Business Finance Specialist
4 days ago
Who we are:
Our client is on a mission to inspire and support ocean-minded start-ups with the express
aim of nurturing an environmentally conscious and profitable economy that effectively mitigates the
effects of global warming as well as oceans’ overexploitation and pollution.
Job specifications:
Our client is looking for a Business Finance Specialist on an initial fixed term contract to:
1) Maintain the leadership position of our client in its ecosystem as more ocean hubs emerge
2) Participate to the fundraising efforts to sustain our client’s growth
3) Champion strategic and financial planning, business forecasting, and cash flow management
4) Deliver on our clients Blue Economy consultancy missions as well as to provide support to our client’s accelerated startups.
You are passionate about the ocean and its Blue Economy
You thrive to support and see the growth of impact for-profit ventures
You are business-driven and a strategic thinker
You are mastering excel spreadsheets, love the financial side of the game and are not scared of financial
engineering and data architecture.
Then our client wants you
Skills and experience:
- Postgraduate in Finance, Business Management, Entrepreneurship or other relevant fields with 2 to 5 years’ experience in business administration and/or finance
- Excellent analytical skills and strategic thinking
- Team spirit
- Solid understanding of business metrics and processes in a startup
- Strong innovative, impact and sustainable finance interests
Your Role:
Fundraising and management:
- Fundraising support for startups and financial coaching.
- Raising funds for our client.
- Support management and reporting of grant funding received.
- Strategic financial planning and due diligence support for our client and its startups.
- Assist the team in the creation of new partnerships and assist in adjusting current partnerships
to better fit the next acceleration programs and other activities.
- Lead communication with investor relations, including drafting Board communications
and fundraising financial materials
- Construct and refine business models, financial forecasts and operational goals that
maximise our current and future ROIs
- Contribute to our client’s client portfolio supervision (financial aspect)
- Provide strategic recommendations on operational and financial initiatives based on data,
market analysis, and previous actions
- Support in promoting Blue Finance in Africa (thought leadership, communication points,
etc)
Strategy and Management consultancy:
- Support in strategy and management consulting jobs of our client, especially regarding innovative
finance and Blue investments
Main advantages:
- Learn and grow in an entrepreneurial ecosystem, in Africa within a stimulating multi stakeholder
environment
- Take part in shaping our client’s offering and working for a meaningful cause
- Training and experience in Blue Economy principles, entrepreneurship and impact investing
- Grow personal branding and network within the blue economy ecosystem in South Africa and
internationally
- Team buildings once or twice a year
- 2 days remote work/week
**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 12 months
**Salary**: R25,000.00 - R35,000.00 per month
COVID-19 considerations:
Yes all staff and visitors are required to follow the stipulated legislation regarding Covid-19 safety protocols
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)
Application Question(s):
- Do you have a Postgraduate in Finance, Business Management, Entrepreneurship or other relevant fields with 2 to 5 years’ experience in business administration and/or finance?
**Education**:
- Bachelors (preferred)
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