Finance Director

Overview

Aqunion Group, the largest aquaculture company in South Africa, is a subsidiary of the JSE listed Sea Harvest Group. The business currently comprises four tank-ashore farms, a processing facility, feed manufacturing company, and sea-based ranching operations across the Overberg Region and Northern Cape.

Position

Finance Director – based in the Overberg Region (Hermanus and / or Gansbaai area).

Purpose

Deliver a combination of Financial Leadership, Control, Governance, Reporting and Insights to internal and external stakeholders with the objective of protecting the assets of the business and driving continuous improvement to business performance.

Key Performance Areas

• Build, support, lead and manage a Finance team ensuring demonstrable governance, control and reporting of financial, commercial and operational information underpinning the business performance and risks.
• Manage Systems, Processes and Controls – Use, develop, optimise and ensure that all financially related systems, processes and controls are working to both protect the assets of the company and deliver information and insights to internal and external stakeholders.
• Planning and Organisation – Prepare an annual calendar of financial related events needing to be delivered against, ensuring awareness of the deliverables and dates and controlling the timetable and meeting deadlines.
• Analysis and Reporting – Create and present daily, weekly, monthly, semester and forecasting reports needed by colleagues and stakeholders to control, operate, optimise and / or change the business where needed, identifying opportunities for growth and cost reduction.
• Stock Control – Create and maintain the necessary systems, processes and governance to ensure finance control over Biological, WIP and Finished Goods Stock is demonstrable.
• Commercial Control – Create and maintain the necessary systems, processes and governance to ensure that product pricing, discounting and profitability is controlled and reported on weekly.
• Cost Control – Support, drive and / or manage costs and expense efficiency ruthlessly, focussing on the material cost reduction change programme being driven at present.
• Capex Control – Manage capex expenditure ruthlessly, ensuring all items are presented in demonstrable business cases delivering appropriate returns.
• Treasury and Taxation – Manage the treasury function and taxation aspects of the business, providing professional forecasts on cash‑flow and possible needs for shareholder support as well as ensuring tax optimisation / efficiency across the SH Aqua Group.
• Risk Management – Manage, control and report (internally and to SH Group) on Aqunion Group risks, including managing and controlling insurance cover and claims, FX Hedging, Inventory and working capital risks.
• Group Reporting – Understand and ensure that all Group reporting needs and deliverables are met on time, satisfying complexes, validity and accuracy principles.

Requirements & Competencies

Reporting Lines

Compensation & Benefits

A market related remuneration package is offered, and the company supports the Employment Equity legislation.

Application

Interested parties who meet the above requirements, and possess the attributes stated, may submit a comprehensive CV, along with certified copies of their ID and qualification / s by email to (Please use reference AQN‑FD / OCT25).

Closing Date

31 October 2025

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