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    Finance talent you can trust with the numbers.

    Finance, accounting, investment, and risk, from analyst to CFO.

    IN SHORT

    CareerBuddy recruits finance professionals across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Egypt, and delivers three vetted candidates within four business days of a signed brief. A mid-level finance professional costs $15,000–$24,000 a year and a senior finance professional $22,500–$36,000, depending on market. We can also employ them for you through our employer of record, so you need no local entity.

    AT A GLANCE

    Finance & investment hiring, in six answers.

    Who is this for?
    Companies hiring for finance roles such as Financial analyst, Finance manager, Financial controller, in Africa or globally.
    What problem are you solving?
    Finance & investment talent is in demand, and generalist recruiters can't tell a strong candidate from a strong CV.
    What does CareerBuddy activate?
    Talent search from a search partner who specialises in finance: contingent, retained or executive.
    What outcome can you expect?
    A vetted shortlist of interested candidates 4 days after the brief.
    Why CareerBuddy?
    4,200+ placements, and 88.3% of placements still in role after 12 months.
    What should you do next?
    Share the role on a 20-minute brief call.Get your shortlist in 4 days →

    How we search for finance.

    Specialist partners who know the market, the salaries, and the people.

    4 days
    brief to shortlist
    01
    Credential checks
    Qualifications and licences verified.
    02
    Technical tests
    Modelling and reporting assessments.
    03
    References
    Deep references on judgement and integrity.
    CONTINGENTMid-level & volumePay only when you hire.Quoted per search
    RETAINEDSenior & criticalExclusive, dedicated search.Quoted per search
    EXECUTIVELeadershipConfidential leadership search.Quoted per search

    Questions about hiring finance.

    Johannesburg and Cape Town have the deepest CA(SA) and CFA talent on the continent; Lagos, Nairobi, Accra and Cairo add strong ACCA-qualified accountants and analysts. We recruit financial analysts, accountants, controllers and FP&A leaders across the five African markets we cover, from candidates fresh out of the Big Four through heads of finance.

    Every candidate is screened by a human recruiter against the criteria in your brief before they reach your shortlist: a CV and portfolio screen against role-specific criteria, a structured competency interview, a technical or domain assessment set by sector specialists, and reference and credential checks. If a hire leaves within 90 days, we replace them free.

    Mid-level finance professionals benchmark around $15,000–$24,000 in annual gross base salary; senior finance professionals around $22,500–$36,000. South Africa anchors the top of the range; Egypt the bottom. Employer statutory costs on top vary by market — pension in Nigeria is 10%, in Kenya 12%, in South Africa 8%, in Ghana 13% and in Egypt 11%. CareerBuddy's employer-of-record fee sits between $379 and $549 per employee per month depending on country.

    Yes. You can employ finance professionals in any of the five African markets we cover without registering a local entity. CareerBuddy acts as the legal employer through our own registered entities — compliant local contracts, monthly payroll and statutory filings, pension and benefits, onboarding and offboarding — while you direct the work and pay a single monthly invoice.

    Hiring for finance? Shortlist in 4 days.

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