Cape Town: Financial Manager (Constantia) posted by O’Brien Recruitment

A highly sought-after opportunity exists for an exceptional Financial Manager to join a well-established and dynamic business in the Renewable Energy industry, based on a beautiful estate in Constantia.

This is far more than a traditional finance role. We are seeking a commercially astute, highly strategic finance professional who can lead the full financial function across multiple entities while partnering closely with senior leadership to drive long-term financial sustainability, growth, and operational excellence.

Set in a truly exceptional environment with beautiful offices and daily lunches prepared by a private chef, this opportunity offers a unique blend of professional challenge and quality of life.

We are looking for a finance professional who is both strategic and hands-on, someone highly analytical, commercially minded, and able to operate comfortably at both operational and executive level. The successful individual will thrive in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment and possess exceptional leadership, structure and problem-solving ability.

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Key Responsibilities:

Finance

• Departmental Management:
  • Analysing performance and risk to drive financial planning and efficiency.
  • Holding constant awareness of the financial position of the company and acting swiftly to prevent issues from arising.
  • Supervision and target-setting of all financial personnel.
  • Overseeing all audit and internal control operations.
  • Reviewing internal IFRS for validity, accuracy and completeness
  • Developing the corporate fundraising strategy.
  • Managing relationships with shareholders and investors.
  • Preparing timely and detailed reports on financial performance quarterly and annually.
  • Conducting analyses to make forecasts and budgets, reporting to the Managing Director and Board of Directors,
  • Ensuring adherence to financial laws and guidelines.
  • Preparation of budgets for the Funding Entities.
  • Updating models, as well as lenders and funders models.
  • Responsible for tax clearance certification.
  • Ensuring integration and optimisation of organisational activities in terms of finance, operations, and ED SED.
  • Performing final reviews of all tasks, including taxes, accounting work, ED SED obligations, and Annual Financial Statements.
• Leadership:
  • Management and motivation of staff.
  • Mentoring, personal development, performance reviews and goal setting of employees.
• Distributions:
  • Calculating distributions, cashflow availabilities and expectations.
  • Updating operational models, deal models and BCFM updates.
  • Engaging with stakeholders.
  • Updating debt covenants and compliance certificates.
  • Obtaining required lender and stakeholder approval.
  • Responsible for resolutions, liquidity and solvency tests, and other governance.
• Commercial Contract Management:
  • Reviewing, compiling, and evaluating new agreements.
  • Tracking of commercial terms on existing contracts.
  • Assistance with contractual disputes and settlements.
  • Verifying invoicing and calculations.
  • Reviewing contracts annually.
  • Monitoring PSSA compliance certificates and trigger events.
  • Responsible for information and undertaking requirements.
  • Annual guarantee renewal process and credit approvals
• Project Finance:
  • Structuring and projecting of project finance.
  • Analysing and evaluating model scenarios.
  • Analysing risk and refinancing value propositions.
  • Assessing funder and tax implications on model projections.
  • Tracking of overall management meeting progress, task delegation and integration

Overall responsibility of the annual commitment list.

Requirements:

• Ideally a CA(SA) qualification, however candidates with completed articles and strong relevant experience will also be considered
• Proven experience in a senior finance leadership role
• Strong exposure to budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, cashflow management and strategic financial planning
• Experience managing finance across multiple entities
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence strategic business decisions
• Excellent understanding of governance, compliance, taxation and reporting
• Exposure to project finance, funding structures and stakeholder management would be highly advantageous
• A highly structured, analytical and solutions-driven approach