Team Leader Jobs in Acornhoek

Lesaka Technologies is looking for a Team Leader for its EasyPay Everywhere Branches in Acornhoek, Mpumalanga. This is a permanent role for an experienced sales leader from a banking or financial services background, who can lead a team of sales and service consultants, drive targets, and keep service and compliance standards high. The advert states a market-related salary, and applications close on 11 November 2026.

About the company and the work

Lesaka Technologies operates EasyPay Everywhere branches, which bring banking and financial services to customers in communities across South Africa. The Team Leader is accountable for the team in those branches: building the resources and environment the team needs to reach its objectives, supporting sales and service consultants, and being responsible for the facilitation of the team’s outcome. It is a hands-on leadership role that covers people, customers, money and compliance in equal measure.

Role details and duties

The confirmed facts are: the employer is Lesaka Technologies, the role is permanent, it is based in Acornhoek in Mpumalanga, the salary is market related, and applications close on 11 November 2026. The reference number is 209517.

The key performance areas, as stated in the original advert, are:

• Being accountable for the team in the EasyPay Everywhere Branches.
• Building and developing the resources and environment that enable the team to achieve its desired objectives.
• Managing and supporting sales and service consultants.
• Being responsible for the facilitation of the team’s outcome.
• Setting targets and being responsible for staff achieving those targets.
• Making sure the team attends to customers, understands what matters to customers, and responds effectively.
• Making sure the team takes ownership of every customer demand and provides immediate responses.
• Proactively conducting needs analyses at every customer interaction and identifying sales opportunities.
• Managing staff leave, hours of work, overtime and the movement of staff, and proactively sourcing new business.
• Coaching, upskilling and supporting staff to achieve their individual and collective sales targets.
• Putting proactive sales plans in place, and making sure plans are clearly defined and the team is aligned.
• Managing staff overtime and fleet costs for vehicles used for proactive sales activities.
• Making sure the team produces the required financial outcomes by achieving its set sales targets.
• Implementing cost containment measures to closely manage business and operational expenses, such as stationery.
• Making sure the sales team adheres to processes and procedures.
• Making sure the Staff Manual is made available to staff and is read and understood by all staff.
• Ensuring full compliance of all new business at origination.

Requirements

Applicants should meet the following requirements, as stated in the original advert:

• A National Diploma or NQF level 6 qualification in Business Studies, or equivalent.
• Five to seven years of sales experience from a banking or financial services environment, three of which must have been in a more senior capacity. Note: the experience line is partly truncated in the listing display, so confirm the exact wording in the original advert before applying.
• Report writing skills, computer literacy, and MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

The successful applicant must also be able to lead, motivate and inspire the team to be engaged and committed to their job and driven to succeed; must have knowledge of banking services and what is being offered in the market; and must have business acumen and business management skills.

Where to find and apply safely

Apply only through the original Careers24 listing, using the Apply button on this page, which links directly to the Lesaka Technologies advert. Do not pay anyone for this vacancy, and do not share banking details or passwords with anyone claiming to offer the job. If a message about this role asks for money, treat it as a scam and check the original advert instead.

Practical tips

This advert values proven leadership in a sales environment, so make your application concrete. State your Business Studies qualification clearly, give the number of years of sales experience you have in banking or financial services, and say how long you have led a team. Mention your report writing and MS Office skills, and give a brief example of a target your team achieved under your leadership, or of how you coached staff to reach their targets. Keep your CV honest and up to date, and make sure your contact details are correct.

How the process works

Applications are submitted through the Careers24 listing for this vacancy. The closing date given in the advert is 11 November 2026, so apply well before then, since only 13 days remained when this post was prepared.

Important information

This post is for information only. It is not a job offer, and it does not guarantee employment. Always confirm the full details, including the duties and requirements, in the original advert before applying, and note that the salary is described only as market related. The experience requirement is partly truncated in the listing display, so check its exact wording in the original advert.

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