Technology Consultant

Strategic Leadership and Planning

• Provide input into the commercial and financial maturity strategy, framework, and roadmap
• Lead commercial and finance aspects of business and account planning
• Provide financial modelling and insights from pipeline and project data
• Guide pre-sales decisions to optimise financial outcomes
• Oversee contractual processes to manage commercial and legal risk

Financial Management and Reporting

• Oversee the finance team’s daily operations and performance
• Deliver accurate financial statements, management reports, and cash flow forecasts
• Support board and business reporting with insightful financial analysis
• Ensure robust financial controls and efficient treasury management
• Drive continuous improvement of reporting, budgeting, and performance processes

Budgeting, Forecasting and Remuneration

• Manage annual budgeting and rolling forecasts
• Oversee biannual remuneration and bonus cycles, including committee reporting
• Prepare and review remuneration offers and structures for new hires

Commercial and Risk Management

• Manage the contract processes to mitigate legal and commercial risk
• Maintain contract templates (MSAs, NDAs, etc) and ensure policy compliance
• Review contracts for profitability and risk alignment
• Build commercial models and perform financial risk assessments

Project and Portfolio Financial Performance

• Lead financial processes across Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay
• Design and implement project performance metrics and variance reporting
• Create exception and variance reporting in collaboration with the Project Office and enhance project financial acumen across delivery teams

Governance, Compliance and Technical Accounting

• • Ensure compliance with IFRS, tax regulations, and audit processes
  • Manage BBBEE, insurance, and company secretarial duties
  • Promote use of financial systems for accurate reporting and compliance

• Financial modelling: Advanced Excel skills
• Commercial understanding: Advanced analysis and business acumen
• Project Management: Intermediate project financial analysis
• Organised: Advanced structured approach to coordination
• Effective Planning and closing: Intermediate ability to plan and follow up
• Problem Solver: Intermediate ability to critically review proposals
• Communicator: Intermediate engagement with senior stakeholders
• Resilience: Advanced ability to deal with pressure and setbacks
• Report Writing: Advanced ability to draft core reports and documents. Intermediate Power BI skill
• Collaboration: Intermediate ability to create effective internal networks

• Empathetic, curious, constantly striving for improvement
• Passionate about technology, business, market trends
• Strong storytelling abilities, in person and via compelling data visualisation
• Leadership and mentoring within BSG Finance Function
• Thought leader and trusted advisor

• Thrives in challenging work environment
• Growth mindset, with strong self-accountability
• Organised and priority focused
• Delivery focused
• Quality driven
• Trustworthy (open and honest)
• Adaptable and flexible
• Willing to travel (not required regularly)