Chief Financial Officer

Communicate Finance; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicate Recruitment is seeking a seasoned finance executive to steer the group’s financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting across multiple entities. You will partner with the executive team on strategic decisions, manage project profitability and cash flow, and oversee treasury, risk, and governance functions.

You will drive IFRS compliance, taxation, audits, and robust internal controls while supporting tenders and major projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a senior management or executive finance role.
• Experience in construction, civil engineering, infrastructure, mining, or contracting environments.
• Strong understanding of project accounting, contract costing, revenue recognition, and project profitability.
• Experience managing multi-site or multi-entity operations.
• Strong commercial acumen to influence operations and strategy.
• Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the group's financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting functions.
• Partner with the executive team on strategic business decisions.
• Manage project profitability, contract costing, cash flow, and working capital.
• Provide financial oversight across multiple operating entities and projects.
• Oversee treasury, banking relationships, guarantees, and financial risk management.
• Ensure IFRS, taxation, audits, and governance compliance.
• Support commercial decision-making on tenders, contracts, and major projects.
• Strengthen financial systems, reporting processes, and internal controls.
• Travel to regional operations as required.

Skills

Senior finance leadership

Project accounting

Contract costing

Multi-entity operations

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

CA(SA) OR CIMA

Job description

Job Description

• Leading the group's financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting functions
• Partnering with the executive team on strategic business decisions
• Managing project profitability, contract costing, cash flow, and working capital
• Providing financial oversight across multiple operating entities and projects
• Overseeing treasury, banking relationships, guarantees, and financial risk management
• Ensuring compliance with IFRS, taxation, audits, and corporate governance requirements
• Supporting commercial decision-making on tenders, contracts, major projects, and investments
• Strengthening financial systems, reporting processes, and internal controls
• Travelling regularly to regional operations as required

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a senior management or executive finance role
• Proven experience within the construction, civil engineering, infrastructure, mining, or contracting environment
• Strong understanding of project accounting, contract costing, revenue recognition, and project profitability
• Experience managing multi-site or multi-entity operations
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence operational and strategic decisions
• Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills

Qualification

• CA (SA) OR CIMA qualified