Job Opportunities at Bluesky

Description
Broad Role Description

• BlueSky is a well-established enterprise cloud software and services provider. We are looking for an experienced industry professional to join the c-level team to run our finance and commercials.
• Are you a great leader? Can you see around corners? Are you someone who thrives in change and uncertainty? Are you a problem solver? Do you love building things? Do you think differently? Are you a great communicator? Does a start-up culture resonate with you?
• We are looking for a passionate Chief Financial Officer to join our executive team. You will report directly to the CEO and lead our superb in-house finance team. Your duties will include managing all financial and commercial operations, assessing and improving existing initiatives and devising new strategies to increase revenue & profitability.
• To be successful in this role, you will be able to tailor marketing strategies to complement the organization’s objectives and meet targets. You will have excellent leadership and communication skills to successfully provide guidance to your team, and you will have a vast knowledge of current financial and commercial trends for technology consulting businesses.
• This role will need to carry a very high degree of urgency as well as being part of a hyper-scale business plan and strategy. Successful execution of the role will earn exceptional rewards in terms of salary, profit share and equity participation especially considering hyperscale growth

Role Responsibilities

Finance:

• Develop & implement financial accounting & controls
• Develop & implement project accounting, reporting and controls
• Develop & implement budgeting
• Ensure accurate and timeous financial reporting to management teams
• Grow high performing team and drive throughput

Oversee payroll & benefits

• Develop and implement asset management strategy for the business
• Oversee full internal and external audit process
• Deciding on investment strategies by considering cash and liquidity risks
• Ensure compliance with the law and company’s policies, generally safeguard the resources of the business
• Manage forex risk related to projects and proposals outside of SA
• Ensure regulatory and tax compliance
• Drive the budgeting and forecasting process

Tax planning

• Develop finance strategies to drive business growth
• Develop and implement a procurement strategy

Commercials:

• Drive the business activities and decisions within the budget framework and target revenue & margin levels
• Provide commercial input and terms related to sales proposals
• Implement processes for Business Unit Managers, Industry Leads and Practice Managers to run their business units
• Develop and implement pricing strategy for the business
• Implement price increases with Sales teams & clients
• Develop and implement contracts management strategy
• Manage all client contracts – SLA’s, projects and re-seller contracts
• Manage all sub-contractors / vendors and negotiate optimal rates & margins
• Manage all business contracting, MSA, NDA, re-seller contracting, lease agreements, etc.
• Develop and implement business key performance indicators
• Analytics - conduct business analyses, performance analyses, competitive analyses & report back to operation

Systems:

Work with CTO to Implement and manage internal technology automation systems for finance, timesheets, planning, business unit flash’s’, professional services automation, procurement, etc.

BEE:

• Own the BEE scorecard for BlueSky and ensure L1 is achieved by Feb 2022
• Work with specialist BEE consultants against SLA
• Drive the scorecard metrics from a commercial point of view

Key Performance Indicators (KPI's):

• Overall responsibility for finance and commercials – chief financial officer
• Drive the margins and revenue against budget
• Performance manages the finance resources against targets
• Scale the team related to the business growth and strategies
• Debtors’ days <40 consistently on-going
• Ensure cost-effective procurement
• Achieve level 1 BEE by Feb 2022

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, commerce, finance, or related field
• A Master's degree or an MBA may be highly desirable

CA (SA)

• Experience listing a company highly desirable
• Experience with M&A highly desirable
• More than 5 years' proven experience in a CFO / finance exec management role
• Understanding of technology vendor relationships and contracting
• Demonstrate experience working in a financial and strategic planning position
• Impressive track record delivering management level opinions and analyses to senior executives
• Self-motivated and excellent inter-personal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and leadership skills
• Creative and entrepreneurial spirit

BEE

Strong preference for BEE candidate but not necessary

• Benefits
• Negotiable
• Attractive bonus structure based on targets
• Equity options

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Description

• As part of the Experience Design (XD) Team, you will design end-to-end products, services and experiences that deliver value for our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct qualitative research such as ethnography, observation, interviews, diary studies, surveys, etc.
• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Facilitate the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products.
• Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
• Design and deliver personas, journey maps, service blueprints
• Facilitate human-centered design workshops
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.

Requirements

• Portfolio of work demonstrating breadth and depth in UX and visual design. This should also include approach and process.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in design, industrial design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a UX designer, interaction designer, information architect, Service designer or similar.
• Experience creating services and applications with multiple user touch points on different platforms and devices.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, Framer, etc.
• Fluency in best design practices and design system across mobile, web platforms, and devices.
• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills, including the ability to present design concepts clearly and persuasively to colleagues, partners, stakeholders, and especially to senior executives.
• Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate a bias for action in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Strong track record of iterative design, working closely with product and tech partners from inception through implementation.
• Strong skills in managing time and ability to manage work independently.