CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TEMPORARY - 4 Months - GovermentContract

SUMMARY:
Applications are invited from persons interested to fill the above-mentioned position. The incumbent will be appointed on a 4-month temporary basis. (Braamfontein).

POSITION INFO:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS & COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTRIBUTES)

• Post Graduate qualification in Finance or Accounting studies.
• Ten (10) years financial management experience in the professional services sector, of which at least five (5) years are as the CFO or equivalent.
• A Chartered Accountant (SA), currently registered with SAICA.
• A highly respected senior Finance Manager with broad and deep experience who has taken a leading role in driving world-class financial management processes across a national footprint or within a large, complex organisation.
• Experience within a public funded entity is essential in assisting the incumbent to drive a good governance approach in compliance with the PFMA.
• King V Code on Corporate Governance.
• Strong knowledge of the core financial management disciplines and how to implement and leverage these within a complex business:

Budgeting and Financial Reporting, Supply Chain Management, Debtors and Creditors Management, Fixed Assets Management, Cash Flow and Expenditure Management, Investment Management, Trust Fund Administration, Risk Management, and Payroll Management.

• Able to create “functional integration” of the financial management function across a national footprint.

• Ability to benchmark operations and work with senior management to implement financial management best practice within the organisation.
• Able to partner with the core business to support the achievement of strategic objectives through effective financial management processes.
• Effective working relationship with the EXCO, MANCO and Board
• Ability to provide sound advice on governance and financial management to Executive Management and Board.
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills, and business acumen.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, meet demanding deadlines and manage projects.
• Experience in building effective working relationships with the National Treasury and Auditor General of South Africa.
• Experience in strategic planning and execution is preferred.
• A sophisticated analytically astute style that is able to broker collaboration and display judgement.
• Project management experience is essential.
• Business imperative.
• Multiple stakeholders at various levels of government including the National Treasury and Parliament.
• Complexity in managing across boundaries and a national footprint.
• Managing with various levels of sophistication and decisiveness.
• Management of financial activities across a national matrix.
• Difficulties in driving the financial compliance imperatives in a decentralised environment.
• Management of and participation in multiple cross functional teams.
• Integration across all of the business units.

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