Chief Financial Officer

Role Overview

The Workforce Group is seeking an exceptional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join its Executive Leadership Team. This strategic leadership role requires a finance executive who can provide financial stewardship while driving business growth, strengthening corporate governance, optimizing capital, and partnering with the Board and CEO to achieve the organization's long-term vision.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Group's financial strategy in alignment with overall business objectives.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the CEO, Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership Team.
• Provide financial insights that support strategic decision-making, business expansion, investments, and profitability.
• Drive financial transformation and operational excellence across the organization.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, performance management, and financial analysis.
• Oversee treasury, liquidity management, cash flow optimization, and working capital management.
• Ensure accurate and timely preparation of statutory and management financial reports.
• Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives and capital investments.
• Lead capital raising initiatives and financing negotiations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with commercial banks, development finance institutions, investors, private equity firms, and other strategic funding partners.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, business expansion, and other strategic investment opportunities.
• Ensure full compliance with IFRS, tax regulations, statutory requirements, and corporate governance standards.
• Strengthen internal controls, enterprise risk management, and financial policies across the organization.
• Oversee external audits, tax planning, regulatory reporting, and compliance activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Boards, investors, financial institutions, regulators, auditors, and key external stakeholders.
• Represent the organization during executive, financial, and strategic engagements.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive organizational discipline through sound financial leadership and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• MBA, MSc, or other relevant postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• Professional accounting qualification such as ICAN (FCA/ACA), ACCA, CPA, or equivalent is mandatory.
• Minimum of 15–20 years' progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director, Group Head of Finance, or equivalent executive finance leadership position.
• Strong experience within manufacturing, preferably pharmaceutical, healthcare, FMCG, industrial manufacturing, or other complex multi-entity organizations.
• Demonstrated success in financial strategy, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, corporate finance, taxation, and enterprise risk management.
• Proven experience leading capital raising initiatives, financing negotiations, banking relationships, and investment transactions.
• Experience engaging Boards of Directors and Executive Leadership Teams on strategic business matters.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems, financial transformation initiatives, and digital finance processes.
• Deep understanding of IFRS, corporate governance, internal controls, and regulatory compliance.

How to Apply

Send your application to executivesearch@workforcegroup.com