Consultant Financial Director - Mining

The Legends Agency; Remote; ZAR 500 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mining investment firm is seeking a Consultant Financial Director to establish the finance function for early-stage coal, metals, and energy-transition projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. This remote role involves high-level financial governance design, strategic advisory, and the potential to transition to a permanent CFO role. Ideal candidates have 20+ years of finance experience in mining and are commercially fluent in project finance and investor relations.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in finance with executive-level mining experience.
• Deep exposure to coal, base or battery metals.
• Ability to move fast, think strategically, and execute independently.
• Commercial fluency in project finance, tax structuring, investor relations, and legal intersections.
• Experienced across African mining jurisdictions is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design full financial governance (multi-jurisdictional).
• Advise on capital structuring, offtake, and JV.
• Set up ERP, controls, and cost frameworks.
• Model live financials of exploration and development assets.
• Map commercial risk and provide strategic input at board level.
• Recruit and onboard finance hires.

Skills

Executive-level mining experience

Project finance

Tax structuring

Investor relations

Legal intersections

Job description

Mining CFOs & Strategic Finance Architects Your Legacy Role Awaits

This is not a back-office job. This is front-line finance, in the boardroom, in the investment stack, and at the sharp edge of Africas battery minerals future.

A fast-scaling mining investment firm is building its executive braintrust and we are looking for a Consultant Financial Director to architect the finance function from the ground up.

Your mission:

Lay the financial and commercial foundations for early-stage coal, metals, and energy-transition projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. This is a seat-at-the-table role, advising founders, shaping deal structures, and driving high-stakes decisions that directly impact project success and capital outcomes.

Your tools:

Investor decks. NPV models. Tax strategy. ERP systems. Compliance frameworks. You will bring order, insight, and strategic muscle to a lean team moving at speed.

Your stage:

A fully remote, fixed-term contract (3 to 6 months), with the potential to transition into a permanent CFO-level role as the business scales into full operations.

What you will own:

• Full financial governance design (multi-jurisdictional)
• Capital structuring, offtake and JV advisory
• Setup of ERP, controls, and cost frameworks
• Live financial modelling of exploration and development assets
• Commercial risk mapping and board-level strategic input
• Recruitment and onboarding of future finance hires

What we want:

• 20+ years in finance with executive-level mining experience
• Deep exposure to coal, base or battery metals
• A builder, not a caretaker, you move fast, think strategically, and execute independently
• Commercially fluent in project finance, tax structuring, investor relations, and legal intersections
• Experienced across African mining jurisdictions (advantageous)

This is your chance to:

• Leave a mark in one of the most future-critical mining segments
• Work alongside a visionary founding team with real traction
• Set the financial tone for how Africas battery mineral future is built

If you are looking to build more than balance sheets, if you want to build legacy, apply now!