Chief Financial Officer CA(SA)

Recruiter:

Authentic Life Connections

Job Ref:

JHB000020/TKC

Date posted:

Monday, April 27, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

1 800 000 Annually

SUMMARY:
This CFO position is suitable for a Chartered Accountant. My client will appoint an experienced CFO who will partner with the MD and board to develop and execute the company’s overall business strategy, both financial and operational. Our client is a well-established business in the ICT space. Given the scale of inventory held, thorough understanding of stock management, costing, and import processes is non-negotiable and critical to effective financial control and commercial decision making.

POSITION INFO:
Duties and Responsibilities:

Business leadership and strategic support to MD
Report to the MD and Board of Directors

Full finance function responsibility, including:

Financial reporting
Full management accounts
Statutory finance
Performance management and analysis
Business planning, budgets and forecast
Cashflow
Ownership of inventory and import oversight, ensuring effective financial management, accurate stock valuation, and control across high value inventory
Operational commercial management
Corporate finance
Risk management and governance
Key business stakeholder engagement to customers, suppliers and technology partners, banks etc
Direct strategy
Treasury Operations
Oversee finance: Finance & Reporting, Costing, Debtors, Creditors, Treasury, Tax
Oversee importing, stock procurement, warehousing, facilities management and legal

Desired Experience and Qualifications:

Chartered Accountant / CA(SA)
10+ years of experience of progressive finance experience
Experience in an executive financial leadership role, with direct exposure to board level reporting and stakeholder engagement
SAP beneficial
Solid understanding of inventory and stock management, with the ability to leverage it to drive profitability and operational efficiency.
Operational experience and hands-on

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