Senior Financial Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial Margin Tracking & Analysis:
  Lead commercial asset reviews and tracking systems, verifying that capital allocations, resource hours, and supply chains align against planned fiscal margins.
• Contractual Milestone Execution:
  Manage multi‑tiered commercial contract billing structures, processing stage‑gate valuations and high‑value project retention cycles safely.
• Capital Protection & Treasury Oversight:
  Guide complex treasury flows to insulate ongoing operations, ensuring liquidity matches requirements for multi‑site deployment, specialised suppliers, and vendor accounts.
• Strategic Fiscal Planning:
  Direct annual group financial forecasting models and adapt predictive pipelines to reflect active construction milestones.
• Risk Governance & Controls:
  Formulate, enforce, and standardise governance frameworks to defend distributed inventory, asset registries, and regional logistics chains from risk exposure.
• Statutory Oversight & External Audit:
  Command final close processes and act as the principal point of contact for external auditors and South African revenue authorities.
• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Capital Raising Support:
  Provide financial due diligence, advanced financial modeling, and scenario testing to support capital‑raising initiatives and potential M&A transactions.
• Advanced Financial Modeling:
  Build, maintain, and stress‑test complex integrated financial models (Three‑Statement, DCF, and project finance models) to evaluate contract profitability, debt‑service capacity, and strategic growth.
• Strategic Tax Management:
  Oversee corporate tax compliance, optimise tax structures for complex project contracts, and manage risks related to VAT, employee tax (PAYE), and corporate income tax within the heavy industry sector.

• SA Citizen
• Grade 12
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CA(SA) or CIMA preferred
• 10+ years of progressive financial steering or project accounting management, specifically within an engineering or infrastructure environment.
• Advanced skills in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) frameworks.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities for project variance analysis and financial reporting.
• Proven experience building complex financial models from scratch to support strategic corporate decisions or project financing.
• Direct exposure to M&A processes or capital‑raising initiatives (e.g., debt structuring, private equity, or corporate restructuring).
• Strong working knowledge of corporate tax compliance and structuring within South Africa (SARS frameworks, VAT on progress billings, etc.).

• Work Type: On‑site (with required national travel)
• Location: Cape Winelands