Project Manager

About Us

Kaha, based in Newlands, Cape Town, is a leading Fenergo Implementation Partner and niche Software Consultancy. Since 2017, we have excelled in software design and delivery, empowering Fenergo's award-winning software solutions for global financial institutions.

Your Role

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end client project delivery. This entails development of client proposals and contracts and control of the delivery lifecycle of projects. Using the FenX Platform, we help clients rapidly achieve their business outcomes. Making onboarding of clients faster and reducing huge amounts of manual work.

You will do well if you are naturally curious and a lifelong learner, with strong analytical skills and a passion for problem-solving. Career development is incredibly important to us, as our success is based on the growth of our people. This is why we actively seek the best and the brightest to join us.

The Platform

Fenergo v10 (aka FenX) is a cloud-native SaaS platform built on AWS that is used to help banks and financial institutions go about their business in an efficient and safe way. It is a serverless, highly scalable web platform providing features and full configuration & administration capabilities. All features are delivered through a layer of highly available APIs offering full feature capabilities to any authorized consumer.

End-to-End Project Ownership

• Manage software implementation projects from initiation to customer handover and closure.
• Align and manage senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Adhere to and control the change management process as per the project you are working on.

Client Engagement

• Focus on client outcomes, actively shaping engagement towards common success.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with the project and client teams.

Risk and Issue Management

• Identify and manage risks and issues, including escalations.

Enterprise Scale Integrations/Migrations

• Oversee large-scale integrations and migrations during implementations.

Financial Management

• Create and track Statements of Work.
• Handle financial responsibilities, including forecasting, revenue reporting, and resource management.

Product Knowledge

• Develop and maintain appropriate working product knowledge of the FenX Platform, ensuring that you are always aware of the full “toolset” and impact to existing product configuration.

Requirements

• Project management experience, preferably with the implementation of ERP or similar platforms (we also value experience brought in from other industries and roles!).
• Client-facing delivery exposure, including client proposals and contracts and budgeting.
• Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of IT systems, architectures and terminology is beneficial.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).

Preferable Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business or technology discipline.
• Knowledge and experience with Financial Services Processes, Financial Regulation, and Products, particularly relating to client and product-onboarding.
• Working in an Agile Software Development environment.
• Reporting Skills.
• Experience working with ALM systems, e.g. Azure/JIRA/Trello
• Experience working on configuration of comparable technology platforms (e.g., MS Dynamics)

There are lots of roles out there, why would you want this role?

• Opportunity to work autonomously, with flexible working arrangements (you’re an adult so we will treat you like one).
• Opportunity to work with some of the latest technologies and best-practise software patterns.
• Experience working in a knowledgeable, high-achieving, experienced and fun team.
• Opportunity to emigrate to various locations around the world.
• Chance to work with talented designers, developers & analysts from around the globe who are passionate and dedicated to what they do.
• Chance to further hone your tech skills working in an Agile environment.
• Opportunity to work on a successful enterprise product used by Top-Tier Financial institutions around the world.
• Chance to build your career with a successful company that values its employees.