Group Financial Manager

The Group Financial Manager is responsible for overseeing the financial management, reporting, governance, and control environment across all entities within the Group. This role ensures accurate and timely consolidated financial reporting, strong financial controls, compliance with accounting standards and statutory requirements, audit, annual financial statements and provides strategic financial insights to support executive decision-making and business growth.

The successful candidate will partner closely with the CFO, Head of Finance, and business leaders to drive financial performance, standardise processes, improve reporting capabilities, and maintain financial integrity across the Group.

The Group Financial Manager will report directly to the Head of Finance

• Own and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidation process.
• Prepare consolidated management accounts, board reports, and financial performance packs.
• Ensure reporting deadlines are consistently met across all business entities.
• Review consolidated balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow reports.

• Ensure compliance with IFRS, tax legislation, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain strong internal controls and financial governance frameworks across the Group.
• Drive audit readiness and manage relationships with external auditors.
• Oversee statutory reporting obligations across all jurisdictions.

• Provide financial insight and analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Monitor group profitability, cash flow, working capital, and key financial metrics.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and performance trends across the business.
• Support executive leadership with scenario modelling and business case evaluations.

• Lead the annual budgeting process across all divisions and entities.
• Coordinate monthly forecasting and long-range planning activities.
• Challenge assumptions and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Monitor performance against budget and recommend corrective actions.

• Coordinate and manage the annual external audit process, including audit planning, deliverable tracking, auditor queries and timely resolution of audit matters.
• Prepare and review accurate IFRS-compliant Annual Financial Statements for Group entities, ensuring completeness, consistency and alignment to approved accounting policies.
• Ensure all audit schedules, supporting documentation, reconciliations and technical accounting papers are prepared to a high standard and submitted within agreed audit timelines.
• Drive timely sign-off of audit opinions and AFS by coordinating management reviews, board approvals, statutory filings and post-audit improvement actions.

• Identify opportunities to automate and improve financial processes.
• Standardise reporting and financial controls across the Group.
• Support finance system implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
• Drive efficiencies that improve reporting accuracy and decision-making.
• Any other job duties associated with this role.

• Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)).
• 7-10+ years post-articles finance experience.
• 3-5+ years in a leadership role within a group or multi-entity environment.
• Strong experience with financial consolidations and group reporting.
• Experience managing audits, budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems/ERP experience.
• ERP/MS Dynamics experience:
  Advantageous

• Renewable energy, infrastructure, project finance, or investment…