Head of Finance

Pretoria, South Africa | Posted on 05/08/2026

At Uzenzele Holdings, we are buildinga culture where exceptional people can do their best work. If you’re ready toadvance your career and help businesses achieve sustainable growth, you’ve cometo the right place.

Our Mission

Uzenzele Holdings is dedicated to facilitating sustainable economic and industrial development in South Africa,focusing on empowering businesses. Join us in making a significant impact onour community and beyond.

Why Work With Us?

Empowerment and Autonomy

o Wetrust our team members to take ownership of their work and make impactfuldecisions.

o Enjoythe freedom to innovate and grow in your role.

Inclusive and Diverse Environment

o We celebrate different perspectives and strive to build an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued.

Work-Life Balance

o We understand the importance of balancing professional and personal life.

o Flexible working hours and remote work options available.

Professional Growth

o Continuous learning and development opportunities.

o Regular training and career advancement programs.

Uzenzele Holdings (UH) is looking for a commercially sharp, systems-oriented Head of Finance (Contract) to build and ope rationalise the company’s finance infrastructure during a critical scale phase.

This is not a traditional finance management role.

We are not looking for someone to simply maintain books, produce compliance packs, or manage transactional accounting. We are looking for someone who can design and ope rationalise the financial management infrastructure that enables executive decision-making, accountability, forecasting accuracy, and scalable growth.

The successful candidate will own the operational finance layer — translating financial data into actionable business intelligence, building reporting systems, improving financial visibility, strengthening governance, and enabling leadership to make faster, smarter decisions.

You will work closely with the CFO and Integrator to create the financial operating rhythm of the business.

The Head of Finance (Contract) will be responsible for building UH’s operational finance capability across:

• Cash flow forecasting
• Business performance analysis
• Financial process operationalisation
• Governance frameworks
• AI-enabled finance efficiency improvements
• Team capability uplift

Your success will be measured by your ability to create financial clarity, operational discipline, and scalable financial infrastructure that reduces dependency on reactive finance management.

Design and implement a management information (MI) system that gives leadership real-time visibility into:

• Gross margin
• Departmental profitability
• Cash position
• Workforce cost structures
• Operational KPIs

Build executive-ready reporting frameworks that improve decision-making quality and accountability across the business.

This includes:

• Monthly management packs
• Business unit reporting
• Cash reporting
• Variance analysis
• Forecast reporting
• Executive summaries

Develop reliable rolling cash flow forecasting systems that improve liquidity management and forward planning.

You will:

• Identify cash flow risks early
• Improve cash visibility across operations

Translate finance activities into repeatable operational systems.

This includes:

• Workflow design
• SOP creation
• Accountability structures
• Finance process automation opportunities

Strengthen the capability of the internal finance function by introducing:

• Stronger analytical thinking
• Improved financial operating standards

Identify and implement practical AI and automation opportunities within the finance function to improve:

• Reporting speed
• Data analysis
• Operational efficiency
• Decision support

Build scalable governance structures that improve:

• Reporting integrity
• Operational transparency

By the end of the contract period:

• Leadership has reliable, decision-ready financial visibility
• The Integrator can manage P&L accountability using live operational data
• The CFO is freed from operational finance dependency
• Reporting cycles are structured and repeatable
• Cash forecasting is…