Senior Financial Project Coordinator

About the position

Senior Financial Project Coordinator

We are seeking a Senior Financial Project Coordinator to provide end-to-end financial oversight and PMO support for a large-scale, strategic business and technology transformation programme. This role is pivotal in ensuring accurate financial management, cross-functional coordination, and smooth execution of programme deliverables across multiple business units and funding sources.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Management (Primary Focus):

• Manage complex budgets across multiple streams and funding sources.
• Maintain financial trackers for accruals, forecasts, and actuals.
• Reconcile invoices, POs, timesheets, and contracts.
• Oversee the lifecycle of approximately 60 contract renewals and expirations.
• Ensure compliance with all contractual frameworks (MSA, SOW, WO).
• Provide financial reporting support and maintain audit readiness.
• Act as the key liaison and escalation point for all programme financial matters.
• Own financial processes, including invoicing, payments, and reconciliation.

Programme & PMO Support:

• Support programme leadership with calendar management and stakeholder engagements.
• Oversee day-to-day project support operations and ensure core PMO functions are delivered efficiently.
• Manage onboarding/offboarding processes, access requests, and team logistics.
• Maintain programme governance documentation and ensure reporting accuracy.

Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement:

• Engage directly with senior stakeholders, vendors, and third-party partners.
• Coordinate contracting, onboarding, and resource management activities.
• Maintain and support collaboration platforms such as SharePoint and MS Teams.

Skills, Experience and Qualification:

• Degree or Diploma in Finance and or Information Technology.
• +5 years' strong financial management background (financial services/insurance beneficial).
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, financial modelling).
• Familiarity with tools such as SAP, JIRA, Confluence, PPO, SharePoint, and MS Teams.
• Technologically curious, with the ability to navigate modern tools and platforms (e.g., AI, cloud, SaaS).
• Financial or accounting qualification preferred.
• Experience working in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Comfortable using AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar.
• Strong contract and vendor management skills.
• Ability to work independently and influence others.

Location:

• Western Cape, Cape Town

Workplace Type:

• Hybrid

Job Type:

• 6 Month Contract

Experience Type:

• Senior

We encourage you to apply - Kivara Rajgopal on [Email Address Removed] or via [Phone Number Removed];

Desired Skills:

• Financial Modelling
• Auditing
• Project Management
• Coordinator
• Budgets
• AI Tools
• SAP

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree