Gl Accountant

Network Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy work/life balance across the组织

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

LexisNexis South Africa invites applications for a Chief Financial Officer based in Johannesburg/Durban, South Africa. The role partners with the Managing Director and SA leadership to shape business performance, drive growth and ensure financial integrity.

You will lead SA financial planning, forecasting and performance management, translate data into insights, and develop a high-performing finance team while upholding governance and risk controls.

Qualifications

• Strong financial judgement and ability to influence business strategy and performance.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership teams.
• Strong FP&A and performance-management capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights and actions.
• Commercial acumen with experience evaluating growth, profitability, investment and resource-allocation opportunities.
• Strong leadership, coaching and team development skills.
• Excellent communication with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience in governance, risk management and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic and commercial partner to the Managing Director and SA leadership team.
• Contribute actively to the development and execution of the SA business strategy and long-term priorities.
• Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance-management processes for the SA business.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actions for the Managing Director and leadership team.
• Identify the underlying drivers of revenue, margin, cost and cash performance and work with business leaders to address risks and opportunities.
• Lead, develop and coach the SA finance team, building strong commercial, analytical and business-partnering capability.
• Ensure appropriate financial controls, governance and risk-management processes are maintained in accordance with LexisNexis and RELX requirements.
• Champion the use of data, technology and AI to improve Finance effectiveness, business insight and decision-making.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Financial planning

Forecasting

Business partnering

Data-driven decision making

Governance & risk management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Chief Financial Officer, LexisNexis South Africa

Location: Johannesburg, Durban, South Africa
Contract: Full time
Salary: R

Are you a commercially minded finance leader who can translate financial insight into strategic business impact? Do you thrive in partnering with senior leaders to shape business performance, drive growth, and influence key decisions?

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic and commercial partner to the Managing Director and South Africa leadership team.
• Contribute actively to the development and execution of the South Africa business strategy and long-term priorities.
• Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance-management processes for the South Africa business.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actions for the Managing Director and leadership team.
• Identify the underlying drivers of revenue, margin, cost and cash performance and work with business leaders to address risks and opportunities.
• Lead, develop and coach the South Africa finance team, building strong commercial, analytical and business‑partnering capability.
• Ensure appropriate financial controls, governance and risk‑management processes are maintained in accordance with LexisNexis and RELX requirements.
• Champion the use of data, technology and AI to improve Finance effectiveness, business insight and decision‑making.

Requirements

• Strong financial judgement with the ability to influence business strategy and performance.
• Experience acting as a strategic and commercial business partner to senior leadership teams.
• Strong financial planning, forecasting and performance management capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear business insights and actions.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with experience evaluating growth, profitability, investment and resource‑allocation opportunities.
• Strong leadership, coaching and team development skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage finance and non‑finance stakeholders effectively.
• Experience working within a controlled governance environment with accountability for financial integrity, risk management and compliance.

Benefits

• We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people.
• Numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.