PayProp and Reapit – Who are we?

PayProp, a Reapit company, offers a tech platform for letting agents that lets them automate every part of the rental transaction. PayProp is easier to use and more powerful than solutions by banks and traditional software vendors.

We’re a seasoned team of professionals with expertise in property, banking, finance, risk management and technology, as well as building and managing highly secure cloud-based Web applications.

Worldwide, Reapit technology is used by over 78,000 agents in more than 15,000 branches, with over a million properties under management; enabling them to run their businesses, identify opportunities for growth, manage their properties, collect rent, communicate with their clients, and deliver an outstanding customer experience, every time.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the RVP, Commercial Finance (Australia‑based), you will be the primary analyst supporting R&D business partnering, R&D workforce and capacity management, and the financial modelling, evaluation, and ongoing reporting of extraordinary investment cases.

You’ll be involved in:

R&D business partnering, workforce & cost management

• Act as the primary finance analyst supporting Technology and Product Management from an R&D cost, capacity, and execution‑risk perspective.

• Own R&D workforce and capacity modelling, including headcount, attrition, hiring phasing, and cost impacts.

• Maintain R&D spend by product area reporting, ensuring clear cost attribution, trend analysis, and explanation of key drivers and variances.

• Partner with Product and Technology leaders to understand delivery timelines, dependencies, and resourcing constraints, and translate these into clear financial implications.

Investment Case financial modelling, evaluation & reporting

• Take full ownership of Investment Case (IC) financial modelling for exceptional investments outside the standard operating budget.

• Build auditable investment case financial models including scenario, sensitivity, and downside analysis.

• Prepare decision‑ready financial outputs and supporting materials suitable for executive and investment committee forums.

• Produce ongoing reporting on approved investment cases, tracking performance vs approved assumptions and highlighting emerging execution or benefit‑realisation risks.

Product P&L & FP&A collaboration

• Work closely with the FP&A team to maintain quarterly Product P&L reporting.

• Support the development and ongoing maintenance of product‑level cost attribution and margin methodologies.

• Ensure alignment between Product P&L views, R&D spend by product, and Investment Case assumptions.

Analytical quality, automation & continuous improvement

• Collaborate with FP&A to create standardised, extensible financial models using automated data pipelines from Aleph where possible.

• Back‑test budgets, forecasts, and investment assumptions to actuals, explaining variances and drivers (with focus on R&D and investment initiatives).

• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve repeatable analytical processes.

Who we’re looking for

At Reapit, we prioritise hiring individuals who share our values and possess the right attitudes and behaviours for success. Whilst some of the listed requirements may be important, don’t worry if you don’t meet all of them - we’d still like to hear from you.

• Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or Accounting.

• Completed professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CA(SA), CFA, FMVA).

• Experience in planning, financial modelling, or valuation‑focused roles.

• Highly skilled in Excel, with strong 3‑statement model‑building capability.

• Strong analytical judgement, problem‑solving ability, and attention to detail.

• Ability to translate complex modelling into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders.

• Comfortable managing multiple complex workstreams independently.

• Desirable: experience with SaaS business models, workforce modelling, capacity planning, and product cost attribution.

What your impact and success looks like

Within 1 month:

• Understand company operations, finance systems, and R&D cost and workforce drivers.

• Build strong relationships with Product, Technology, FP&A, and Commercial Finance stakeholders.

• Become familiar with existing Investment Case models, standards, and reporting expectations.

Within 3 months:

• Take full ownership of R&D workforce and capacity models and R&D spend by product area reporting.

• Independently deliver Investment Case financial models and supporting packs to executive standard.

• Maintain quarterly Product P&L reporting in collaboration with FP&A.

• Demonstrably simplify and automate key recurring models and reports.

What’s in it for you?

We operate a Flexible Working Policy and we would like for you to work from our office in Stellenbosch 2 days a week.

We’re offering the chance to really make a difference here at Reapit and the opportunity for personal growth is very real. You’ll feel part of a special team. You can expect a highly competitive salary and some great benefits, including:

- Company pension contributions

- 20 days holiday

Don’t tick all the boxes? Neither do we

We care about our industry and want it to become a more inclusive and diverse place to work. So, we’re driven by hiring not only by experience and relevance for the role but by sharing our values and the right attitudes and behaviours for success.

We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity through attracting and retaining a complementary team of employees and building an inclusive environment for all.

Preference will be given to applicants from previously disadvantaged groups as Reapit is an inclusive equal opportunity employer.

We feel we have an empowering environment where everyone is supported and respected, and we want you to feel this too. We welcome new ideas, thinking and approaches, whilst listening to all our employees.