CITRUS - Group Chief Executive​/Chief Financial Officer CA; SA MBA advantageous ZAR pa

Position: CITRUS - Group Chief Executive / Chief Financial Officer CA(SA) essential MBA advantageous ZAR 3.5M pa
Job Description

CITRUS - Group Chief Executive / Chief Financial Officer CA(SA) essential MBA advantageous ZAR 3.5M pa

Location:

Western Cape

Industry: Citrus Agribusiness

Role Overview

A dominant, vertically integrated citrus enterprise operating across farming, packing, processing, international trading, logistics and asset platforms is appointing a Group Chief Executive / Chief Financial Officer to take full command of strategy, capital, and performance.

This is a rare mandate suited to a heavyweight executive who understands citrus at a molecular level and can operate credibly with global investors, financiers, boards and counter parties. The successful candidate will run the room. They will set the agenda in any forum, interrogate assumptions, and bring executive presence that signals authority. This is not an operational farming role. It is a high-stakes commercial leadership position requiring deep industry mastery, financial sophistication, and strategic dominance.

The remit is to drive disciplined growth, acquisitions, capital efficiency and long-term value creation across international markets while preserving governance, sustainability and investor confidence throughout the citrus value chain.

Executive Profile

• Commanding commercial strategist with unquestionable credibility
• Gravitas and executive presence at board and investor level
• Forensic financial intellect with operational fluency
• High integrity, disciplined governance mindset
• Decisive under pressure and comfortable with confrontation
• Elite communicator capable of influencing senior stakeholders
• Sophisticated negotiator across funding, acquisitions and trade

Core Accountability

Enterprise Performance

• Group EBITDA, asset returns and capital efficiency
• Farm-level performance metrics and portfolio optimisation

Executive Leadership

• Group commercial strategy and market positioning
• Integrated finance leadership across international operations

Governance & Risk

• IFRS compliance, audits, consolidation and control frameworks
• Currency exposure, insurance and enterprise risk oversight

Financial Architecture

• Budgeting, forecasting, liquidity and treasury management
• Working capital discipline and funding optimisation

Capital & Investment

• Capital structure strategy and acquisition execution
• ROI/IRR analysis on expansion and infrastructure

Investor & Stakeholder Relations

• Board and shareholder reporting
• Capital raising, investor dialogue and funding pipelines

Systems & Integration

• Enterprise systems modernisation and ICT alignment

Legal, Tax & Structuring

• Cross-border structuring and regulatory compliance
• Shareholder agreements, licensing and empowerment frameworks

Leadership & Talent

• Finance bench strength and succession readiness
• Executive team performance and capability development

This appointment is designed for an executive who does not simply manage complexity but thrives in it. The role demands someone who understands citrus markets, capital markets and power dynamics equally well, and who can impose clarity, pace and confidence across a global agribusiness platform.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• CA(SA) essential, MBA strongly preferred
• Executive leadership experience within large-scale fruit agribusiness
• Minimum 5 years executive exposure in citrus
• Proven track record in global commercial expansion and capital deployment
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-entity organisations

Benefits

• Executive authority to shape strategy, capital and global expansion at group level.
• Top-tier compensation with long-term upside tied to value creation.
• Board visibility that elevates personal reputation and future opportunities.
• Exposure to complex global markets that builds elite executive credibility.

Requirements
Core Accountability Enterprise Performance
• Group EBITDA, asset returns and capital efficiency
• Farm-level performance metrics and portfolio optimisation Executive Leadership
• Group commercial strategy and market positioning
• Integrated finance leadership across international operations Governance & Risk
• IFRS compliance, audits, consolidation and control frameworks
• Currency exposure, insurance and enterprise risk oversight Financial Architecture
• Budgeting, forecasting, liquidity and treasury management
• Working capital discipline and funding optimisation Capital & Investment
• Capital structure strategy and acquisition execution
• ROI/IRR analysis on expansion and infrastructure Investor & Stakeholder Relations
• Board and shareholder reporting
• Capital raising, investor dialogue and funding pipelines Systems & Integration
• Enterprise systems modernisation and ICT alignment Legal, Tax & Structuring
• Cross-border structuring and regulatory compliance
• Shareholder agreements, licensing and empowerment frameworks Leadership & Talent
• Finance bench strength and succession readiness
• Executive team performance and capability development