Head of Finance

Market-related Package

Cape Town 

As Head of Finance, you will be an integral member of the executive team, reporting to the Group CFO with a dotted line to the CEO. You’ll lead all financial activities—from capital and treasury management to compliance, governance, budgeting, and reporting—while supporting cross-functional teams in engineering, legal, and commercial workstreams.

The successful candidate will play a key role in managing investor and lender relationships and building a high-performance finance function in a high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive-level leadership to drive profitability, strategic growth, and operational efficiency.

• Establish and scale a robust finance function to support business performance and decision-making.

• Lead budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and capital expenditure analysis.

• Manage investor, lender, and stakeholder reporting and communications.

• Oversee compliance, governance, and financial controls.

• Lead debt/equity financing processes and capital management strategies.

• Drive collaboration with legal, engineering, and operations teams to support organisational goals.

• Represent the company in discussions with financial institutions, auditors, and legal advisers.

Qualifications & Experience

• Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) required; CFA or MBA advantageous.

• 15+ years’ experience in senior finance roles, preferably in energy, infrastructure, or banking.

• Expertise in South African tax law, financial regulation, and capital structuring.

• Proven success in leading finance teams and building internal systems.

• Strong modelling, analytical, and risk management capabilities.