Equity - Chief Financial Officer

SUMMARY:
CFO - EE pref - Sandton

POSITION INFO:

Strategic Financial Planning: 

• Driving the company’s financial planning
• Determine, implement, monitor, review and evaluate budgetary and accounting strategies, policies and plans in consultation with other managers
• Evaluates and advises on the impact of long-term planning, introduction of new programs/ strategies and regulatory action.
• Provide financial information and interpreting the implications for business performance and funding needs
• Coordinate the development, implementation and monitoring of accounting and business systems and processes
• Direct the preparation of financial reports summarizing and forecasting the organization’s financial position such as income statements, balance sheets and analyses of future earnings and income
• Assess capital finance proposals and the financial status of operational projects
• Advise on investment strategies, sources of funds and the distribution of earnings
• Deliver long range profit forecasts, budgeting and financial reports
• Ensure cash flow is appropriate for the organization’s operations
• Manage business information strategy and the development and implementation of business systems to assist with analytics.
• Provide business insights to different business units and entities to assist with forecasting and predictive decision making.

Operations Management: 

• Review operational expenditure budgets to support growth strategies, in conjunction with Financial Director.
• Drive the implementation and provision of sound financial, Business Intelligence and CRM management services to the organization
• Ensure the provision of financial and material resources to support operational strategies
• Ensure adequate procurement practices and vendor management,
• Manage relationship with service provider and other agreed stakeholder management across the entire business.
• Develop and implement objectives, strategies and budgets
• Strategic cost management
• Business optimisation including quality, and not at expense of effectiveness
• Drive continuous OPEX improvement and ensure optimal allocation.
• Define Policies, Processes and procedures to streamline the Business Unit and optimize efficiencies.

Risk Management:

• Identify potential and current risks.
• Develop and implement policies to mitigate potential risk
• Report identified risks to relevant stakeholders and action plans thereof
• Deciding on investment strategies by considering cash and liquidity risk

•Performing risk management by analyzing the organization’s liabilities and investments

Corporate Governance:

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with Board and Shareholders so as to identify their needs and seek full range of business solutions.
• Provide Leadership with advice on the financial implications of business activities.
• Ensure credibility of Finance department by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts.
• Ensure the organisation complies with statutory legislation and corporate governance frameworks
• Accountable for the formulation of policies and procedures in line with relevant legislation and ensure implementation thereof
• Preparation of Board Packs for SA Distribution to ensure accurate reporting of company information to relevant stakeholders

Collaborative Work:

• Build a culture of respect and understanding across the organisation
• Recognise outcomes which resulted from effective collaboration between teams
• Build co-operation and overcome barriers to information sharing, communication and collaboration across the organisation
• Facilitate opportunities to engage and collaborate with external stakeholders to develop joint solutions
• Collaborate with other leaders to deliver a superior end to end customer experience.

Leadership: 

• Leads change to creates a self-refreshing and learning organization
• Continuous improvement of business processes
• Through effective inspirational leadership, facilitate the creation of accountable, full service teams who understand and strive to meet the needs of all stakeholders
• Role model behavior and motivate team members in line with the core values
• Take full responsibility for performance of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management:
• Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to direct reports
• Develop, promote and direct the implementation of equal opportunities policies in all aspects of the company’s work.
• Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities

Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications & Experience required for this position: 

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) preferably CA

Strong operational experience

Minimum of 10+ years in a senior finance role

Functional Competencies
• IFRS knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods
• Insights & foresight
• Financial planning and analytics
• Treasury and financial management
• Management accounting
• Enterprise Risk and Governance
• Business Partnering
• Build & develop customer centric capability
• Profit and revenue growth management
• Business Acumen
• Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Drive results through team

Salary: Market related

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