Vacancies at Kontak Recruitment

• Seeking a highly skilled and commercially strong Group Financial Manager to oversee the financial operations of multiple dealerships within a multi-branch automotive group.
• This role requires a strategic finance professional with strong motor industry experience who can provide financial oversight, operational support, compliance management, and performance analysis across multiple entities.
• The successful candidate will play a key leadership role within the business, driving financial accuracy, profitability, reporting standards, and process improvement across the group.

Minimum Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant – CA(SA) (non-negotiable)
• Minimum of 4 years’ post-qualification experience
• Proven experience within the motor industry (essential)
• Experience managing multiple entities, branches, or dealership operations
• Experience working on Evolve and EasyBI or similar dealership systems
• Strong financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting experience
• Strong commercial and business acumen
• Strong leadership and team management capability
• Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel regularly

Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Management & Reporting

• Oversee and manage the full financial function across multiple dealerships.
• Ensure accurate and timeous preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Analyse financial performance and provide strategic insights to improve profitability and operational efficiency.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Cash Flow

• Monitor and control budgets, forecasts, and cash flow across the group.
• Support operational teams with financial planning and decision-making.
• Identify financial risks and implement mitigation strategies where required.

Compliance & Financial Controls

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and internal controls.
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations and financial reporting processes.
• Assist with audits and liaise with external auditors where required.

Leadership & Team Management

• Manage and support dealership financial teams across multiple locations.
• Drive accountability, financial discipline, and continuous improvement within finance operations.
• Support the development and standardisation of financial processes across the group.

Operational & Strategic Support

• Provide financial guidance and strategic input to senior leadership and operational management.
• Travel regularly to dealership branches for financial oversight, support, and audits.
• Drive process improvements and reporting efficiencies across the business.
   

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• A growing organisation operating within the vehicle tracking and telematics space is seeking a hands-on and highly organised individual to take ownership of its day-to-day operations. The business supports a wide range of tracked assets, including motorcycles, vehicles, agricultural equipment, and other movable assets, operating within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This role combines operational management, systems administration, and customer engagement, requiring an individual who is comfortable working across both technical and administrative functions. The successful candidate will manage the tracking platform, coordinate installations, oversee stock and inventory, and act as a key point of contact for customers and internal teams. The position is suited to someone with a strong interest in technology and systems, who enjoys a varied role and taking ownership of processes.
• A critical component of the role includes managing stolen vehicle recovery operations and handling a 24-hour emergency response line. This requires a dependable and responsible individual who is comfortable being on-call, including after hours, and capable of managing high-pressure situations with professionalism and urgency

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• 2–4 years’ experience in a similar operations, logistics, or systems-based role
• Qualification in Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (preferred)
• Working knowledge or interest in accounting systems such as Xero, QuickBooks, or SAP
• Strong computer literacy and ability to work across multiple systems
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Highly organised with strong administrative capabilities
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Comfortable working with basic electronic components (e.g. devices, SIM cards, installations)
• Willingness and ability to be on a 24-hour on-call rotation for emergency incidents
• Reliable, responsible, and able to handle high-pressure situations, including after-hours work

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain and manage the tracking and telematics system, including adding, updating, and removing client data
• Manage customer accounts, including invoicing, quoting, and policy schedule updates on the accounting system
• Log system errors and change requests with the software team to ensure optimal system performance
• Coordinate and manage installation teams, including scheduling, quality control, and communication
• Liaise with customers to confirm bookings, installations, and system-related matters
• Proactively contact clients regarding non-functioning tracking units and resolve issues
• Manage stock, inventory, and consumables related to tracking devices
• Take ownership of stolen vehicle recovery operations, coordinating with recovery teams and clients
• Monitor and respond to alerts via the emergency system, ensuring immediate escalation and action when required
• Handle the 24-hour emergency phone line, including after-hours and weekend incidents
• Communicate updates to clients throughout recovery processes and ensure resolution
• Work closely with internal teams and management to support overall operational efficiency
• Maintain accurate records, reporting, and system integrity across all functions

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• A well-established accounting firm servicing a predominantly agricultural client base is seeking a Financial Accountant to join its team. The organisation operates in a structured yet practical environment, providing financial services primarily to farming clients, requiring a strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and the ability to work accurately and independently.
• This role is responsible for the preparation and review of financial statements, tax compliance, and overall financial administration across a portfolio of clients. The position offers the opportunity to work either on-site in a quieter, rural setting or remotely for the right candidate. The successful individual will work closely with the firm’s partners and play a key role in maintaining high standards of financial accuracy, compliance, and client service.

Minimum Requirements:

• BCom in Accounting or equivalent qualification
• Completed SAIPA Articles (essential)
• Minimum 2–4 years’ practical accounting experience
• Strong knowledge of financial statements and financial reporting
• Experience with VAT and taxation
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and accounting software skills

Proficient in:

• Sage Pastel (Desktop and/or Online)
• Xero
• QuickBooks
• Experience with Simfini(advantageous)
• High level of accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and manage deadlines
• Full-time availability (Monday to Friday)
• Suitable home office setup required if working remotely

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review financial statements for a portfolio of clients
• Maintain and manage general ledger accounts and perform bank reconciliations
• Prepare and submit VAT returns and other tax-related submissions
• Manage debtors and creditors functions
• Assist with budgeting and cash flow management
• Ensure compliance with relevant financial legislation and regulations
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records
• Work across multiple accounting systems to process and manage financial data
• Liaise with clients where required (primarily Afrikaans-speaking clients)
• Support partners with financial reporting and ad hoc accounting duties
   

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• An established organisation operating within the mining, inspection, and geoscience sector is seeking a highly capable Executive Secretary to support senior leadership. The business provides specialised inspection services and laboratory testing solutions to mining operations, ensuring accurate material grading and compliance through both field-based and laboratory analysis
• This role goes beyond traditional administrative support and requires an individual with a solid understanding of the mining or related technical environment. The successful candidate will act as the first point of contact for executive directors, providing informed support, anticipating requirements, and communicating in alignment with leadership expectations. The position demands a professional who can operate with discretion, initiative, and a strong grasp of industry dynamics

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Relevant qualification in Business Administration, Office Management, or similar (advantageous)
• 3–5 years’ experience in an Executive Assistant / Secretary role
• Exposure to the mining, inspection, laboratory, or geoscience industry (highly advantageous)
• Strong understanding of executive-level support and business operations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to anticipate executive needs and act proactively
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel when required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide full executive support to multiple Executive Directors
• Act as the first point of contact for executives, managing communication and priorities
• Draft, review, and respond to correspondence on behalf of leadership
• Coordinate and manage executive schedules, meetings, and appointments
• Prepare reports, presentations, and documentation for internal and external use
• Liaise with internal teams, clients, and stakeholders in a professional manner
• Maintain accurate records, filing systems, and confidential documentation
• Assist in decision-support by understanding business needs and industry context
• Travel with or on behalf of executives when required
• Support operational coordination across different regions when necessary
• Ensure smooth day-to-day administrative and executive office operations
   

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• A specialised ergonomic furniture and workspace solutions provider is seeking a Junior Sales Assistant to join its growing team. The company supplies premium ergonomic office furniture, seating, monitor arms, sit-stand desks, and workplace optimisation solutions to corporate, hospitality, and residential clients. The environment is professional, design-focused, and customer-centric, requiring individuals who are organised, and eager to develop within a sales support environment
• This entry-level role is ideally suited to a candidate with strong administrative ability and an interest in sales, office furniture, interior environments, or customer service. The successful candidate will support the sales team with quotations, customer communication, order administration, and general office coordination while gaining exposure to client relationship management and workplace solution sales.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Administration-related certificate or course advantageous
• Previous administrative or customer service exposure beneficial
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Professional telephone etiquette and client-facing manner
• Computer literate IOS advantages.
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Well-presented and professional demeanour
• Ability to work in a fast-paced office environment
• Willingness to learn about ergonomic furniture and workspace solutions
• Reliable, proactive, and eager to grow within a sales support role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist the sales team with daily administrative and sales support duties
• Prepare quotations and assist with order processing
• Follow up on customer enquiries, quotations, and sales orders
• Maintain accurate customer and sales records
• Liaise with suppliers, clients, and internal departments
• Assist with scheduling deliveries and installations
• Handle incoming calls, emails, and walk-in customer queries
• Support showroom and office administration functions
• Assist clients with basic product information and solution queries
• Ensure all sales documentation is completed accurately
• Maintain filing systems and customer databases
• Provide general administrative support to management and the sales department
• Contribute to maintaining a professional and organised working environment
   

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• This is a technology group that has done the hard work of building a genuinely integrated data resiliency capability, one that spans cybersecurity, backup and disaster recovery under a single commercial roof. Based in Johannesburg with reach into the UK, they are now looking for the person who can take that proposition to market and make it land.
• If you have spent years selling cybersecurity or backup and DR solutions and find yourself pitching point products when you know customers need outcomes, this role is worth a proper read.
• You will own the go-to-market strategy for the group's Data Resiliency proposition across South Africa and the UK. That means pipeline creation, revenue ownership and the kind of senior-level market conversations that require you to be as comfortable in a boardroom discussing ransomware risk as you are in a technical workshop unpacking recovery architectures. This is not a role where someone hands you a playbook. You will be writing it.
• Working closely with cybersecurity, backup, cloud and infrastructure teams across the group, you will shape solutions, enable account managers and build relationships with strategic technology vendors operating across both regions. You will engage CIOs, CISOs, Heads of IT and Risk leaders, running structured discovery sessions that turn customer risk into a commercial opportunity.
• What success looks like here is clear: revenue targets met, a repeatable Data Resiliency sales motion adopted across regions, and data resiliency growing into a strategic pillar of the business. If you are more comfortable shaping a market than following one, this is where you will thrive.

What's in it for you:

• Cross-group commercial leadership spanning South Africa and the UK.
• Senior mandate with real ownership of the pipeline and revenue.
• Work at the cutting edge of ransomware resilience, cyber recovery and data protection.
• Exposure to enterprise and mid-market accounts across two growing markets.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5 or more years of B2B technology sales experience with ownership of revenue and pipeline.
• Proven background in selling Backup, Disaster Recovery, Cyber Security or Data Protection solutions.
• Strong understanding of ransomware, cyber recovery, immutable backup and DR architectures.
• Confidence engaging CIOs, CISOs and senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience operating in a matrix or cross-group sales environment
• Authorised to work in South Africa.

Advantageous

• Experience within an MSP, systems integrator or managed services business.
• Exposure to UK and South African enterprise or mid-market technology buyers.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Sophos, Mimecast, Veeam, Microsoft, Rubrik, Commvault or Cohesity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the Group Data Resiliency revenue target, pipeline and forecast across South Africa and the UK.
• Drive net new business and expansion opportunities in mid-market and enterprise accounts.
• Define and continuously evolve the Group Data Resiliency go-to-market strategy.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from discovery through to close.
• Engage CIOs, CISOs, Heads of IT, Risk and Compliance leaders at the executive level.
• Run structured discovery and resilience workshops to uncover customer risk and commercial opportunity.
• Enable and support account managers in identifying and progressing Data Resiliency opportunities.
• Work closely with cyber, backup, cloud and infrastructure teams to shape robust, joined-up solutions.
• Build relationships with strategic technology vendors and partners across both regions.
   

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• Our client is a forward-thinking business with a genuine commitment to staying ahead of cyber threats. The security operations team is technically sharp, tightly run, and quietly proud of the infrastructure they protect. If you want a role where your contribution shows up directly in the metrics, this one is worth a look.
• As the Security Operations Support Engineer, you’ll be the person keeping security tools and data pipelines running reliably, day in and day out. This isn’t a role where you’ll be waiting for tickets to land in a queue. You’ll be proactively monitoring alert pipelines, getting into the details of security tool integrations, and using your analytical mind to investigate issues before they become incidents.
• If you enjoy a mix of independent work and cross-functional collaboration, you’ll thrive here. You’ll be working closely with SOC, IT, and cloud teams, contributing to incident response, and building out automation that takes the repetitive tasks off the team’s plate. There’s also real scope to grow: whether that’s deepening your threat detection capability, sharpening your scripting skills, or contributing to larger security integration projects, the environment supports it.
• The role does include participation in on-call rotations and occasional after-hours work during incidents or maintenance windows, so you’ll need to be comfortable with that reality. In return, you get a technically strong team, meaningful work, and a hybrid setup that gives you some flexibility.

What's in it for you:

• Exposure to a broad range of security platforms and cloud environments.
• The chance to build automation that has a real operational impact.
• A technically strong, collaborative team that takes their craft seriously.
• Scope to grow into more complex incident response and detection engineering.

Minimum Requirements:

• 2 to 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, SOC, or IT operations.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Experience with security monitoring, logging, and alerting concepts.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Working knowledge of incident response processes.
• CompTIA Security+, Certified SOC Analyst (CSA), or GIAC GSEC/GCIH is advantageous.
• Experience with Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or Elastic Security is advantageous.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor system performance and alert pipelines to ensure reliability.
• Investigate and resolve issues related to security tools and integrations.
• Perform in-depth analysis of security alerts and escalate when necessary.
• Support and actively participate in incident response activities.
• Develop basic automation and scripts to streamline repetitive operational tasks.
• Collaborate with SOC, IT, and cloud teams to address security gaps.
• Assist with vulnerability management and remediation tracking.
• Maintain and improve technical documentation, runbooks, and processes.
• Contribute to security tool onboarding and integration projects.

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• This role sits in an international media company with operations across multiple markets. The team is lean, the structure is flat, and the Group Director is the kind of leader who is in the detail and hires people who are too.
• One thing to be clear about upfront: this is a digital performance role, not a brand marketing role. Events, social posting, CSR, and collateral belong to a separate team. If your world is website optimisation, organic search, content-driven lead generation across LLM, and commercial pipeline with data and analytics, read on. If it is not, this one is not for you.
• In the first 90 days, you are in the work: keyword research, technical audits, content briefs, agency reviews, and dashboard builds. You are not inheriting a function; you are building one. Over time, the balance shifts toward strategy and management, but the executional instinct stays. Content production and activity is big. This company does not hire people who point out problems and wait for someone else to fix them.
• The scope will stretch you. Fifty-plus country pages. Seventy-plus programmatic landing pages to build. Agencies to govern. A content specialist to direct. Six-language website translation to oversee. AI search visibility to own, because when a customer searches on ChatGPT or Perplexity, you want this business to appear. And twice a week, you will draft thought leadership posts for the Group Director's LinkedIn and other outlets, in conjunction with the content creator.
• Performance is tracked, reviewed, and taken seriously.

What makes it worth your while:

• Outsized influence in a lean team, your work is visible, your results are measured, and credit goes where it is earned.
• Direct access to Group Director-level leadership with no layers between your ideas and a decision.
• The opportunity to build a digital growth function from the ground up across a multi-country international operation.
• A compensation package that rewards performance with a bonus structure tied to the outcomes you drive.
• A business that moves fast, makes decisions quickly, and does not waste your time with approvals that go nowhere.

What Makes This Worth Your While

• Outsized influence in a lean team, your work is visible, your results are measured, and credit goes where it is earned.
• Direct access to Group Director-level leadership with no layers between your ideas and a decision.
• The opportunity to build a digital growth function from the ground up across a multi-country international operation.
• A compensation package that rewards performance with a bonus structure tied to the outcomes you drive.
• A business that moves fast, makes decisions quickly, and does not waste your time with approvals that go nowhere.

You Need to Bring

• 8 to 12 years in digital marketing with real, demonstrable SEO, content marketing and demand generation experience, not delegated, but personally done.
• A before-and-after story of organic lead growth from a previous role, told in numbers. “I managed SEO” is not enough.
• Deep hands-on SEO expertise: technical SEO, on-page optimisation, keyword research, content strategy, link building, schema markup.
• Proven experience managing external SEO and paid search agencies against structured KPIs with real accountability.
• Advanced fluency in GA4, Google Search Console, SEMrush or Ahrefs, you build dashboards, not slide narratives.
• The ability to plan, brief, QC and publish commercial content at scale
• Advanced WordPress and Elementor proficiency, you can manage content and work with developers without being dependent on them.
• You need to be able to make changes inside the website in Elementor and to be able to add/remove plugins- a full technical ability of the website.
• Webspeed will be owned by you, and you need to know what to do to improve to the required standards.
• Lead-gen database management through nurture journeys and CRM must be something you have worked with and fully understand.
• Johannesburg-based and willing to work from the office, this role is not available remotely.

Highly Desirable

• B2B services, media, adtech
• Practical, working knowledge of LLM and AI search visibility, not just awareness
• Multi-market or international digital marketing experience
• Paid search management at a senior level (Google Ads)
• Email marketing and lead nurture experience

What You Will Own

• The end-to-end SEO strategy across 49+ international country pages: technical SEO, on-page optimisation, content strategy, backlink acquisition, and Core Web Vitals.
• A programmatic SEO build-out targeting 70+ new landing pages based on a proven sub-page model.
• The SEO and paid search agency relationships: briefing, KPI-setting, weekly check-ins, and holding partners accountable for results.
• A content calendar aligned to commercial priorities, directing the Content Specialist to deliver 4+ optimised pages per month.
• LLM and AI search visibility: building and monitoring the company’s presence in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini responses for 50+ target queries monthly.
• The website as a commercial asset: conversion funnel ownership, landing page optimisation, A/B testing, and overseeing translation into French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and German
• Two thought leadership posts per week for the Group Director’s LinkedIn profile, plus LinkedIn outreach strategy targeting clients, CMOs, and procurement.
• A monthly performance dashboard tracking leads, CPL, conversion rates, search rankings, and LLM visibility.
• The digital growth function itself, how it is structured, resourced and scaled as the business grows.