Chief Financial Officer

To provide strategic financial leadership and commercial stewardship to Rustenburg Operations and serve as a key business partner to the Chief Executive and Rustenburg leadership team.

• CA or equivalent financial qualification is essential
• MBA or Management Development Programme will be advantageous
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience at senior management level within the mining industry is essential
• Ability and experience to work within an SAP/BW/BPC environment or any other equivalent system experience

• Sound knowledge of mining industry, accounting and commercial processes, best practice and governance
• Good understanding of relevant legislation & regulatory requirements
• Good communication (excellent verbal and written) & presentation skills
• Leadership, planning & organising skills
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Strategic execution skills
• Influencing at an Executive, Senior Management and Stakeholder leadership level
• Strong business acumen
• Systems thinking and risk-based decision-making skills
• Strategic thinking & planning skills
• Ability to lead teams
• Data driven decision making

• Act as a strategic business partner to the Chief Executive and Executive Team, providing financial, commercial and governance leadership to support operational performance, growth and long-term value creation.
• Develops and implements a financial and commercial management strategy for Rustenburg Operations.
• Ensures alignment of commercial and financial strategy to business needs.
• Provides the leadership and support that is necessary to the business to ensure required optimisation and transformation is embraced.
• Ensure sound financial management controls through the necessary financial management systems and processes.
• Oversees management’s assessment of internal financial controls and reports material control deficiencies to the Chief Executive, Group CFO and relevant governance committees.
• Provides leadership, management and oversight to ensure that the commercial functions are strategically aligned, effectively maintained and enhanced
• Provides financial support to special projects with commercial requirements especially where these projects require specialist tax, accounting and governance inputs.
• Serve as a member of the Rustenburg Operations Executive Team, while maintaining alignment with Group financial strategy, governance standards and reporting requirements through a functional relationship with the Group CFO.