Chief Financial Offier
Job Summary
The CFO is the architect of Companys financial credibility: owning financial strategy project-level profitability and investor-grade reporting across a multi-project portfolio and acting as the direct counterpart for investors and due-diligence teams. It suits someone who has run finance in a project-driven cash-sensitive business and has been through a capital raise or investor due diligence.
- Strategic Finance & Investment Readiness Lead the financial side of fundraising: model
- valuation inputs data room due-diligence responses.
- Own the 4-year business plan and targets tied to
- pipeline slate and capacity.
- Advise on deal terms use of proceeds post-
- investment reporting and covenants.
- Support ESOP design from the financial side: dilution
- vesting economics valuation.
Project & Portfolio Finance:
- Own production budgeting cost control and margin tracking per project plus a consolidated portfolio view.
- Forecast project cash flow across client broadcaster and sponsor payment cycles and production advances.
- Set approval and variance controls so overruns are flagged before they hit cash.
Treasury & Cash Management:
- Maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast and a 12-month outlook.
- Manage banking relationships working capital FX exposure and financing options
- Deliver monthly management accounts project P&Ls and board/investor packs on a fixed cadence.
- Own statutory reporting audit and tax compliance in Egypt (corporate tax VAT withholding social insurance) and any multi-entity requirements.
- Build the controls policies and delegation-of-authority framework investors expect.
Systems & Team:
- Lead and develop the finance team (accounting payables/receivables payroll liaison).
- Select and implement ERP and reporting tools that give real-time project visibility.
- Partner with HR on payroll cost structure headcount planning and compensation economics.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or Economics; CPA ACCA CMA or CFA required (MBA is a plus).
- 12 years in finance including 5 years as CFO Finance Director or Head of Finance.
- Core requirement:proven experience in a project-based business such as media production advertising events or construction.
- Hands-on experience in a fundraising M&A or investor due-diligence process; you have built or defended a financial model in front of investors.
- Strong Egyptian tax audit and statutory compliance knowledge.
- Fluent English and Arabic.
Required Skills:
Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or Economics; CPA ACCA CMA or CFA required (MBA is a plus). 12 years in finance including 5 years as CFO Finance Director or Head of Finance. Core requirement: proven experience in a project-based business such as media production advertising events or construction. Hands-on experience in a fundraising M&A or investor due-diligence process; you have built or defended a financial model in front of investors. Strong Egyptian tax audit and statutory compliance knowledge. Fluent English and Arabic.