Chief Financial Officer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Group Financial Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute the Group's financial strategy in alignment with corporate objectives.
• Translate business strategy into financial plans, budgets, forecasts, KPIs, and capital requirements.
• Provide the CEO and Board with forward-looking analysis on profitability, liquidity, investment returns, funding requirements, and shareholder value.
• Establish Group-wide financial policies, controls, reporting standards, and performance management frameworks.
• Act as a strong commercial and financial partner to business-unit CEOs and management.

Financial Planning, Reporting & Performance

• Lead Group budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and long-term planning.
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reporting.
• Monitor business-unit performance against budgets, forecasts, strategic objectives, and agreed KPIs.
• Develop management dashboards providing clear visibility of revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, CAPEX, debt, and returns.
• Drive accountability for financial performance across all subsidiaries.

Treasury, Liquidity & Capital Structure

• Develop and implement the Group's treasury and liquidity strategy.
• Optimize cash management and working capital across businesses.
• Manage relationships with commercial banks, development finance institutions, investors, and other funding partners.
• Lead debt financing, refinancing, working-capital facilities, guarantees, and other funding arrangements.
• Optimise the Group's capital structure and cost of capital.
• Monitor debt maturity, covenants, interest-rate exposure, foreign-exchange exposure, and liquidity risks. 4. Capital Allocation & Investment
• Establish a disciplined Group-wide capital-allocation and investment-appraisal framework.
• Evaluate major CAPEX, acquisitions, developments, projects, partnerships, and strategic investments.
• Review financial models, assumptions, IRR, NPV, payback, cash flows, risk, and sensitivity scenarios.
• Ensure investments meet appropriate risk-adjusted return expectations.
• Monitor post-investment performance against approved business cases.

Corporate Finance & Strategic Transactions

• Conduct financial and commercial due diligence.
• Lead valuation, transaction modelling, deal structuring, financing, and negotiation support.
• Develop investment papers and recommendations for Board approval.
• Support equity raises, strategic partnerships, and investor engagements.

 Risk Management, Controls & Governance

• Establish a robust Group-wide financial risk and internal-control framework.
• Ensure appropriate controls over revenue, procurement, payments, inventory, assets, contracts, CAPEX, and cash.
• Identify and mitigate financial, commercial, liquidity, project, tax, and investment risks.
• Oversee external audit, internal audit, tax compliance, and resolution of control deficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax requirements, regulatory obligations, and corporate-governance standards.
• Provide independent financial challenge to major management decisions where appropriate.

Tax & Financial Compliance

• Provide strategic oversight of Group tax planning and compliance.
• Ensure appropriate management of corporate taxes, VAT, withholding taxes, transfer pricing, property-related taxes, and other applicable obligations.
• Assess tax implications of investments, financing, acquisitions, disposals, and restructuring.
• Manage relationships with tax authorities and external advisers.

Finance Transformation & Team Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing Group finance organization.
• Develop finance talent, succession plans, and appropriate structures across subsidiaries.
• Drive standardisation, automation, and digitalisation of finance processes.
• Strengthen ERP, consolidation, reporting, budgeting, treasury, and business-intelligence capabilities.
• Promote a culture of accountability, integrity, commercial thinking, and continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience at Group CFO, Deputy CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent senior level.
• Proven experience managing complex, diversified, multi-subsidiary organisations.
• Strong experience in corporate finance, treasury, financial modelling, investment appraisal, financial reporting, and strategic planning.
• Demonstrable experience in sectors such as energy/renewables, infrastructure/metering, real estate, agriculture, or other capital-intensive businesses.
• Experience with debt financing, project finance, capital raising, M&A, joint ventures, or institutional/development finance is highly desirable.
• MBA or relevant Master's degree will be an advantage.