Job Archives

 
JOB PROFILE:
Job title: Business Development Account Manager
Division: Sales
Subdivision: None
Reports to: Sales Manager
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal:
  • Sales Administrator
  • Customer Support
  • Operations
  • Management
External:
  • Resellers
  • Customers
JOB SUMMARY
Main purpose of position: CipherWave is a leading South African enterprise Internet Service Provider delivering secure, reliable, and high-performance connectivity and cloud-based solutions to businesses. Through our owned and managed network infrastructure, CipherWave enables organisations to connect, communicate, and collaborate effectively across their operations, customers, and supply chains. Our portfolio includes enterprise connectivity, cloud, and managed services designed to support digital transformation while ensuring consistent service performance and 24/7 technical support. The primary purpose of this role is to drive strategic new business acquisition within the mid-market and large enterprise segment. The Business Development Account Manager is responsible for identifying, developing, and closing new enterprise opportunities while establishing long-term strategic relationships with key decision-makers. This role positions CipherWave as a trusted technology partner capable of delivering scalable connectivity, cloud, and managed security solutions that support enterprise digital transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities & duties:
  • Strategic New Business Development
    • Identify, target, and acquire new mid-market and large enterprise customers aligned with CipherWave’s strategic growth objectives.
    • Develop and execute territory and account acquisition strategies to drive new revenue growth within assigned verticals or geographic regions.
    • Build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified enterprise opportunities to consistently achieve or exceed new business revenue targets.
    • Lead the full sales lifecycle including prospecting, solution design, proposal development, negotiation, and deal closure.
  • Enterprise Sales & Pipeline Management
    • Maintain an accurate and healthy sales pipeline, sales forecast, and opportunity management process through the CRM system.
    • Drive consistent pipeline growth through proactive prospecting, networking, industry engagement, and partner collaboration.
    • Achieve agreed net new revenue targets through successful closure of enterprise connectivity, cloud, and managed service solutions.
  • Strategic Customer Engagement
    • Build trusted relationships with C-level executives, senior IT leadership, procurement teams, and key decision-makers within enterprise organisations.
    • Conduct discovery sessions with enterprise customers to understand business challenges, digital transformation initiatives, and technology requirements.
    • Position CipherWave solutions strategically to align with customer operational and business objectives.
  • Solution Selling & Value Positioning
    • Collaborate with internal Sales Specialists, Product Managers, and Technical Pre-Sales teams to develop tailored enterprise solutions.
    • Translate complex technical capabilities into clear business value propositions for enterprise customers.
    • Present enterprise-level proposals, business cases, and solution architectures to executive stakeholders.
  • Competitive Positioning & Market Intelligence
    • Monitor competitor activity, market trends, and emerging technologies within the telecommunications, connectivity, and cloud markets.
    • Identify strategic opportunities where CipherWave solutions provide competitive differentiation.
    • Maintain strong awareness of enterprise market trends including SD-WAN, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and hybrid networking.
  • Strategic Account Development
    • Once new enterprise customers are acquired, develop account growth strategies to expand CipherWave’s footprint through cross-selling and upselling opportunities.
    • Identify “white space” opportunities within enterprise accounts to increase share of wallet and long-term contract value.
  • Collaboration & Internal Engagement
    • Work closely with internal teams including engineering, product, operations, and service delivery to ensure successful solution implementation.
    • Participate in internal sales strategy sessions, pipeline reviews, and business planning meetings.
    • Contribute to strategic initiatives that support CipherWave’s enterprise market growth.
  • Professional Conduct & Industry Engagement
    • Attend relevant industry conferences, workshops, and networking events to promote CipherWave’s enterprise capabilities.
    • Maintain strong knowledge of telecommunications, cloud, and managed security industry trends.
    • Represent CipherWave professionally and consistently align with the company’s vision, mission, and core values.
Desired skills & experience:
  • Industry Background: 7–10 years of enterprise B2B sales experience within the ICT, telecommunications, cloud, or ISP sector.
  • Enterprise Sales Expertise: Proven track record of acquiring and closing large enterprise deals involving complex technology solutions.
  • Connectivity Knowledge: Experience selling enterprise connectivity solutions including Fiber, Microwave, Direct Internet Access (DIA), MPLS, SD-WAN, and LEO services.
  • Cloud & Security Solutions: Experience selling cloud infrastructure (IaaS), cloud connectivity, and managed security services.
  • Executive Engagement: Proven ability to engage and influence C-level executives and senior IT leadership.
  • New Business Hunter: Strong prospecting, pipeline development, and enterprise account acquisition capabilities.
  • Commercial Acumen: Strong negotiation and contract management skills for complex enterprise agreements.
  • Technical Literacy: Solid understanding of networking, cloud architectures, cybersecurity solutions, and digital transformation strategies.
  • Strategic Selling: Ability to manage long enterprise sales cycles and multi-stakeholder decision-making processes.
  • Communication & Negotiation: Exceptional presentation, communication, and negotiation skills.
  • CRM & Sales Tools: Experience using CRM platforms (e.g., Odoo, Salesforce, HubSpot) for pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting.
Minimum qualification:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
  • Relevant industry certifications in networking, cloud, or cybersecurity are advantageous (e.g., Azure, AWS, Fortinet, Cisco, etc.).
Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of your application kindly deem your application unsuccessful.

Job Features

Job CategoryBusiness Development Account Manager

  JOB PROFILE: Job title: Business Development Account Manager Division: Sales Subdivision: None Reports to: Sales Manager WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Internal: […]

 
JOB PROFILE:
Job Title: Financial Accountant/ Accountant
Division: Finance
Subdivision: None
Reports to: Financial Manager
JOB SUMMARY:
Main purpose of position: CipherWave is a South African internet connectivity, voice and storage solutions provider that provides a range of products and solutions for connectivity, communication, and data storage Cipherwave own and manage network infrastructure to provide efficient, speedy service and support that our customers. CipherWave prides itself on customer service and technical ability and as such is looking for the successful candidate to join the Finance team as a Financial Accountant/ Accountant. The main purpose of an Accountant is to maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with relevant financial, tax and statutory regulations, thereby supporting the strategic and tactical deliverables of the Company, culminating in the overall financial health of the organisation.
Responsibilities and duties:
  • The primary function of the position is to efficiently manage financial records, supporting reconciliations and financial reporting in compliance with IFRS and legislative requirements, ensuring validity, completeness and accuracy.
  • Maintain up-to-date Fixed Asset Registers.
  • Review all Creditors reconciliations to ensure validity, accuracy and completeness, prior to payment processing.
  • Review of Debtors age analysis, further implement necessary corrective action in line with credit risk policies.
  • Review Debtors reconciliations to ensure validity, accuracy and completeness and further implement timeous resolution of any/all queries.
  • Timeous and accurate processing and reconciliation of all bank accounts.
  • Review monthly payroll transactions for approval, ensuring adherence to all legislative requirements.
  • Prepare and timeously submit all Statutory Reports for review and payment:
    • SARS (Income tax, VAT, PAYE)
    • Department of Labour (WCA and Equity Reports)
    • CIPC and ICASA
    • Statistics South Africa
  • Assist with financial analysis for strategic decision-making purposes.
  • Maintaining financial internal controls and ERP systems.
  • Provide strategic input to improve and optimise financial processes across the organisation.
  • Assisting with internal and external auditors pertaining to all audit requests.
Minimum experience:
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar financial role’.
  • Experience with managing teams and preparing Balance Sheet Recons.
  • Relevant Tech-Industry experience advantageous.
Minimum qualification:
  • Odoo Software experience highly desirable.
  • Tertiary Qualification – B Comm (BCompt preferrable).
  • Professional affiliation advantageous.
Additional requirements:
  • Analytical thinker, proficient in handling numerical data.
  • Applied knowledge of Corporate and Legislative laws pertaining to finance and payroll.
  • Administrative and Financial acumen; attention to detail imperative.
  • Pro-active with the ability to prioritise under minimal supervision.
  • High levels of integrity and confidentiality.
  • Professional, personable and polite.
  • Effective communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to successfully lead a team.
  • Proficient use of MS office and financial management software.
  • Well-organized with ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet tight deadlines.
  • Results-driven and achievement oriented.
  • Good understanding of policies, controls and procedures.
  • Persistence in problem solving, seeking solutions through the expertise of both self and others and resolving problems in a timely manner.
Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of your application kindly deem your application unsuccessful

Job Features

Job CategoryAccountant

  JOB PROFILE: Job Title: Financial Accountant/ Accountant Division: Finance Subdivision: None Reports to: Financial Manager JOB SUMMARY: Main purpose […]

Sales
Johannesburg
Posted 3 weeks ago
 
JOB PROFILE:
Job Title: Key Account Manager
Division: Sales
Subdivision: None
Reports to: Sales Manager
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Internal:
  • Sales Administrator
  • Customer Support
  • Operations
  • Management
External:
  • Resellers
  • Customers
JOB SUMMARY:
Main purpose of position: CipherWave is a leading South African enterprise Internet Service Provider delivering secure, reliable, and high-performance connectivity and cloud-based solutions to businesses. With a fully owned and managed network infrastructure, CipherWave empowers organisations to connect, communicate, and collaborate seamlessly across their operations, customers, and supply chains. Our comprehensive portfolio—spanning enterprise connectivity, cloud services, and managed solutions—enables digital transformation while ensuring consistent performance and 24/7 technical support. In the role of Key Account Manager, the primary mandate is to grow and retain high-value enterprise accounts by developing strategic, long-term partnerships with key decision-makers. This includes understanding each client’s operational needs, challenges, and digital transformation goals, and positioning CipherWave’s connectivity, cloud, and managed security solutions as enablers of business growth and resilience. The Key Account Manager is responsible for expanding wallet share within assigned accounts, driving account planning and solution alignment, and ensuring exceptional service delivery to reinforce CipherWave’s position as a trusted technology partner. The role requires a balance of strategic relationship management, solution-focused selling, and proactive account development to support sustained revenue growth across the enterprise client base.
Responsibilities and duties:

Strategic New Business Development

  • Identify, target, and acquire new mid-market and large enterprise customers aligned with CipherWave’s strategic growth objectives.
  • Develop and execute territory and account acquisition strategies to drive new revenue growth within assigned verticals or geographic regions.
  • Build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified enterprise opportunities to consistently achieve or exceed new business revenue targets.
  • Lead the full sales lifecycle including prospecting, solution design, proposal development, negotiation, and deal closure.

Enterprise Sales & Pipeline Management

  • Maintain an accurate and healthy sales pipeline, sales forecast, and opportunity management process through the CRM system.
  • Drive consistent pipeline growth through proactive prospecting, networking, industry engagement, and partner collaboration.
  • Achieve agreed net new revenue targets through successful closure of enterprise connectivity, cloud, and managed service solutions.

Strategic Customer Engagement

  • Build trusted relationships with C-level executives, senior IT leadership, procurement teams, and key decision-makers within enterprise organisations.
  • Conduct discovery sessions with enterprise customers to understand business challenges, digital transformation initiatives, and technology requirements.
  • Position CipherWave solutions strategically to align with customer operational and business objectives.

Solution Selling & Value Positioning

  • Collaborate with internal Sales Specialists, Product Managers, and Technical Pre-Sales teams to develop tailored enterprise solutions.
  • Translate complex technical capabilities into clear business value propositions for enterprise customers.
  • Present enterprise-level proposals, business cases, and solution architectures to executive stakeholders.

Competitive Positioning & Market Intelligence

  • Monitor competitor activity, market trends, and emerging technologies within the telecommunications, connectivity, and cloud markets.
  • Identify strategic opportunities where CipherWave solutions provide competitive differentiation.
  • Maintain strong awareness of enterprise market trends including SD-WAN, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and hybrid networking.

Strategic Account Development

  • Once new enterprise customers are acquired, develop account growth strategies to expand CipherWave’s footprint through cross-selling and upselling opportunities.
  • Identify “white space” opportunities within enterprise accounts to increase share of wallet and long-term contract value.

Collaboration & Internal Engagement

  • Work closely with internal teams including engineering, product, operations, and service delivery to ensure successful solution implementation.
  • Participate in internal sales strategy sessions, pipeline reviews, and business planning meetings.
  • Contribute to strategic initiatives that support CipherWave’s enterprise market growth.

Professional Conduct & Industry Engagement

  • Attend relevant industry conferences, workshops, and networking events to promote CipherWave’s enterprise capabilities.
  • Maintain strong knowledge of telecommunications, cloud, and managed security industry trends.
  • Represent CipherWave professionally and consistently align with the company’s vision, mission, and core values.
Desired skills & experience
  • Industry Background: 7–10 years of enterprise B2B sales experience within the ICT, telecommunications, cloud, or ISP sector.
  • Enterprise Sales Expertise: Proven track record of acquiring and closing large enterprise deals involving complex technology solutions.
  • Connectivity Knowledge: Experience selling enterprise connectivity solutions including Fiber, Microwave, Direct Internet Access (DIA), MPLS, SD-WAN, and LEO services.
  • Cloud & Security Solutions: Experience selling cloud infrastructure (IaaS), cloud connectivity, and managed security services.
  • Executive Engagement: Proven ability to engage and influence C-level executives and senior IT leadership.
  • New Business Hunter: Strong prospecting, pipeline development, and enterprise account acquisition capabilities.
  • Commercial Acumen: Strong negotiation and contract management skills for complex enterprise agreements.
  • Technical Literacy: Solid understanding of networking, cloud architectures, cybersecurity solutions, and digital transformation strategies.
  • Strategic Selling: Ability to manage long enterprise sales cycles and multi-stakeholder decision-making processes.
  • Communication & Negotiation: Exceptional presentation, communication, and negotiation skills.
  • CRM & Sales Tools: Experience using CRM platforms (e.g., Odoo, Salesforce, HubSpot) for pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting.
Minimum qualification:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
  • Relevant industry certifications in networking, cloud, or cybersecurity are advantageous (e.g., Azure, AWS, Fortinet, Cisco, etc.).
Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of your application kindly deem your application unsuccessful

Job Features

Job CategoryKey Account Manager

  JOB PROFILE: Job Title: Key Account Manager Division: Sales Subdivision: None Reports to: Sales Manager WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: Internal: Sales […]

Privacy Preference Center