Finance Director

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and execute the corporate financial strategy aligned with the organization's transformation and growth objectives.

• Advise the CEO and Board on capital structure, profitability, investment decisions and long-term value creation.

• Provide strategic financial insights to support sustainable business growth.

• Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and long-range financial planning.

• Deliver timely and accurate management reporting with actionable business insights.

• Monitor and improve key financial performance indicators, including EBITDA, cash flow, ROCE and working capital.

• Manage liquidity, banking relationships and financing facilities.

• Lead debt restructuring, capital raising and shareholder funding initiatives.

• Optimize cash management and foreign exchange exposure.

• Ensure adequate funding availability to support business operations and growth.

• Develop and maintain standard costing for seafood processing operations.

• Drive cost reduction, margin improvement and operational efficiency.

• Monitor production yields, inventory valuation, manufacturing costs and plant performance.

• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to identify opportunities for financial and operational improvement.

• Ensure compliance with IFRS, tax laws, statutory requirements and corporate governance standards.

• Strengthen internal controls and enterprise risk management frameworks.

• Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure timely resolution of audit findings.

• Ensure accurate and timely statutory financial reporting.

• Partner with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and Procurement functions on pricing, investments and profitability.

• Evaluate new projects, export markets and capital expenditure opportunities.

• Provide financial analysis and modelling to support strategic and commercial decisions.

• Build, lead and develop a high-performing finance team.

• Establish a strong succession pipeline and promote employee development.

• Drive continuous improvement, automation and digital transformation across the finance function.

• Lead the effective use and enhancement of ERP finance systems.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline.

• Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA, ACA or CMA is required.

• MBA or Master's degree is preferred.

• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including at least 7 years in senior finance leadership roles.

• Strong experience in strategic finance, corporate finance and financial management.

• Proven experience in treasury management, funding, cash management and banking relationships.

• Strong background in cost accounting, financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting.

• Experience supporting manufacturing, production or capital-intensive operations.

• Experience in seafood, food processing, FMCG or a similar industry is highly desirable.

• Proven exposure to international or export-oriented businesses.

• Experience working with ERP systems and leading finance digital transformation initiatives.

• Strong experience in Board-level reporting and presenting financial insights to senior leadership and shareholders.

• Strategic financial leadership

• Corporate finance

• Treasury and liquidity management

• Cost accounting and manufacturing finance

• Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting

• Financial modelling and investment analysis

• Working capital management

• Risk management and internal controls

• IFRS and statutory compliance

• Tax and audit management

• ERP and digital finance systems

• Business partnering

• Strategic and commercial mindset

• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to influence and advise the CEO, Board and shareholders

• Strong leadership, coaching and team-building capabilities

• Results-oriented and commercially focused

• High level of integrity and sound professional judgment

• Ability to lead transformation and manage change

• Seafood canning or processing

• Food manufacturing

• FMCG

• Export-oriented businesses

• Government-linked organizations

• Capital-intensive manufacturing

• Private-label and branded consumer products

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Strengthen financial governance while enabling commercial growth.

• Improve profitability through disciplined cost and performance management.

• Maintain strong liquidity and funding capacity.

• Support international expansion through robust financial planning and analysis.

• Provide trusted and commercially focused advice to the CEO, Board and shareholders.

• Build a high-performing, digitally enabled finance function that supports operational excellence and long-term growth.