Chief Financial Officer

Enables financial sustainability, and compliance with all relevant legislation and financial/accounting standards to provide strategic oversight and insights on the financial position and performance of the organization’s strategic partnerships and investments to ensure sustainability.

• Integrates financial data into long term strategic planning
• Conducts scenario planning and predictive financial modelling
• Guides investment prioritisation and resource allocation at the executive level
• Support organisational transformation with financial insight
• Facilitating and identifying budget guidelines and parameters development and implementation
• Assist in translating business strategy into a financial plan
• Design and document BU level budgeting
• Draw up a standardised business unit budget proposal template
• Submitting budgets and financial information to Treasury and Department of Human Settlement
• Forecasting income and expenditure against various parameters

• Oversees all financial operations with full accountability
• Provides forward-looking insights that shape business strategy
• Ensure IFRS / GAAP compliance across the organisation
• Interprets complex financial data to inform critical decisions
• Design BU level and management accounting model
• Establish appropriate BU performance metrics
• Financial reporting against budgets and reporting on variances
• Manage monthly / quarterly reviews with departments heads

• Annual Financial Statements to National Treasury
• Quarterly and annual reports to the National Department of Human Settlement

• Optimise capital structures to support growth and stability
• Makes strategic investment and funding decisions aligned with organisational objectives
• Engage with funders/sources to understand characteristics of each option (pricing, term, conditions etc)
• Engage with preferred funders and conclude detailed funding plan
• Document funding strategy and detailed implementation plan and obtain sign-off from EXCOM and Board
• Manage Funding Covenants and requirements

• Managing investments and maximising returns on financial assets
• Calculating financial implications of schemes and investments
• Assessing and evaluating financial viability and soundness of products and services
• Identifies strategic, operational, and financial risks proactively
• Design and implements enterprise risk management frameworks
• Advises the board on risk appetite and mitigation strategies
• Leads organisation-wide risk culture initiatives
• Ensures financial and organisational protection
• Oversee all accounting and internal control activities to ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls practice, tax laws and all relevant legislative and regulatory requirements

• Ensure organisational compliance with PFMA, Companies Act, tax laws, and regulatory frameworks
• Leads governance initiatives and develops policies for audit readiness
• Advises the board and executive team on governance risks and mitigations
• Developing, implementing and maintaining finance and credit control policies and procedures
• Managing assets and liabilities appropriately
• Managing and maintaining financial information and documents
• Revising and updating work processes and collection methodologies
• Managing the general ledger, cash book, fixed assets, and stock inventory

• Developing, implementing and maintaining SCM policies and procedures in accordance with National Treasury requirements
• Implement process and procedures to enable efficient SCM processes to meet organisational needs

• Oversees robust internal controls across all operations
• Engages with internal and external auditors at board level
• Ensures timely and transparent audit reporting
• Drives continuous improvement of control environments

• Attending, participating in, and contributing to Executive, MCIC, BCIC, Board, and Audit & Risk Committee meetings
• Promoting and facilitating own team interaction and managing team meetings
• Supporting a culture of trustworthiness, openness to new ideas, passion for purpose, accountability, competence and teamwork

Promoting a culture of living the values of the organization –

Accountability, collaboration, excellence, leadership, integrity, innovation, diversity, ubuntu, and professionalism

• Updating organisational and…