Head of Commercial Finance
Our client is currently seeking a dynamic, financially minded individual for their Head of Commercial Finance position. This is a critical role and requires a strategic thinker capable of driving financial strategies while supporting various departments.
The successful candidate must have extensive experience working in the financial space. He/ She will be responsible for developing, leading and managing all commercial activities.
Strategic Involvement - provide strategic and commercial input into the renewable business, inclusive of pipeline, revenue, and cost management:
- Development of business cases including:
- supplier proposal review and adjudication;
- business case contextualization and motivation;
- financial analysis and recommendation;
- Review actual project performance relative to the business case post project implementation.
- Commercialisation of the business, including activation of the business opportunity, take to market strategy, commercial offering, and strategic development of the solution.
- Work with business units and departments to obtain relevant building information to enable design of solar and borehole/water proposals.
- Identifying areas where technical solutions would improve business performance.
- Risk mitigation through effective controls, review of legal contracts and implementation of sufficient insurance cover.
- Consulting across business operations, providing mentorship, and contributing specialised knowledge.
Group involvement - support the Group by providing input into strategic areas with various business units:
- Development of process documentation, aligned with the various colleague engagements and best practice.
- Support the budgeting process.
- Provide feedback and input into large property portfolio acquisitions or disposals.
- Advise, test, and implement new IT systems aligned to the Group strategy, inclusive of smart metering solutions.
Financial reporting and management - develop, lead and manage all financial reporting processes and cycles:
- Timely and accurate financial and management reporting.
- Financial forecasting and budgeting.
- Develop, implement, and run commercial funding solutions to gear projects with commercial funding partners.
- Develop an electricity and water consumption cost recovery model and integrate with utility management.
- Compliance and risk management.
- Design, develop and maintain financial controls and policies.
- Weekly cash flow forecasting.
- Engage and manage the external audit process.
Special projects - provide input and support for special projects:
- Support with the financial modelling and commercial review of special projects (e.g., mergers and acquisitions).
- Advise, test, and implement new IT systems aligned to the Group strategy.
- Provide support on utility related regulatory projects e.g., Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs).
Human Investment - managing team and stakeholder relationships and performance:
- Staff in own area (Manager, staff).
- Stakeholders outside own area (Leadership, tenants, municipalities / Eskom, service providers).
- Internal customers
- Other (Industry forums / associations).
Requirements
- Finance Management: Qualified Chartered Accountant CA(SA)
- 8 - 10 years of experience in senior financial management in a major institution, preferably in the solar or real estate industry.
- Minimum 5 years leadership experience
- Familiarity with various operating systems and platforms, specifically SAGE, Archibus, MDA, DealPath.
Skills
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Strong knowledge of best practice controls
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work under extreme pressure to tight deadlines
- Leadership and teamwork skills
- Strong technical understanding of financial reporting and management
- Ensure compliance with relevant Acts and minimise business risk
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capacity
- Decision and initiating action
- Adapting and responding to change.
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