Group Financial Manager

Minimum requirements: - Qualified CA(SA) with 5+ years post-qualification experience. - Proven Group Financial Manager / Group Finance experience. - Proven experience in Group consolidations and IFRS. - Experience managing the full audit process from planning through to final sign-off. - Experience managing finance teams across multiple entities or divisions, including Debtors and Creditors. - Strong financial reporting, governance and internal control experience. - Manufacturing, industrial, engineering, production or distribution experience strongly preferred. - Experience within a complex, large-revenue environment. - African subsidiaries, cross-border or multi-country finance experience advantageous. - Willingness to travel locally and into Africa as required. Personality Traits: - Commercially astute. - Strategic and analytical. - Strong leadership ability. - Highly organised and detail-oriented. - Decisive and results-driven. Duties and responsibilities: - Oversee the Group Finance function across multiple legal entities and business divisions. - Manage financial responsibility for a Group with approximately R4 billion in annual revenue. - Prepare and review monthly, quarterly and annual Group financial reports. - Manage the Group consolidation process. - Oversee cash flow, financial controls and Group reporting requirements. - Lead the broader finance function, including Debtors, Creditors and finance support teams. - Manage the full audit process from planning through to final sign-off and resolve audit queries. - Ensure compliance with IFRS and relevant accounting and reporting requirements. - Provide financial oversight to African operations and subsidiaries. - Work closely with Treasury, Procurement and other central support functions. - Review financial performance, identify risks and implement corrective action. - Maintain effective relationships with auditors, senior management and operational stakeholders. - Ensure Group financial policies, procedures and internal controls are consistently applied. - Provide financial analysis and insights to support commercial and strategic decision-making. - Undertake local and African travel as required.