Chief Financial Officer

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

CFOCT

Date posted:

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

R150k - 180k per month

SUMMARY:
CFO

POSITION INFO:

Our client , a well established company is currently looking for a chief Financial Officer to join their team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

Develop organisational strategies by providing stakeholders with accurate financial information, to assist in strategic long-term divisional objectives.
Develop financial strategies by forecasting on capital, facilities, and staff requirements; identifying monetary resources; and developing action plans.
Provide financial leadership with respect to aligning financial and business strategies such as mergers and acquisitions, investment and capitalization of the group.
Change agent for innovation, must play a key role in the overall objective of business digitization and automation.
Identify Continual Service Improvement initiatives.
Lead, direct and motivate teams within Finance, IT and Supply Chain.
Develop organisational strategies by providing stakeholders with accurate financial information, to assist in strategic long-term divisional objectives.
Decide on investment strategies by considering cash and liquidity risks.
Develop financial strategies by forecasting on capital, facilities, and staff requirements; identifying monetary resources; and developing action plans.
Provide financial leadership with respect to aligning financial and business strategies such as mergers and acquisitions, investment and capitalization of the group.
Provide leadership and guidance on governance models of the business.
Change agent for innovation, must play a key role in the overall objective of business digitization and automation.
Analyze and manage the organisation’s liabilities and investment in improvement initiatives.
Manage team’s activities.

KEY SKILLS

Strong leadership and organisational skills.
Strong Negotiating skills.
Good at making recommendations involving many competing factors and balancing opportunity and risk.
Expert at analysing complex situations and proposing a variety of alternative courses of action.<br>
Strong at articulating and presenting complex ideas.
Ability to work in complexity, multiple products/services.
Attention to details.
Customer centric.
Ability to engage with people at different skills levels.
Ability to facilitate and lead project teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree advantages (MBA).
CA(SA).<br>
Experience in leading a diverse team of managers in a distributed business.
Exposure to mergers and acquisitions .
Experience in due diligence and integration.
Experience in effectively managing cashflow.
Solid Finance Project Management experience.
Account Management (Budget, Procurement, etc.) .
Commercial experience.
Experience in shared service.
Experience in systems implementation.

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