Head of Finance & Operations (CA/SA)

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 02/07/2026

This organization is a high-growth EdTech SaaS business currently serving over 2,500 schools across South Africa. With active expansions underway into Ghana, Zambia, and Botswana, alongside an international holding structure through a Netherlands BV, they are scaling rapidly. Operating a multi-product subscription revenue model and backed by prominent institutional investors, this organization runs a lean, high-output team of approximately 100 employees where technology, not headcount, provides the ultimate leverage.

We are recruiting for a Head of Finance & Operations. This is far from a traditional, pure-finance controller position. As the Head of Finance & Operations, you will hold the keys to the company's engine room, enabling the CEO to drive strategic growth forward. You will own the full financial strategy, multi-jurisdictional compliance, legal frameworks, and human resources from both a tr...