About role
This is a key finance leadership role, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and partnering closely with senior management to drive financial performance, liquidity optimization, commercial decision-making, and strong financial governance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and multi-year financial modelling.
- Develop executive management reports, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis.
- Oversee treasury operations, cash positioning, liquidity management, and banking relationships.
- Develop rolling cash-flow forecasts to optimize working capital and capital requirements.
- Lead commercial finance and investment evaluation, including DCF, IRR, and Payback analysis.
- Evaluate new retail site acquisitions, CAPEX projects, and commercial opportunities.
- Oversee month-end closing, journal approvals, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Analyze site-level P&L and unit economics across fuel and non-fuel revenue streams.
- Partner with operations to identify opportunities to improve margins, cost structures, and profitability.
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors and support statutory reporting requirements.
Qualifications
- 6 – 8+ years of progressive finance experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, SOCPA, CIMA, or ACA
- Experience in retail, fuel retail, FMCG, e-commerce, or multi-site environments
- Strong financial modelling, Excel, Power BI, and ERP skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate financial insights to senior management and key stakeholders
- Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills