Job Opportunities at Monocle

Monocle is looking for an experienced professional to join our team as a Consultant. As a Consultant at Monocle your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Solving complex industry specific problems.
• Conducting business analysis and documenting requirements.
• Performing data analysis and data mining on large datasets.
• Documenting functional and technical requirements for large system implementations.
• Designing and implementing management reports and dashboards.
• Writing, reading and analysing various computer programming languages.
• Compiling reports and presentations.
• Engaging with senior stakeholders and clients.
• Continuously developing business knowledge and technical skills in the areas in which Monocle provides consulting services.

The successful candidate must:

• Have a CA(SA) qualification.
• Have audit experience in the financial services industry is advantageous.
• Have subject matter knowledge in banking and/or insurance.
• Have a strong desire to learn and upskill subject matter knowledge.
• Possess a keen interest to learn technical skills and programming languages.
• Have a professional qualification in finance and risk management such as CFA and/or FRM is advantageous.

The ideal Monocle Consultant also:

• Has an enquiring mind and is eager to learn and improve their professional skillset.
• Is able to work in a dynamic environment where one day never looks like another.
• Is enthusiastic in their approach to their work.
• Regards themselves as a high performer.
• Is an excellent communicator with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Works well under pressure to meet client objectives.
• Is sociable and enjoys interacting with others, both at work and at social events.
• Works well independently and in a team.
• Shares Monocles values

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Monocle is looking for exceptional individuals to join our Internship Programme.

• As an intern, you will have the opportunity to participate in a range of activities created to enhance your soft and technical skills, including life at Monocle workshops, case studies, and internal projects. In addition, you will gain insight about our Analyst Graduate Programme.

The successful candidate must:

• Be studying towards an Honours or Masters degree in Finance, Data, Accounting, Engineering or the Sciences.
• Have a strong academic track record.
• Have a keen interest in working with banks and insurers.

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• Monocle is looking for a Finance Administrator to join our internal finance team for a growing International consulting group firm. This position reports directly to the Financial Manager, the Finance Executive and Group CFO. As a Financial Administrator/Intern your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

Manage the full invoicing and contract life cycle process between Monocle and its clients, which may include but not limited to:

• Statement of work and purchase order management
• Tracking the accuracy of timesheets received
• Accurately invoice Monocles clients and generating statements
• Effectively build and maintain relationships with the Monocles clients
• Effectively communicate with Executives on on-going status between Monocle, its employees and consultants, and the client.
• Effectively manage Monocles debtors book as well as effectively maintaining the debtor relationship with specific client debtor representatives
• Maintain and track the clients vendor and procurement process and communicate effectively with the clients procurement team.
• Assisting with filing and data entry into the financial information system
• Recording and maintaining accurate and complete financial records
• Reconciling daily bank balances and posting cash book entries for the group
• Reconciling the petty cash fund, and journalising the transactions
• Taking on additional tasks, projects or research to learn more about accounting and office operations.
• Implementing internal control systems as the group grows and evolves
• Responding to ad-hoc financial queries and information requests.

Additional responsibilities include, but is not limited to the following:

• Drive consistency, accuracy and timely reporting across the group in a high paced environment
• Engagement and communication with Executives at all levels
• Well-organized, energetic and adaptable team player.

The successful candidate must:

• Must be a recent graduate with a Bachelors degree in Accounting.
• Working towards a CIMA/ACCA or equivalent post degree qualification.
• Have strong (Advanced) Microsoft Excel skills
• Analytical, attention to detail, performance driven with a passion to succeed and grow
• Excellent communication skills

The ideal Financial Administrator also:

• Is able to work in a dynamic environment where one day never looks like another.
• Is enthusiastic in their approach to their work.
• Has a hands-on approach and is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in.
• Regards themselves as a high performer.
• Is an excellent communicator with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Works well under pressure to meet team objectives.
• Is sociable and enjoys interacting with others, both at work and at social events.
• Works well independently and in a team.
• Shares Monocles values.

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What are we looking for:

• Monocle is looking for an experienced Marketing Manager to join our dynamic and growing marketing team. The candidate would take on a lead role in executing, tracking and optimising our global marketing campaigns across our marketing mix. We are looking for someone with the management experience to be able to autonomously lead multiple projects across a variety of business needs and successfully deliver work for a range of internal stakeholders.
• As a Marketing Manager, you should have a passion for building brands, strong attention to detail, a broad range of marketing expertise and capable project management abilities. If you have a creative way of thinking and innovative ideas to build our brand through multiple channels, we would love you to join our team.

As a Marketing Manager at Monocle your main tasks and responsibilities will include supporting the marketing team to:

• Partner the marketing lead in developing plans and execute against the marketing strategy.
• Autonomously manage multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Oversee the execution across a range of marketing mediums.
• Take business imperatives and translate them into marketing objectives and plans.
• Partner our internal stakeholders to build our marketing strategies through competitor research, platform knowledge, benchmarking, messaging, and target audience identification.
• Oversee the day-to-day content and engagement of our owned marketing channels to continuously improve our presence, develop our brand and grow our audience.
• Formulate insights and improvements based off key marketing and business objectives (ROI and KPIs).
• Identify trends and insights while optimising spend and performance based on research and insights.
• Develop new and creative approaches and campaigns.
• Stay up to date with the latest marketing trends, technologies, and social media best practices.
• Build Monocles market presence, amplifying the message as an employee of choice and preferred execution partner to our clients.

The following areas will be part of your responsibility:

• Developing and executing against Monocles international marketing strategy.
• Oversee the success of our owned marketing channels.
• Ensuring Monocle is positioned as an employer of choice.
• Conceptual campaign creation.
• Campaign execution.
• Campaign analytics and optimisation.
• Sponsorship and event management.
• Internal communication management.
• Campaign budget management.
• Customer relationship management.
• Marketing data base management.

The successful candidate must have the following requirements:

• Holds a relevant Marketing Degree.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of marketing experience.
• Hands on experience across multiple marketing channels for a professional services brand.
• Experience in B2B marketing.
• Experience in managing multi-faceted campaigns.
• In-depth analytical ability and dashboarding capabilities.
• Strong understanding of the financial services industry.
• Proven ability to working across a variety of geographies, in particular the UK and EU.
• Has 2 to 3 years management experience.
• Proven communication and project management skills.
• A team player able to effectively own key marketing activities and deal with top management.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Creative and proactive.
• An interest in banking and insurance.
• A strong understanding of the media landscape that is applicable for our target audience.

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What are we looking for:

• Monocle is looking for a Digital Designer to join our dynamic and growing marketing team and form part of delivering the full end-to-end marketing and advertising offering to a broad range of Monocle requirements and stakeholders.
• The candidate would work within the broader marketing team to create compelling, innovative and professional content across Monocles digital communication channels. You will work closely with the marketing team to develop and execute creative concepts to further Monocle's brand identity and communication.
• As a Digital Designer you should have a passion for building brands through design, an innovative mindset, strong attention to detail, comprehensive understanding of digital marketing channels and keen communication capabilities. If you have a creative way of thinking and innovative ideas to build our brand through world-class designs and content, we would love you to join our team.

As a Digital Designer at Monocle your main tasks and responsibilities will include supporting the marketing team to:

• Be a key custodian for Monocles CI and ensure all communication is considered, professional, creative and world-class in execution.
• Develop social media content for the Monocle brand.
• Assist with visual updates and CX improvements to our website.
• Build compelling comms to attract South Africa's top talent to Monocle, working alongside our talented People & Culture team.
• Support business development and research by designing brand and thought leadership content in a way that puts us ahead of the big traditional consultancies.
• Step up the executional level of our internal communications.
• Take quality photography and videography content of Monocle activities and events.
• Stay on top of current and future design trends, platforms and technologies as well as understand the CIs and creative work of our competitors.
• Build out how design and creativity can be an integral tool to deliver on our marketing objectives.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute creative concepts that align with Monocle's brand identity and messaging.
• Help develop the Monocle culture through how our staff see Monocle.

The following areas will be part of your responsibility:

• Social Media content
• Internal comms
• Website designs
• Direct client comms
• Photography
• Video capture and editing
• Animated content

The successful candidate must have the following requirements:

• Holds a relevant design degree from a reputable tertiary institution.
• Minimum 2 to 3 years of design work experience.
• Hands on experience creating social media content for a corporate brand.
• Is capable in photography and videography.

Strong in:

• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Premier Pro
• After Effects
• Has a strong portfolio of work showcasing a variety of digital design projects.
• Strong attention to detail, communication, and project management abilities.
• A team player able to effectively function and deal with stakeholders across the business.
• Creative and proactive.
• An interest in banking and insurance.