Job Description

New Senior Contract Opportunity - Team Lead: Commercial Finance Manager
Salt's partnering with one of South Africa's most innovative, high-growth banking brands on a 6-month hybrid contract (with potential to go permanent).
They're looking for a Commercial Finance Team Lead to drive financial performance across payments, merchant services, and digital finance, working directly with senior leaders and C-suite stakeholders.
? Stellenbosch (Hybrid - 60% on-site)
? Lead across Payments, Merchant Services & Digital Finance
? High-impact role with executive visibility
? CA(SA) preferred
? Ideal start: ASAP
Role Overview
Lead and develop a team of Finance Business Partners, ensuring alignment between operational drivers, business strategy, and financial performance. Provide strategic commercial insights and enable effective financial decision-making across business portfolios.
Key Responsibilities
1. People Leadership
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Finance Business Partners
Manage performance, set objectives, and support development
Maintain strong communication and workflow frameworks
Support recruitment and talent capability growth
2. Operational Oversight
Oversee finance partnering delivery across allocated business areas
Ensure adherence to best-practice processes and governance
Drive continuous improvement and process optimisation
Resolve escalations and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
3. Delivery & Business Alignment
Scope and prioritise finance partnering work for the team
Coordinate cross-functionally to support strategic financial management
Quality-assure deliverables and support capacity planning
Ensure alignment with business needs and performance objectives
4. Technical & Functional Expertise
Apply advanced finance partnering capability where needed
Provide commercial insight, financial analysis, and decision support
Support strategic planning across payments and merchant portfolios
Experience Required
5+ years in financial accounting or finance business partnering
2+ years leading or managing finance professionals
Strong stakeholder engagement experience
Proven delivery in a high-performance, continuously improving environment
Qualifications
Minimum:
Honours in Accounting / Financial Accounting / Commerce
Preferred:
CA(SA)
Key Skills
Leadership & coaching
Financial analysis & commercial insight
Strategic planning & prioritisation
Communication & relationship management
Problem-solving, decision-making, and numerical reasoning
Conditions of Employment
Clear criminal and credit checks
Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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