About the position
We are currently seeking a dynamic, financially-minded individual for our 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.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Finance Management: Qualified Chartered Accountant – CA(SA)
- 10 years post-articles experience
- 8 - 10 years of experience in senior financial management in a major institution, preferably in the solar or real estate industry.
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Minimum 5 years of leadership experience
- Project Management skills
- Familiarity with various operating systems and platforms, specifically SAGE, Archibus, MDA, and DealPath.
- Property / Real Estate experience ADVANTAGEOUS
DUTIES:
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;
- client proposal presentation.
- 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 the Company process documentation, aligned with the various colleague engagements and best practices.
- Support with the Company 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
- 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 Company 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
- Support with the financial modeling 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
- Staff in own area (Manager, staff).
- Stakeholders outside own area (Leadership, tenants, municipalities / Eskom, service providers).
- Regulators / Government local authorities.
- Vendors/suppliers.
- Other (Industry forums/associations).
Desired Skills:
- head of finance
- financial management
- finance management
- finance manager
