As Root’s Head of Finance, your mission is to ensure that the business has continuous access to accurate and up-to-date financial data to facilitate informed and data-driven decisions and strategy.

🛠️ What you'll do:

As part of this mission, you will:

Oversee all financial activities at Root, establishing solid financial frameworks and practices that empower the Root team and optimise our resources.
Ensure financial accuracy and reliability as the foundation for insight generation.
Recognise patterns and trends in Root’s performance and in the market, distilling these into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for the leadership team.
Act as a strategic partner to the business, proactively advising on opportunities, risks, and trade-offs that influence Root’s growth and long-term success.

💪 We are looking for someone with:

CA(SA) with 10+ years post-University working experience, including as a Senior Financial Manager.
Experience with SaaS accounting and financial standards.
Technology startup background preferable.
Experience working with senior leadership as a strategic partner and advisor, not just as a financial controller.

🧢 Who we are:

Our mission is to enable innovation in insurance by building the infrastructure required to reach the future of insurance. We are striving to be the global API standard for insurance.

Root Values

Lead by example: “Lean in, take charge, and always set a positive precedent.”
Exceed expectations: “Know your customer to delight your customer.”
Rally as one team: “Put aside egos and personal agendas to triumph as one.”
Own the mission: “Your job is not done until the job is done.”
Rise to the challenge: “Meaningful change requires meaningful effort and the courage to make bold moves.”

🚀 How we enable success:

Our team is made up of smart, passionate, and kind individuals working together to build a world-class business. We take the time to develop personal relationships with each other. Over and above daily team lunches, we do frequent team outings and ad-hoc adventures.

We create and enable an environment for people to do their best work. To support this, we focus on a culture of autonomy, transparency and trust. We encourage each other and foster a working culture of sharing early versions of our work and implementing feedback fast.

🤝 Why join us?

We have ambitious goals. Our mission is to transform insurance, globally, and we’re making solid progress in South Africa and the UK. Your contribution will directly and visibly impact Root’s continued success and expansion.

Our team is incredibly friendly and collaborative. If you care about solving challenging problems with smart people you enjoy being around, this is the place for you.

Please note… Open positions at Root are competitive and we often receive high volumes of applicants. If you have not received further updates on your application after three weeks, you’re welcome to request feedback.

Locations: Cape Town, South Africa
Remote status: Hybrid