Description:
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Governance
- Oversee accurate and timely monthly management reporting
- Ensure preparation and review of quarterly and annual reporting in line with IFRS
- Support the preparation and finalisation of Annual Financial Statements
- Oversee corporate income tax, provisional tax calculations, and related statutory submissions
- Act as key finance contact during internal and external audits
- Ensure balance sheet integrity, appropriate provisions, and strong financial controls
Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance Management
- Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes
- Drive financial planning across business units
- Oversee variance analysis and recommend corrective action
- Conduct scenario and sensitivity modelling to support strategic decision-making
- Monitor cash flow to ensure financial stability
Commercial & Strategic Insight
- Analyse revenue, margins, expenses, and profitability trends
- Provide executive-level dashboards and financial presentations
- Identify financial risks and opportunities
- Drive cost optimisation and process improvement initiatives
- Lead special projects and ad hoc financial analysis to support business growth
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of finance professionals
- Drive performance management and succession planning
- Foster a high-performance and collaborative team culture
- Act as escalation point for finance-related matters
- Champion continuous improvement and transformation within the finance function
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with operational leaders to understand key business drivers
- Provide financial insight to support strategic initiatives
- Build strong relationships across departments to ensure alignment and accountability
Minimum Requirements
- CA(SA) qualification (essential)
- Minimum 8 years experience in a commercial finance or business partnering role
- At least 5 years experience leading and managing a team
- Strong financial reporting and tax exposure
- Recent experience in preparing and reviewing Annual Financial Statements
- Advanced MS Excel (including modelling and scenario planning)
- Experience operating in a high-volume transaction environmentIndustry exposure within manufacturing, engineering, industrial or shared services environments will be advantageous.
Ideal Profile
- Strong leadership capability with the ability to motivate and develop teams
- Commercially astute and analytically strong
- Confident communicator at senior and executive level
- Detail-oriented with a hands-on approach
- Strategic thinker with strong problem-
11 Feb 2026;
from:
gumtree.co.za