💼 Full-Time Position

Head of Talent and Network

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Cosmos Institute
📍 cape town, western cape, South-Africa
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Location
cape town, South-Africa
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Posted
June 23, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

What You’ll Do

  • Run Finance End-to-End
  • Own AP/AR: invoices, reimbursements, contractor/vendor payments, and collections as needed.
  • Maintain the general ledger, bank and card reconciliations, and a reliable month-end close.
  • Produce monthly reporting: budget vs. actuals, cash position, burn/runway, and program-level spend.
  • Build the Finance Systems Stack
  • Set up and manage our in-house finance function.
  • Select and implement a core accounting tool plus a clean chart of accounts and tracking structure.
  • Implement encumbrance accounting if useful (tracking committed-but-not-yet-spent dollars so we don’t over-allocate budgets).
  • Strategic Budgeting, Forecasting, and KPI Dashboards
  • Own annual budgeting and rolling forecasts (scenario planning, program expansions, hiring plans).
  • Build a small set of KPIs that leadership actually uses (e.g., program unit costs, grant throughput,...