Description:
GROUP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) - Bryanston (Jhb)
Highly Competitive Package on Offer based on Qualification and relevant years of experience
A leading Energy Group is seeking a strategic and operational Group CFO to lead the finance function across all entities.
You are a finance leader who is honest, energetic, intelligent and entrepreneurial in nature, with the drive to make both a strategic and operational impact across the business.
Main Purpose of the Role:
The Group CFO will be accountable for group-wide financial performance, governance, and capital management, ensuring alignment across all regional subsidiaries. The role will support the CEO and Board in managing investor relations, capital raising, and group structuring while overseeing consolidated reporting, risk management, and digital finance systems integration.
Role reports to: Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with 4 direct reports (Finance Manager x2, Chief Investment/Risk Officer, IT Specialist/Developer) and indirect reports (Country Finance Managers / Accountants)
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Financial Leadership
- Drive financial strategy, capital planning and liquidity management across all entities and regions.
- Support the CEO in investor reporting, fundraising (debt and equity), and institutional capital structuring.
- Oversee financial due diligence, group restructuring, and new market entry assessments.
- Develop and maintain robust group forecasting, budgeting, and performance models (including FX, CPI, and multi-currency mechanisms).
Leadership & People
- Lead and develop the finance and systems teams across the Group.
- Support and mentor in-country finance staff via a dotted-line relationship.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Commercial teams to align financial insight with business outcomes.
Group Financial Management
- Ensure accuracy, integrity and timeous availability of all group financial reporting, consolidations, and management accounts.
- Oversee both the entities accounting, treasury, and controls functions.
- Ensure compliance with statutory, audit, and tax requirements across all operating jurisdictions.
- Implement consistent policies for procurement, asset capitalization, revenue recognition, and cost allocation.
- Oversee working capital management and intercompany funding flows.
Systems, Data & Reporting Oversight