Sagen Advisory

Sagen Advisory is a specialist recruitment consultancy that connects South African chartered accountants and financial professionals with companies locally and internationally. It was founded by accountants, including a chartered accountant, which the company says gives it unusual insight into the profession and into the challenges its clients face. Alongside recruitment it offers an Employer of Record service and helps international clients build dedicated outsourced teams in South Africa, taking on the compliance and the complexity that come with hiring at a distance.

The recruitment practice is focused squarely on finance. The roles it fills include chartered accountants, chartered management accountants, auditors, financial managers and financial directors, and it runs several approaches to find them, from executive search and existing networks through to selection from its database and advertised selection on specialist websites. The process covers value assessments that weigh a candidate's career goals against company culture, strategic planning with the business on short and long term hiring, a specialist focus drawing on accounting expertise and global networks, and candidate development through training and development plans. The Employer of Record arm, delivered through its partner Sagen Pay, handles payroll in South Africa, tax and regulatory compliance, employment contracts, basic HR support and bespoke legal structures. For outsourced teams the company also supports local IT recruitment, helps open local bank accounts and advises on local tax and labour law.

Sagen Advisory works from Cape Town, at Tyger Lake on Tyger Falls Boulevard in the Tygervalley Waterfront, and from Collingham House on Gladstone Road in London. That footprint matches the market it serves, since its experience spans South Africa and the United Kingdom and it says it understands the nuances of both local and international markets. Clients choose it for quality over quantity, tailored recruitment strategies, values driven matches and an ethical, transparent approach, and candidates can send a CV straight through the contact form.