Strategic CFO — Growth & AI-Driven Financial Leadership

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Rosebank; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to partner with the South Africa leadership team. The role blends financial stewardship with strategic business input to drive growth, performance, and sustainable outcomes across the SA business.

You will lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, translating data into clear insights for senior leaders and shaping long‑term strategies while upholding governance and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to partner with the South Africa leadership team. The role blends financial stewardship with strategic business input to drive growth, performance, and sustainable outcomes across the SA business.

You will lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, translating data into clear insights for senior leaders and shaping long‑term strategies while upholding governance and compliance standards.