Head of New Ventures Finance

Cape Town, South AfricaFull-timeExecutiveHybridPosted 9 Oct 2026

Job Overview

Confluent, a South African financial services group operating across debt counselling and management, consumer credit matching, insurance distribution and lifecycle financial services, is hiring a Head of New Ventures Finance. The hybrid role is based in Pinelands, Cape Town, with travel as required, and reports directly to the Group CFO.

The mandate is to evaluate, structure, establish and incubate new joint ventures, partnerships, subsidiaries and emerging businesses intended to become part of Confluent's core operations. It is a hands-on finance-building role: accountability runs from the investment case and financial model through commercial agreements, funding and finance setup to an accepted handover to Finance Operations and FP&A.

Success means sound investment decisions, controlled launches, disciplined incubation and transferable businesses — not simply more deals. You will work through existing finance pillars, business sponsors and specialist advisers.

Key Responsibilities

• Build investment cases covering strategic fit, returns, funding requirements and downside scenarios

• Personally build integrated P&L, balance-sheet and cash-flow models with sensitivity analysis

• Design ownership, partner contributions, funding and commercial economics with sponsors and the Group CFO

• Develop and negotiate term sheets within delegated authority

• Own the commercial brief for shareholder, investment, funding and operating agreements and coordinate due diligence

• Lead finance implementation: banking, accounting setup, billing, collections, cash monitoring and reporting

• Act as lead finance partner during incubation, owning venture forecasts and cash outlook

• Recommend whether to continue, scale, fund further or stop based on evidence

Required Qualifications

• Senior finance professional with hands-on financial modelling and investment evaluation capability

• Experience in commercial structuring, term sheets and transaction execution

• Experience establishing finance operations for new entities or ventures

• See the source advert for full requirements

Skills & Requirements

Financial ModellingInvestment EvaluationDeal StructuringTerm Sheet NegotiationDue DiligenceJoint VenturesCash Flow ForecastingFinance SetupValuationStakeholder ManagementStrategic Finance