Revenue Controller: Projects & Treasury at Lesaka Technologies

PURPOSE OF JOB

• This is a newly created role combining revenue assurance, clearing account ownership, and finance project management within Lesaka Enterprise. It is intended to reduce key-person risk in the Settlements function, strengthen the completeness and accuracy of revenue recognition, and provide dedicated project management capacity for Enterprise Finance's reporting and ERP transformation agenda.
• The role will take ownership of clearing account reconciliations and controls (reducing reliance on a single individual within the Settlements team), act as a second line of review over revenue recognition across Enterprise entities, provide maternity-leave cover and cross-training within the Settlements function, and project-manage key Enterprise Finance initiatives, including the forthcoming ERP implementation and related reporting improvements.
• Working closely with the CFO, the Team Leader: Settlements, and the broader Enterprise Finance team, the incumbent will combine strong technical accounting skills with project delivery capability.

The role's responsibilities include the following:

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Revenue Recognition & Assurance

• Review revenue recognition across Enterprise entities for completeness and accuracy in accordance with IFRS 15.
• Investigate and resolve revenue-related reconciliation differences and anomalies.
• Partner with Settlements and FP&A to strengthen controls over revenue completeness checks.

Clearing Accounts Ownership

• Take ownership of clearing account reconciliations and controls across Enterprise settlement entities.
• Reduce key-person risk by documenting clearing account processes and cross-training within the Settlements team.
• Investigate and clear aged or unreconciled clearing account balances.

Settlements Cover & Continuity

• Provide trained backup cover for core Settlements functions ahead of, and during, planned maternity leave within the team.
• Support the Team Leader: Settlements with commission, fee, and clearing account processes as required.

Finance Project Management

• Act as project manager for Enterprise Finance initiatives, including the forthcoming ERP implementation.
• Coordinate requirements gathering, testing, and stakeholder sign-off across Enterprise Finance workstreams.
• Project-manage improvements to Enterprise financial reporting processes and timelines.
• Track and report project progress, risks, and issues to the CFO.

Treasury Support

• Support treasury functions across Enterprise entities, including cash positioning and bank reconciliation oversight where required.
• Assist with liquidity and funding-requirement monitoring in conjunction with the Financial Manager(s).

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 3 - 5 years' post-articles experience in financial accounting, revenue assurance, or reconciliations, ideally including project delivery.
• CA(SA) with Big 4 or equivalent audit background, or strong commercial accounting experience in financial services/fintech/payments.
• Demonstrated experience with clearing account or settlement reconciliations is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting or leading a system/ERP implementation is advantageous.
• Multi-entity, multi-currency reporting experience.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• CA(SA) – Chartered Accountant (South Africa), or equivalent, required or strongly preferred.
• BCom Accounting (Honours) or equivalent.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel; Power BI/Power Query experience advantageous.
• Strong IFRS knowledge, particularly IFRS 15 (Revenue).
• Project-management exposure (formal certification not required, but structured delivery experience essential).

WORK BEHAVIOURS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Comfortable working across both deep technical accounting detail and higher-level project coordination.
• High level of accuracy and control-consciousness, particularly around clearing accounts and revenue.
• Self-starter, able to build new processes and documentation from scratch in a newly created role.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, working across Settlements, FP&A, IT, and the CFO.
• Adaptable and comfortable with a broad, evolving mandate.

Closing Date 25 September 2026