directly through banking portals.
Commission Architecture & Reconciliation: Systematically calculate, audit, and reconcile monthly sales team commission reports against commercial outcomes.
Expense Management & Diagnostics: Oversee the collection, coding, and categorisation of corporate expenses within Xero, producing granular monthly analysis summaries broken down by operational category and individual.
Bookkeeper Liaison & Executive Reporting: Act as the primary conduit to the external bookkeeper, compiling weekly cash flow summaries for the CEO and supporting the review of monthly management accounts.
Financial Process Engineering: Audit existing administrative workflows, identify procedural gaps, and author the standard operating procedures and functional templates required to secure an institutional-grade finance department.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven Track Record: A minimum of 3+ years of dedicated experience within a financial administration, accounts, or bookkeeping-adjacent capacity.
Xero Ecosystem Mastery: Advanced, hands-on proficiency in Xero, ensuring full operational capability from day one without training overhead.
Ledger Autonomy: Demonstrable history of independently managing debtors and accounts payable lifecycles under minimal supervision.
Operational Precision: High personal accountability, meticulous attention to detail, and a process-driven mindset that naturally addresses compliance gaps proactively.
Discretion & Integrity: Absolute professional discretion appropriate for accessing highly sensitive financial frameworks and investor information across two distinct firms.
Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience working inside life sciences, medical device distribution, or venture-capital-backed start-up environments.
Practical knowledge of South African payroll frameworks, VAT regulations, and SARS compliance protocols.
Foundational familiarity with Unleashed or similar cloud-based inventory/ERP software ecosystems.
Required Software Skills: Xero (Advanced operational level), Unleashed (Inventory/ERP - Advantageous), Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets (Data analysis and commission modeling), Online Banking Portals (Payment run preparation).

Benefits

Comp & perks

High autonomy with flexible working hours organized around predictable weekly deliverables and deadlines.
Direct access to the CEO with uninhibited visibility into the commercial progression of two high-growth organisations.
The professional space to build accounting processes from the ground up and take complete structural ownership of them.
Long-term potential to expand hours and scope as the scale of both entities increases.

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Hard Skills & Tools

XeroAccounts Receivable ManagementAccounts Payable ManagementCommission ReconciliationExpense ManagementFinancial Process EngineeringData AnalysisVAT RegulationsSARS ComplianceInventory/ERP Software

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailProcess-Driven MindsetDiscretionIntegrityHigh AccountabilityCommunicationOrganizational SkillsProblem-SolvingCollaborationLeadership