Current Opportunities at Robert Walters

• The Financial Accountant position calls for a confident and self-motivated individual who excels at working independently while also collaborating effectively with team members. In addition, strong technical abilities, analytical and strategic thinking, as well as exceptional problem-solving skills are essential for this role.

Key qualifications and experience required for the Financial Accountant:

• Bachelor’s degreein relevant subject matter (i.e., finance, accounting, business-related)
• Min. of 2 years’ experiencein a similar role
• Strong knowledge and experience working with finance, tax and cash managementas well ascomplianceand trade finance
• International experience / global exposure is highly preferred
• Proficiency in financial software and advanced Excel skills

Key duties of the Financial Accountant:

• Manage Debtor’s Reconciliation and Debtor’s Cycle including invoicing of clients and review of age analysis
• Liaise with creditors/suppliers as required and carry out monthly creditors/suppliers’ reconciliation
• Submit weekly cash flow report, which includes all bank balances and sales figures
• Reconcile the VAT figures to the ledger account and income statements
• Prepare standing journals every month i.e. interest on all loan accounts, depreciation, and revaluation journals
• Prepare management accounts and manage all expenses and income accounts
• Be involved in the creation of the annual budget, obtain information from management

Key personal skills:

• Demonstrates integrity and professionalism
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Thrives in high-pressure environments and meets tight deadlines
• Possesses a results-driven mindset and showcases technical expertise
• Excellent attention to detail

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• Our client is a legal tech company that uses its award-winning software to solve the contract drafting, legal claims processing and compliance challenges of listed companies, state entities and multinationals. They have a unique and powerful range of legal tech solutions that deliver transformative growth and efficiencies for their clients.

Business Development Manager

• Our client is seeking a Business Development Manager with the passion and experience to drive the next phase of their business growth. As they expand their sales channels, build their sales team, and launch new legal solutions, they need a dynamic professional to take the lead.
• Join a team of driven professionals, work remotely, and experience the satisfaction of bringing meaningful tech solutions to the market.

Position Overview

• Until now, business development has been primarily driven by referrals, with sporadic marketing efforts when capacity has allowed. However, significant growth and recent reinvestment have enabled the company to double its staff complement, build an operational platform for streamlined delivery, and develop a range of new legal tech solutions.
• At this stage of their growth, they require a Business Development Manager with the experience, maturity, and expertise to take control of critical areas, including growth strategy, product commercialisation, and the development of key partnerships and corporate relationships.
• This role requires established networks within corporate B2B software sales and decision-making channels, along with deep experience in building trust, relationships, market presence, and strategic partnerships. The ideal candidate will be hands-on in navigating the complex, relationship-based sales cycles associated with closing large deals with senior management of listed companies and corporates.
• Unlike a Sales Manager focused on leading a cold-calling team, this role is more strategic—focused on long-term business development, high-value deal-making, and partnership building.
• The Business Development Manager will be part of the executive management and will sit on SteerCo. He/she will have a clean slate and the opportunity to define and build the entire BDM team and strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop key alliances, relationships and networks for B2B sales channels: resellers, partnerships with complimentary solution providers, tech integrators and consultancies.
• Develop and implement the strategy to expand its B2B sales channels, and to build its presence in the legal tech market both locally and offshore.
• Develop the brand, marketing materials, commercial models and channels to market.
• Identify and exploit new market opportunities.
• Design strategies for the commercialisation and marketing of new and existing products.
• Develop strategies and marketing materials for cross-selling the solutions within existing corporate clients.
• Represent the business in negotiating sales and alliance terms. Leads or participates in important sales demonstrations and marketing engagements.
• Starting with a clean slate: the BDM will recruit, train and manage a new business development and sales team.
• This is an executive management role. The BDM will be a member of, and will report to, the executive SteerCo. In this capacity, they will have ultimate responsibility for the company’s business development, and they will contribute to the company’s strategic direction and roadmap projects.

Requirements:

• At least 10 years’ experience in building marketing alliances and reseller channels for B2B sale of software solutions to large corporates.
• Experience as a Business Development Manager in the legal tech industry is a considerable advantage.
• Excellent networker and able to build strong business relationships.
• Able to build a business development team and strategy from the ground up.
• Willing to back themselves and their business development abilities – a portion of remuneration will be linked to profit and sales performance.

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• We are looking for an exceptional technical analyst to join our Portfolio Monitoring team. The role will require you to become a key driver of the monthly flash financial reporting cycle, helping portfolio companies and deal teams to process and analyse their reporting in a timely and methodical manner.
• The ideal candidate will have outstanding Excel skills alongside a strong understanding of financial statement structure, able to perform under pressure and consistently produce quality reporting output.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with deal teams and portfolio companies to prepare and process submissions of their monthly financials – the “monthly Flash process” – utilising the Chronograph portfolio monitoring system and its proprietary Excel Add-In.
• Support the Portfolio Monitoring team in producing timely, accurate and insightful analysis, utilising Excel, Power Query and other related software at your disposal.
• Become a competent user of Chronograph, CVC’s core portfolio monitoring system.
• Maintain and enhance system datasets, helping ensure data consistency and governance, understanding how the data – and data quality – plays a key role in CVC’s technical architecture.
• Assist with the migration of legacy Excel (and other structured and unstructured) datasets to Chronograph.

Key Relationships:

• Internal: Portfolio Monitoring Team, Data & Analytics Team, Technology & Innovation Team, and other key data stakeholders.
• External: Portfolio companies, external advisors, external data vendors.
• Reports to: Associate, Portfolio Monitoring / Director, Data & Analytics.

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• The incumbent in this position is responsible to perform the full range of company secretarial duties for a portfolio of subsidiaries and associated joint ventures (private entities) within the Group. The individual will be accountable for ensuring that the companies in his/her portfolio comply with all applicable financial and legal requirements, as well as with all relevant best-practice codes, and to maintain a high standard of corporate governance. The individual must provide governance advice as and when required, and must attend to the statutory records and other secretarial functions of the companies in his/her portfolio.

Duties include -

• Prepare agendas and papers for board meetings and committees and publish these on the online system.
• In general provide comprehensive practical support to directors.
• Attend board, audit and other ad hoc committee meetings, take minutes and manage the conduct of the meetings.
• Provide the directors with detailed guidance to properly discharge their responsibilities in the best interests of the company.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable legislation, statutes, regulations and relevant best practice codes.
• Draft resolutions.
• Lodge required statutory forms and annual returns.
• Maintain electronic statutory records, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries.
• Deal with correspondence, collate information and write reports, communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders, and in general engage with divisional and corporate management to ensure that the portfolio of companies is managed efficiently.
• Attend to ad hoc assignments.
• Deal with queries relating to records of entities within the portfolio.
• Undertake corporate actions (acquisitions/sale of entities) relating to companies in the portfolio and their implementation into the Group, including due diligence assessments, and assist the Group Company Secretary with general mergers and takeover activities (when required).
• The portfolio will include dealing with voluntary liquidations and trademarks.
• Experience in data protection.
• Assist with the statutory compliance of any foreign subsidiaries in the portfolio.
• Maintain the register of beneficial share-owners and monitor changes in ownership of the companies in his/her portfolio for reporting to CIPC. Work with other colleagues to ensure that the strategic goals of the Secretariat are achieved.

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• Our client is a leading player in the fintech industry are currently seeking a Senior Group Accountant to join their dynamic team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the cutting edge of fintech in Africa, solving relevant problems for the continent and beyond.

What you'll do:

• As a Senior Group Accountant, your role will be pivotal in ensuring the smooth running of our client's finance operations.

You will be responsible for:

• Drive project management in the External Reporting Team
• Assist in preparation of the group consolidated financial statements under IFRS
• Ensure integrity and consistency of underlying reporting data
• Improve/develop reports that will be useful for the business in driving informed decision making
• Financial reporting to shareholders, directors, regulators and any other authorized parties on an appropriate and regular basis
• Indirect management of accounting staff

What you bring:

• CA(SA) with minimum 3 to 5 years post qualification experience
• Extensive IFRS accounting experience
• Knowledge about UK Companies Acts, accounting standards etc. is preferred
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills in a fast-moving and complex environment
• Experience working in emerging markets and in multi-currency environments.
• Proficiency in Xero, Netsuite and Datarails is highly desirable
• Superior communication skills in English, both written and oral

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• Our client is seeking a seasoned Director of Human Resources to join their team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to provide vision, leadership, and integration across all HR functions. The successful candidate will be responsible for fostering effective people and talent plans to support the achievement of the business strategy. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of HR operational management and labour regulations. If you are passionate about creating a positive work environment and promoting your organisation as an employer of choice, this could be the perfect role for you.
• Lead the overall HR function
• Drive effective people and talent initiatives
• Promote a positive work environment

What you'll do:

• As the Director of Human Resources, you will have overall accountability for providing vision, leadership, delivery, and integration across all HR functions. Your primary responsibility will be to foster effective people and talent plans that drive and support the achievement of the business strategy. You will develop strategic HR plans in line with changes in the current and future business environment. You will also oversee the development of new strategic talent, performance management, and succession planning solutions. Additionally, you will create and update HR governance frameworks.
• Develop and direct effective strategic HR plans in line with changes in the current and future business environment.
• Direct strategic plans for the implementation of changes across the business, providing leadership and guidance to executives and project teams.
• Provide people business continuity plans to address the changing business environment.
• Maximise return on capital investments relating to people systems, frameworks, and tools.
• Oversee the development of new and innovative strategic talent, performance management, and succession planning solutions.
• Direct initiatives and programmes to nurture a positive culture of diversity, inclusivity, and belonging.
• Create and update HR governance frameworks.

What you bring:

• As a Director: Human Resources, you bring extensive experience in a senior HR role. You have a strong understanding of HR operational management and an in-depth knowledge of labour regulations. Your track record includes effectively leading organisation-wide HR implementation projects. You have demonstrated your ability to make analytical decisions based on broadly defined policies and objectives. Your experience also includes developing strategic HR plans and overseeing the development of new strategic talent.
• Proven experience in a senior HR role.
• Strong understanding of HR operational management.
• In-depth knowledge of labour regulations.
• Experience leading organisation-wide HR implementation projects.
• Ability to make analytical decisions based on broadly defined policies and objectives.
• Experience developing strategic HR plans.
• Experience overseeing the development of new strategic talent.

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• Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Financial Accountant to join their rapidly growing team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a proactive part in supporting efficient and structured financial management across all operations and projects.

What you'll do:

• As a Financial Accountant, you will play a crucial role in maintaining accurate financial records, leading the compilation of reports to meet stakeholder requirements, providing insightful support for commercial decision-making, managing cash flow requirements, enhancing finance-related functions, managing payroll, ensuring efficient debtor and creditor management. You will embody the values of our client-centric firm in all interactions
• Maintain complete, accurate financial accounting records for all business entities.
• Lead the compilation of reporting to meet requirements of internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide insightful support, analysis and advice for commercial decision making and Group projects.
• Manage cashflow requirements within each entity and across the Group.
• Continually enhance all finance-related functions and drive efficient financial management processes.
• Manage the monthly payroll and all associated deductions payments.
• Ensure efficient management of debtors and creditors.
• Embody the values and culture of our client-centric firm in all interactions with internal and external stakeholders.

What you bring:

• The ideal candidate for this Financial Accountant position brings extensive experience in financial accounting and management roles. You have a proven track record of working closely with senior executives to manage financial functions within an operational environment efficiently.
• Bachelor’s degree in financial accounting.
• Registered CA (SA), CIMA, ACCA or related
• 5+ years’ experience post completion of articles.
• 2+ years’ experience managing a small financial management team.
• Experience working within firms operating in the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, the Tax Act, Companies Act and risk management principles.
• Strong communication skills, interpersonal skills, personal integrity.
• Ability to work independently with high initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted collaborative relationships.
• High degree of prudent commercial judgment focused on controlling expenditure within budget.

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• Our client is a premier online betting platform in South Africa, offering a wide range of betting options including sports, slots, and table games. They are currently seeking a Legal Advisor to join their organisation. The successful candidate will draft key commercial contracts, provide legal advice to the management teams, and provide risk mitigation strategies.

Job Purpose

• To responsibly, proactively and efficiently facilitate the business of the Company by efficiently reviewing, drafting and negotiating business contracts and providing legal advice to various management teams to ensure that the legal agreements, matters and advice in relation to the Company's dealings with external business partners are legal and comply with the Group policies and procedures in a manner which fully protects the businesses legal and commercial interests. Identify, manage, mitigate, and provide recommendations against all associated legal risks and escalates same to the Senior Legal Advisor for assessment.

Key Performance Areas

• Acting as an enabler and facilitator to support and oversee the contracting process as executed by the departmental contracting champions via the contracting management system and provide contract support for internal stakeholders to obtain business objectives across the business area functions within areas of responsibility.
• Assist with drafting and revision of templates (inclusive of contracts, due diligence, and scoping related documents), and Company policies, standard operating procedures and related governance documents to reflect current legal trends and amendments to business requirements, legislation, and mitigation of legal risks identified.
• Any risk identified per the above is reported and escalated to the Senior Legal Advisor and where appropriate and required to the Exco team under supervision.
• Research, keep up to date with, analyse and investigate case law and legislation relating to corporate, commercial, company, sports betting and contract law relative to legal concern and structure proposed remedies and provide solutions to legal issues identified as escalated to the Senior Legal Advisor.
• Drafts legal documents checklists, scoping documents, contracts, correspondence, undertakings, opinions (written, verbal, formal and/or informal), memoranda, and other briefing documents as required by business including as it pertains to operational contracts, due diligence investigations, structuring and closure of transactions, all of which are required to be valid, aligned to business requirements, and the Company's legal and commercial interests in line with the Group's policies and procedures.
• Assist with the preparation for and attend attorney meetings in terms of contract negotiations and assist with guiding management on taking appropriate decisions with the assistance of the Senior Legal Advisor across the multiple business areas within its areas of responsibility.
• Ability to produce consistent high-quality work under pressure whilst maintaining efficient turnaround times that is relevant, understood and easily applied within the business environment, and understands and is able to impart knowledge on relevant legal issues and subject matters at all levels within the business.
• Responsible for the coordination, facilitation and management of legal document management pertaining to mergers and acquisition matters, including in respect of compiling, of and coordination of due diligence requests and virtual dataroom management.
• Cultivate and manage working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders of the Group.
• Contribute towards the Central Legal report submitted to the executive committee meetings.
• Provide legal training and development in terms of gaps identified to business, and provide knowledge transfer to junior team members.

Skills and Knowledge

Education:

• LLB and Admitted as an Attorney.
• Minimum 5 years post-articles qualification in a law firm or corporate legal advising position, including corporate legal advising, managing relationships with business partners, exposure and experience in contract, company, and commercial law, and ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple complex tasks with extensive consistent experience in independent contract drafting and negotiation.
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions would be an advantage.

Soft skills

• Conceptualising and ability to think group-wide
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Managing customer stakeholder relationships
• Applying expertise and technology
• Responding with urgency
• Decision-making and critical thinking
• Integrating (connecting, collaborating)
• Emotional Maturity and self-regulating
• Thorough knowledge of contracting management system
• Business and commercial acumen
• Legal research
• Drafting of correspondence, contracts and legal matter management documentation
• Contracts management and negotiation
• Contract and corporate commercial law principles
• Corporate governance and industry knowledge
• Working knowledge of legislation and regulations relating to the sports betting and hospitality industry
• Risk reporting

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• Our client is a dynamic and innovative black-owned law firm, which has successfully been in operation for close to 30 years. They offer a comprehensive range of legal services to both local and international clients. They are currently seeking an Office Manager to join their office. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of their office, managing administrative tasks, and supporting the team to achieve their best work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily office operations and ensure a well-organized and efficient workplace.
• Manage office supplies inventory and place orders as needed.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements.
• Handle correspondence, including emails, phone calls, and mail.
• Assist with onboarding new employees and maintaining employee records.
• Ensure HR compliance, including payroll support.
• Plan and organize company events and meetings.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Liaise with building management and external vendors.

Qualifications:

• Education:Matric Certificate and Management related qualification (degree or diploma)

Skills:

• Proven experience as an Office Manager or HR Administrator.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of, and working experience with, SAGE VIP.
• Knowledge of, and working experience with, labour law and HR policies (experience or familiarity with disciplinary processes essential).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive and positive attitude.

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• Our client is a UK-headquartered alternative legal service provider that offers innovative and agile legal solutions to in-house legal teams and law firms. They are currently seeking a Legal Counsel to join their organisation. This role will offer an opportunity to provide comprehensive legal support to a world-leading trade and supply chain finance solutions provider.

Role Purpose

• To provide comprehensive legal support to the Global Commercial Banking (CMB) business, with a specific focus on the Global Trade and Receivables Finance (GTRF) division. These roles involve identifying and managing legal risks, supporting transactions, and ensuring timely escalation of issues.
• Successful candidates will develop expertise in trade finance law, contributing to a world-leading trade and supply chain finance solutions provider.

Role Responsibilities

Impact on the Business:

• Provide legal support for GTRF transactions, ensuring adherence to GTRF policies and procedures to manage legal risk.
• Draft, review, and negotiate trade-related documentation, including facility and security documentation, amendments, and bespoke transactions under supervision.
• Escalate matters through agreed channels to ensure timely and appropriate legal support.
• Conduct gap analyses of standard terms against bespoke documentation.
• Track and collate data from transactional support to inform management decisions.

Customers / Stakeholders:

• Deliver succinct, solution-oriented legal advice that addresses root causes and resolves issues.
• Actively engage with Global GTRF Legal, CMB Legal, and other stakeholders, escalating complex matters as required.
• Maintain regular communication with senior legal management on developments, risks, and legislative changes.

Leadership & Teamwork:

• Collaborate with the GTRF GLS team and other legal and business units globally to foster a positive and professional working environment.
• Share knowledge and contribute to document management systems to promote best practices.
• Lead and inspire confidence in stakeholders by demonstrating deep expertise and effective communication.

Operational Effectiveness & Control:

• Comply with legal risk management requirements outlined in the Group Standards Manual and Legal FIM.
• Monitor, control, and mitigate legal risks while adhering to regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Ensure appropriate procedures and controls are followed for all transactions and operational tasks.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer (common law jurisdiction preferable) with extensive post-qualification experience in banking and finance law (8-10+ years PQE).
• Strong understanding of banking and finance transactions; trade finance experience preferred.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to manage workloads, meet deadlines, and work both independently and within a team.
• Experience in regulatory and risk management advantageous.