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A senior finance professional who enjoys working across several clients, rather than inside a single company, will find this Somerset West opening worth a close look. The role is advertised as Senior Fractional Financial Manager (Cin7), and it suits a qualified accountant who is comfortable moving between client portfolios, inventory-driven businesses and cloud finance systems. This post gives you the role in plain language, the requirements exactly as the advert states them, and the safe way to apply.
The client is an established professional financial services organisation that provides outsourced and fractional finance expertise to growing small and medium-sized businesses. Its work spans accounting, financial management, strategic finance, tax and compliance, payroll and related professional services, with the aim of helping businesses strengthen their financial operations and make better-informed commercial decisions.
The successful candidate will be based in Somerset West and will work with clients that have strong exposure to manufacturing, inventory or stock-holding environments. Rather than looking after one company’s books, the role involves independently managing a portfolio of clients, giving each one financial oversight, management accounting and strategic support. It combines senior financial management expertise with a practical understanding of inventory systems, product costing, stock control and platforms such as Cin7 Core.
Financial management and reporting. The role covers reviewing and, where required, preparing monthly management accounts, reconciliations and annual financial statements. It also includes leading budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, cost modelling and unit economics work, overseeing balance sheet and income statement reconciliations (including bank, payroll and VAT reconciliations), and leading annual income tax planning and tax readiness in collaboration with tax and compliance specialists. The advert also describes developing and implementing standard operating procedures and financial controls that improve accuracy, efficiency and scalability, and establishing structured reporting cycles, financial reviews, planning sessions and action tracking across client portfolios.
Inventory, manufacturing and systems. A large part of the work is inventory-linked. The role works with Cin7 Core or similar inventory and ERP platforms across sales orders, purchase orders and inventory processes, interprets stock valuations, landed costs, backorders and sales and purchase order reporting, and applies manufacturing and inventory accounting principles, including bills of materials and work in progress. It also involves advising clients on stock controls, stock counts and provisions for obsolete or slow-moving inventory, understanding how inventory and ERP systems integrate with cloud accounting platforms, and supporting ERP or inventory system implementations, configuration reviews and optimisation projects.
Client advisory and financial oversight. As the financial manager for assigned client portfolios, the successful candidate takes ownership of financial delivery, independently leads monthly client financial meetings, and provides meaningful insights and recommendations. The work includes advising clients on cash flow, profitability, margins and inventory performance, developing and maintaining financial dashboards and management information tools, translating complex financial and operational data into practical commercial recommendations, and identifying opportunities to strengthen clients’ financial controls, reporting and operational performance.
Projects, compliance and leadership. The role also leads projects such as system implementations, restructuring support and due diligence reviews, manages audit and independent review processes and coordinates the resolution of queries, and ensures compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax legislation and internal quality requirements. It includes reviewing and coordinating work completed by junior fractional financial managers and management accountants, coaching and developing junior finance professionals, and supporting senior financial leadership by making sure clients have accurate, decision-ready financial information.
Client service and relationship management. Finally, the role is about trusted relationships: proactive communication, responsiveness and high-quality service, accurate responses to client queries within agreed timelines, spotting opportunities for additional financial or professional services that could benefit clients, acting on client feedback, and working collaboratively across finance, tax, compliance, systems and other specialist teams while taking ownership of multiple client engagements and competing priorities.
Please note: several advert bullet points continue beyond the wording shown on the listing page. Where that happens, this post paraphrases only the visible portion and does not complete the sentence from guesswork. Check the original advert for the full wording before you apply.
The advert also lists key competencies — financial leadership, manufacturing and inventory understanding, commercial awareness, systems orientation, client advisory and leadership — and desired skills including Cin7, SAIPA, CIMA, CGMA, AGA(SA), CA(SA), Finance, IFRS and SMEs.
The recruiter is Zeal HR, a multi-award winning recruitment firm with specialist capabilities in Engineering, Finance and Technology. It describes a relational approach and competitive rates, serves corporate and SME businesses in South Africa and abroad, and offers services beyond traditional recruitment, including psychometric assessments, HR consulting and outsourced services.
Apply through the Apply button on this page, which leads to the original CareerJunction advert placed by Zeal HR (reference 65713). Apply only through that official advert. A genuine recruiter will never ask you to pay a fee to secure an interview or a job, so treat any payment request as a red flag and walk away.
Put your professional designation (CA(SA), CIMA, AGA(SA) or SAIPA) right at the top of your CV, and make your Cin7 Core or similar inventory/ERP experience easy to find. Give concrete examples of client portfolios you have managed, inventory or manufacturing clients you have supported, and month-end, reporting or system projects you have led. If you have reviewed other accountants’ work or led client meetings independently, say so plainly, since the advert asks for exactly that.
The advert does not set out a response timeline in the visible text, so apply through the original CareerJunction advert and keep an eye on your phone and email for recruiter contact. Prepare for a discussion about your qualification, your inventory and systems experience, and how you manage several clients at once. If you do not hear back, assume the role has moved on and keep applying elsewhere rather than paying anyone to chase it.
This post is informational only. Khabrtv is not the employer or the recruiter, and the hiring decision sits entirely with the client and Zeal HR. No salary figure is shown here because the advert lists pay as undisclosed. The full advertised title is Senior Fractional Financial Manager (Cin7); the short title above drops the (Cin7) marker only. The listing is permanent and senior-level, based in Somerset West, posted on 29 October 2026, and shown as expiring in 25 days. Always confirm the duties, requirements and closing details on the original advert before applying.
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