Chief Financial Officer

About the role

A client is looking for an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to join its senior leadership team during a key phase of growth and transformation. The CFO will build a modern financial ecosystem rather than simply run an existing finance department, strengthening profitability, financial discipline, cash management and business decision-making. Working closely with the CEO and technology leadership, the role sets up the people, processes, systems and governance needed for a rapidly scaling business.

Key responsibilities

• Drive profitability and overall financial performance; analyse customer and business economics, margins, acquisition costs and operating expenditure; advise on pricing, investments, growth and resource allocation.
• Build a scalable finance organisation covering control, planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting; implement financial policies, internal controls and governance.
• Lead the implementation and integration of the ERP platform, including SAP Business One, and ensure audit-ready reporting.
• Develop customer credit and embedded-finance frameworks, including credit assessment, risk monitoring, provisioning and portfolio management, and work with banks and partners on financing solutions.
• Integrate finance and credit needs into digital platforms, build data systems to measure profitability and credit performance, and automate reporting and reconciliation.
• Manage liquidity, cash flow and funding, and improve inventory, receivables and payables efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, tax, regulatory and governance requirements, and support investor engagement and funding initiatives.

Required profile

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (mandatory).
• Approximately 12-18 years of post-qualification experience in progressively responsible finance leadership roles.
• Strong experience in a high-growth B2B, e-commerce, distribution or technology-enabled business.
• Experience in a large, professionally managed organisation with Board reporting, strategic finance, treasury, funding and capital allocation exposure.
• Demonstrated experience building finance functions, implementing ERP systems and setting up financial controls.
• Hands-on exposure to credit, lending, customer financing or financial partnerships.