Head of Finance

Advantage 360; South Africa; Sur place; ZAR 1 800 000 - 2 400 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Advantage 360’s SpatialNetworX unit seeks a Head of Finance to oversee financial operations, drive strategy, and ensure robust governance. You will partner with the Senior Leadership Team and CEO to develop plans, forecasts, and scalable financial processes that support growth and project execution.

You will lead the Finance team, manage risk, ensure IFRS reporting, and drive improvements in profitability and cash flow while maintaining strong compliance and corporate standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading finance teams and strategic financial planning.
• Strong understanding of governance, compliance and IFRS reporting.
• Ability to partner with senior leadership and drive business performance.

Responsabilités

• Lead and manage the Finance team and drive succession planning.
• Oversee financial operations, reporting, and governance across the BU.
• Develop operational and financial strategy aligned with corporate goals.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on risk and compliance.
• Monitor performance metrics and drive improvements in cash flow and profitability.

Connaissances

Finance leadership

Strategic thinking

Commercial awareness

Description du poste

Job Title: Head of Finance

Business Unit: SpatialNetworX

Position Summary: The Finance Director oversee all financial aspects of a business unit and drives the company’s financial strategies in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team. Accountable to the CEO/Business Unit Leader, the role holder is accountable for the financial operations of the business, including finance & accounting, compliance with statutory requirements, corporate governance, and risk management. This will include the development of operational and financial strategy, metrics tied to that strategy, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems. Our core values are central to who we are and how we do business. You will be expected to collaborate positively, have a passion to succeed and be prepared to take smart risks. Combines with these qualities, you will be able to flex your expertise and use your strong sense of customer focus to exceed expectations each day. You will be a seasoned operational Finance leader, a strategic thinker with strong commercial awareness.

Main Responsibility Areas:

Business Partnering

• Support the BU Leader and Senior Leadership Team to develop clear business plans, priorities, and forecasts in line with +/- 5% forecast accuracy targets.
• Evolve financial processes, systems, and policies to ensure scalability, the availability of accurate and timely data to make the best business decisions, and to comply with regulations and corporate governance requirements.
• Supervise due diligence and take a lead role in negotiations with 3rd parties.

Finance Operations

• Responsibility for monthly and quarterly consolidated financial reporting to ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements, and IFRS.
• Ownership of ‘Quarterly Strategic Review’ (QSR) forecasting process.
• Financial leadership and application of best practices to processes, people and systems to affect revenue, profitability and cash-flow, to improve operating efficiency and performance.
• Recommend and lead efforts to improve business performance as reflected by operating ratios as well as ROIC.
• Responsibility for Risk Management process review, policy standardization and process improvements.
• Oversight and improvement of effective administration processes and systems for company records and contracts.
• Stay abreast of trends and regulations to ensure effectiveness and compliance for the finance functions.
• Work closely with all functional leads to ensure projects bids and contract terms, financial and otherwise, adhere to corporate parameters.
• Coordinate all legal activities internally and with group legal.
• Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies.
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations.

People Leadership

• Lead and effectively manage the Finance team.
• Drive succession planning and talent management processes.
• Manager key stakeholder expectations.

Other Activities

• Attend management meetings, annual events, and other activities directed by the BU Leader
• Help create a culture of learning, trust, and self-improvement
• Any other duties as required

SpatialNetworX has been an industry leader in GIS telecom network planning, design, and management for over 25 years. Our solutions are used by some of the world's largest Telecoms and MSOs to accelerate revenue and reduce operational costs by simplifying network design, field data collection, work print generation and enterprise-wide collaboration. Our automated fiber design software enables fast, editable high-level designs for quick costing and design comparisons in minutes, and fully drafted and spliced designs ready for work print construction using our integrated commercial CAD.