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Commercial Account Manager

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  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Cape Town
  • Posted 24 Aug 2026 by Recru-it
  • Expires in 29 days
  • Job 2644162 - Ref PE011701

About the position

  • Comfortable working UK -aligned hours (10:00 - 19:00 SAST) on a permanent basis
  • About the role:Our client is looking for a Commercial Account Manager (CAM) to join their team in Cape Town. This is a client-facing role holding primary commercial accountability for a portfolio of clients - you will own renewals, protect and grow revenue, and ensure the company’s commercial position is managed cleanly across every account you own. You will work closely with their Technical Account Managers, Client Account Administrators, and Service Delivery Managers to ensure that the commercial relationship stays healthy alongside the technical one. This is not a technical role - it is a relationship, revenue, and process role that requires someone who can read a commercial position clearly, act on risk early, and lead a room with confidence at Quarterly Business Reviews.The company’s clients:The company’s clients for this role are high-profile hedge funds and financial services firms. These are demanding, high-expectations environments where commercial precision, responsiveness, and trust matter enormously. You will be representing the company to CFOs, COOs, and business stakeholders at some of the most prominent names in global finance. This means the CAM role carries real weight. Clients expect to deal with someone who understands the commercial and technical shape of their account, communicates with precision, and can be trusted to protect their interests and the company in the same conversation. If that kind of high-stakes client accountability energises you, this role will suit you well. Reports to:       UK CEOClient-facing?:  Yes - primary commercial contact for assigned client portfolioClient base:      Hedge funds and financial services firmsTeam:   Works closely with Technical Account Managers, Client Account Administrators, and Pod SDMs What you will do:Commercial relationship management:
    • Hold primary commercial accountability for a portfolio of assigned clients
    • Own the renewal process for each client; ensure contracts are current and commercial terms are correct
    • Own scope-creep conversations once flagged by the SDM or TAM, and translate operational signals into commercial action
    • Ensure client data in AutoTask is accurate at all times

     
    Revenue and billing accuracy:

    • Check all invoices before client dispatch and follow up on billing queries
    • Perform monthly recurring service reconciliation (vendor to Autotask)
    • Conduct overall profitability analysis by product, solution, and support line

     
    Sales and growth:

    • Identify upsell opportunities and loop in Technical Account Managers for technical context before progressing commercially
    • Complete PandaDoc proposals for all non-standard opportunities
    • Check proposal accuracy, manage client follow-up, and drive opportunities through to close

     
    Quarterly business review ownership:

    • Hold overall responsibility for QBRs: ensure they are scheduled and happen on time
    • Lead and own the commercial slides; review the full deck before every client presentation
    • Ensure all parties - TAM, SDM, and the client - act on agreed follow-ups after every QBR
    • For micro clients (under 5 users), lead the service section of the QBR as well as the commercial section

     
    What the role is not:
    Our client wants to be clear about scope so that the right person applies:
     

    • Technical ownership: You will surface commercial context, but technical service reviews and problem management sit with the TAM.
    • Queue management: You will not manage the ticket queue or chase individual tickets - that sits with the Pod SDM.
    • Admin execution: You direct and approve quotes, proposals, and reporting - the CAA prepares and executes them.
    • Incident command: P1 incident command sits with the On-shift SDM. You are not involved in real-time technical incident response.

     
    What the company is looking for:
    Essential

    • Experience in a commercial account management, client relationships, or revenue-owning role
    • Strong commercial acumen: renewals, upsell, contract management, and profitability analysis
    • Solid conceptual understanding of networking, Microsoft 365, and Azure - enough to hold a credible technology conversation with senior IT stakeholders and follow a TAM's technical briefing without translation. You will not perform technical work yourself; it is handed off to the TAM and engineering team, but you need to speak the language
    • Comfortable managing billing accuracy, invoicing cycles, and reconciliation processes
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills - you can present commercial detail with confidence to senior stakeholders
    • Organised and structured: you can track multiple renewal cycles, proposals, and QBRs concurrently without anything slipping
    • Able to build genuine rapport with demanding, high-expectations clients while firmly protecting the company’s commercial position
    • Comfortable working UK -aligned hours (10:00 - 19:00 SAST) on a permanent basis

     
    Advantageous:

    • Experience working with or within financial services firms - hedge funds, asset managers, or similar
    • Experience using a PSA tool such as Autotask, ConnectWise, or similar, and a proposal tool such as PandaDoc
    • Background in managed services, MSP, or IT service commercial management
    • Experience leading or owning formal QBRs or account reviews
    • Familiarity with subscription or managed-services pricing and licensing models

     
    Who you will work with:
     
    The CAM role sits at the intersection of commercial ownership and client relationship management. Your closest working relationships will be:
     

    • Technical Account Manager: Your technical counterpart. They surface the technical signal and upsell opportunities; you own the commercial conversation that follows.
    • Client Account Administrator: Your execution partner. They prepare quotes, proposals, invoicing, and QBR logistics; you direct and approve.
    • Pod SDM: Source of scope-creep escalations. They flag; you own the resulting client conversation.

    Leadership: Profitability reporting, retention, and pipeline visibility


  • Comfortable working UK -aligned hours (10:00 - 19:00 SAST) on a permanent basis
  • About the role:Our client is looking for a Commercial Account Manager (CAM) to join their team in Cape Town. This is a client-facing role holding primary commercial accountability for a portfolio of clients - you will own renewals, protect and grow revenue, and ensure the company’s commercial position is managed cleanly across every account you own. You will work closely with their Technical Account Managers, Client Account Administrators, and Service Delivery Managers to ensure that the commercial relationship stays healthy alongside the technical one. This is not a technical role - it is a relationship, revenue, and process role that requires someone who can read a commercial position clearly, act on risk early, and lead a room with confidence at Quarterly Business Reviews.The company’s clients:The company’s clients for this role are high-profile hedge funds and financial services firms. These are demanding, high-expectations environments where commercial precision, responsiveness, and trust matter enormously. You will be representing the company to CFOs, COOs, and business stakeholders at some of the most prominent names in global finance. This means the CAM role carries real weight. Clients expect to deal with someone who understands the commercial and technical shape of their account, communicates with precision, and can be trusted to protect their interests and the company in the same conversation. If that kind of high-stakes client accountability energises you, this role will suit you well. Reports to:       UK CEOClient-facing?:  Yes - primary commercial contact for assigned client portfolioClient base:      Hedge funds and financial services firmsTeam:   Works closely with Technical Account Managers, Client Account Administrators, and Pod SDMs What you will do:Commercial relationship management:
    • Hold primary commercial accountability for a portfolio of assigned clients
    • Own the renewal process for each client; ensure contracts are current and commercial terms are correct
    • Own scope-creep conversations once flagged by the SDM or TAM, and translate operational signals into commercial action
    • Ensure client data in AutoTask is accurate at all times

     
    Revenue and billing accuracy:

    • Check all invoices before client dispatch and follow up on billing queries
    • Perform monthly recurring service reconciliation (vendor to Autotask)
    • Conduct overall profitability analysis by product, solution, and support line

     
    Sales and growth:

    • Identify upsell opportunities and loop in Technical Account Managers for technical context before progressing commercially
    • Complete PandaDoc proposals for all non-standard opportunities
    • Check proposal accuracy, manage client follow-up, and drive opportunities through to close

     
    Quarterly business review ownership:

    • Hold overall responsibility for QBRs: ensure they are scheduled and happen on time
    • Lead and own the commercial slides; review the full deck before every client presentation
    • Ensure all parties - TAM, SDM, and the client - act on agreed follow-ups after every QBR
    • For micro clients (under 5 users), lead the service section of the QBR as well as the commercial section

     
    What the role is not:
    Our client wants to be clear about scope so that the right person applies:
     

    • Technical ownership: You will surface commercial context, but technical service reviews and problem management sit with the TAM.
    • Queue management: You will not manage the ticket queue or chase individual tickets - that sits with the Pod SDM.
    • Admin execution: You direct and approve quotes, proposals, and reporting - the CAA prepares and executes them.
    • Incident command: P1 incident command sits with the On-shift SDM. You are not involved in real-time technical incident response.

     
    What the company is looking for:
    Essential

    • Experience in a commercial account management, client relationships, or revenue-owning role
    • Strong commercial acumen: renewals, upsell, contract management, and profitability analysis
    • Solid conceptual understanding of networking, Microsoft 365, and Azure - enough to hold a credible technology conversation with senior IT stakeholders and follow a TAM's technical briefing without translation. You will not perform technical work yourself; it is handed off to the TAM and engineering team, but you need to speak the language
    • Comfortable managing billing accuracy, invoicing cycles, and reconciliation proc

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Recruit IT Recruitment IT Recruitment and Talent Sourcing Specialists Offices in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth as well as Consultants working remotely across the country Telephone number 087 805 8536 www.recru-it.co.za >recru-it* COMPANY PROFILE Certified at a BEE Procurement Recognition Level of 110% >Introduction* >recru-it*was established in August 2005 & specializes in and focuses on the full spectrum of positions within the IT and other sectors. We focus our approach on delivering a superior service to both our client and candidate, in all portfolios and phases throughout the Recruitment process, supporting real transformation within the IT Industry and other sectors through ethical and transparent business practices >Value added services* • Advertising Client Roles • Screening Applications • CV searches • Head Hunting Candidates • CV Selection • Labour Broking • Pay structure advice for client & candidate >Additional services on request* • Personal Reference checks • Credit checks • Criminal checks • ID checks • Academic checks • Qualification checks >Placements portfolio* • Software Engineering & Development • I.T. Solution Sales and Strategic Sales • Sales & marketing • Finance and Insurance • HR • Engineering • Administration / Office Management • Healthcare • FMCG • Warehousing / Logistics • Telecommunications • Training and Development • Executive and senior level placements • ERP & CRM Consultants • Project Management & Administration • I.T Executive Management • Business Analysis • Business Intelligence • Consulting • Network Engineering • Support • Testing • Product Support Specialists   >Operational structure * >recru-it*uses a flat open structure in our approach  Each consultant takes personal ownership for each client request. The consultants are account managers with their respective clients ensuring professional and personal interaction at all times.  Our team supports each other in an interactive, transparent manner to deliver highest quality candidates on each specification, thus ensuring a fast and effective turnaround time to fulfill your every labour requirement. >recru-it*was established in August 2005. Carbon foot print  We practice a 90% paperless environment as most of our duties are internet and electronic. >BEE Profile*  >recru-it*is owned by 2 individuals with 8 additional staff members • 50 % of the business is owned by a black person. • 50% of the business is women owned.  >recru-it*has been officially & precisely rated according to our company structure. • We have been certified at a BEE Procurement Recognition Level of 110%. • Enterprise development – on site as well as external training courses for staff ensuring continuous skill improvement. • Corporate Social Investment – we do not have a formal CSI policy, but we do annual donations.

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