Commercial Finance Lead — Growth & Strategy (SA)

Syndicate Personnel Specialists; Durban; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Syndicate Personnel Specialists partners with a FMCG powerhouse to recruit a Commercial Finance Business Lead for South Africa. This pivotal role will shape strategy, ensure financial stewardship, and drive in-year growth across SA, collaborating with the executive team, customer development and sales leaders.

The ideal candidate has 12–15 years of senior finance and extensive commercial partnering experience, with strong forecasting, pricing, ROI and resource allocation capabilities, plus

Qualifications

• Senior finance leader with 12–15 years in commercial finance.
• Extensive commercial finance partnering with Sales/Customer Development teams.
• Expert in forecasting, pricing, ROI and resource allocation.
• Strong S&OP forecasting and performance management experience.
• Proven track record influencing executive stakeholders in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales and Customer Development to drive profitable growth and negotiations.
• Lead the commercial finance agenda: budgeting, pricing, ROI, and trade spend.
• Oversee S&OP sales forecasting with accuracy and alignment to business plans.
• Shape medium- to long-term commercial strategy across customers, channels, and innovation pipelines.
• Drive margin improvement and working capital discipline across commercial operations.
• Build and inspire a high-performing, diverse team and lead change.

Skills

Partner with Sales

Forecasting

Pricing strategy

ROI analysis

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

CA(SA) qualification

Job description

Syndicate Personnel Specialists partners with a FMCG powerhouse to recruit a Commercial Finance Business Lead for South Africa. This pivotal role will shape strategy, ensure financial stewardship, and drive in-year growth across SA, collaborating with the executive team, customer development and sales leaders.

The ideal candidate has 12–15 years of senior finance and extensive commercial partnering experience, with strong forecasting, pricing, ROI and resource allocation capabilities, plus