Chief Financial Officer

SUMMARY:
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be primarily responsible to manage and lead the daily operations and strategic functions for the following departments.

• Financial
• Admin & IT
• Human Resources
• Reporting

POSITION INFO:
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Coordination of financial strategy, tax strategy, management reporting, forecasting, and budgeting, financial risk management, financing, treasury, cash management accounting and investing
• Provide strategy and hands-on leadership to develop long and short-term financial plans
• Oversee the integration, and execution of these business development plans
• Participate in the ongoing strategic planning process
• Responsible for overall corporate financial planning , analysis, and reporting
• Direct the group’s risk management programs
• Develops financing alternatives and managing of capital structure planning
• Maintains working relationships with banks and financial institutions
• Analyses and interprets financial information on the group's performance
• Make recommendations concerning management decisions, resource allocation and business operations to improve group financial performance
• Responsible for Accounting Department functions of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Cost and General Accounting
• Oversees Information Systems strategy and major acquisitions of hardware and software
• Completion and presentation of monthly, quarterly, annual financial performance of the business
• Coordinates outside (e.g. audit, legal and tax) services
• Oversee long-term budgetary planning and cost management
• Develop and manage annual budget and monitor progress
• Manage financial and operational reporting, accounting operations, payroll, purchasing, and cash and inventory control functions
• Negotiations and structuring of core transactions within the group to be beneficial to all stakeholders in the long term.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

• Accounting degree and post articles experience
• Honours / CA(SA) will be advantageous
• 8 to 10 years accounting & finance experience
• Experience in agricultural operations and in the export of agricultural products.
• Experience in capital structure, stock control, costing, pricing, and forex
• Experience with building financial strategy and comfortable in driving execution

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Core business acumen skills
• Ability to guide the organisation with accurate, timely and purposeful financial management
• Strong planning and coordination skills
• Proactive communicator, collaborative and results-oriented
• Ability to participate on senior management and executive teams

TO APPLY:
If your background matches the requirements and you would like to apply or receive more information, please:

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We take great care in assessing each application individually, however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, therefore please deem your application as unsuccessful if you receive no feedback after 2 weeks of sending your CV.