Careers
Build Your Future With Us
At Merchant West, we believe in equal opportunity employment, employing the right person for the job. Employing to inspire, inspiring you, inspiring growth, and inspiring businesses. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive work environment, alongside real opportunities for professional growth and development.
Build Your Future With Us
At Merchant West, we believe in equal opportunity employment, employing the right person for the job. Employing to inspire, inspiring you, inspiring growth, and inspiring businesses. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive work environment, alongside real opportunities for professional growth and development.
Africa's Leading Specialist Financial Services Company
Merchant West is one of the largest privately-owned providers of specialised financial solutions and advisory services to businesses and high net worth individuals in South Africa. Founded in 1998, Merchant West provides tailor-made lending, wealth management, asset management and transactional solutions to businesses and high-net-worth individuals, with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, George, Durban, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth, Namibia, and North Carolina USA.
Certain companies in the Merchant West Group are licenced and authorised financial services providers. Merchant West lending products extend to bespoke asset finance (across an extensive range of asset classes), fleet finance, working capital funding, property finance solutions and specialised finance. Merchant West advisory products extend to investment strategies, private wealth management and treasury solutions.
“Employing to inspire – inspiring you, inspiring growth, and inspiring businesses.”
Equal
Opportunity employer, choosing the right person for every role
Growth
Continuous professional development and succession planning
We are a high-performance, entrepreneurial team that thinks beyond limits, acts with intent, and delivers meaningful outcomes. We build trust through professionalism, fairness and authenticity, and do what is right, even when it is not easy. We work as one team, combining our expertise to deliver smarter solutions, move quickly, and turn challenges into impact.
The Merchant West Way
Core Values
A
Ambition
Our commitment and desire is to excel and succeed.
R
Respect
With humility, we treat people the way we want to be treated.
I
Integrity
We do the ethically right thing at the right time, all the time.
S
Synergy
United, we work to exceed our goals.
E
Enterprise
With imagination and initiative, we will find the solution and deliver the result.
More Than Just A Workplace
At Merchant West, we invest in your wellbeing, growth, and sense of belonging, because when our people thrive, so does our business.
We are always interested in quality applicants. Our process is designed to be transparent, thorough, and respectful of your time, helping us find the right fit for both sides.
Our Interview Process
1.
Screening
Initial review of your application and CV
2.
Interview
In-depth conversations to validate your fit
3.
Assess
Group or role-specific assessments
4.
Select
Final candidate selection
5.
Offer
Offer and onboarding
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If you haven’t seen a current open position but are interested in joining the Merchant West team – please feel free to fill in the form, upload your CV and we’ll get back to you.