Job Description
About the Role
- We are seeking an exceptional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide strategic financial leadership and drive the organization's long-term growth, profitability, and sustainability.
- The ideal candidate will combine strong corporate finance and treasury management experience with proven executive leadership capabilities, bringing a track record of capital raising, business transformation, value creation, and strategic decision-making at the board and executive level.
- This role requires more than traditional financial reporting and accounting expertise.
- We are looking for a commercially astute finance leader with experience in funding, investments, corporate transactions, and business growth initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Financial Leadership
- Financial Planning & Performance Management
- Treasury & Capital Management
- Investments & Corporate Transactions
- Governance, Compliance & Risk Management
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
- Professional qualification: CFA plus ACA or ACCA.
- Minimum of 15 years' progressive finance experience.
- At least 5 years in a CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent executive leadership role.
- Strong experience in:
- Treasury Management
- Corporate Finance
- Debt & Equity Financing
- Capital Raising
- Taxation
- Financial Modelling
- Governance & Risk Management
- Financial Reporting
- Experience within manufacturing or other import-dependent sectors is highly desirable.
What We're Looking For
The successful candidate should demonstrate:
- Proven CFO-level leadership and executive presence
- Strong corporate finance and capital markets experience
- Hands-on treasury management within a private-sector organization
- Experience leading debt and equity fundraising initiatives
- Investor, lender, and board-level stakeholder management
- Evidence of business growth, profitability improvement, and value creation; strategic and commercial finance capability beyond accounting and reporting
- Experience evaluating and leading investments, business expansion initiatives, acquisitions, partnerships, or corporate transactions.